TheAlphaMag
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I started studying Martial Arts when I was 6 or 7, and did so for another 6 years. I worked out and excercised 3 times a week, sometimes more, and I was in fairly good shape (if there is such a thing as good shape for a 10 year old kid)
I'm 16 now, and am talking about getting certified, and am finalizing some issues with my future career (I'm enlisting in the Marines).
I used to have very mild asthma, and I believe it was excercise induced. I was issued an inhaler, and used it for the first 6 months I got it, but never used it after that. I don't weeze (even after running a mile on my treadmill 5 minutes ago, I'm breathing perfectly fine). EVen in extremely cold weather, where my mother told me I was going to have an asthma attack one day if I continued to skip my medication, I never had a problem. I'm thinking maybe I was misdiagnosed? My mother does have it, but hers is from allergies. Again, I was tested for allergies, and do have them, but I take no medication and have no problems.
Ive let myself go for the past year. I'm about 5'11, 185lbs. I eat what I want when I want, and how much of it I want. My metabolism doesn't seem to mind, and I'm really not overweight. I'm really more on the skinny side if anything.
This time next year, I'm going to be a senior in Highschool, and making some decisions that will deturmine how I live the rest of my life. I realised that if I start getting into some good habits now, then when the time comes for me to head off to Paris Island (Marine Corps Recruit depot, not a place to dive :05: ), my life will be a lot easier.
I've got a bench and some weights, my brothers dusty bowflex (in the garage.. This is Boston.. Garages are cold in the winter), and my mothers 1000 dollar treadmill on the porch at my disposal, as well as my own freeweights.
Right now, my main concern is my cardio and aerobic health. I dont really smoke (often.. we're talking a smoke maybe once a month) but I used to get second hand smoke from my stepdad. He doesnt smoke indoors and when we're in the car he tries not to, and I know he has been trying hard to quit for years.
I can hold my breath for about 45 seconds before my lungs start sreaming, and maybe 50 seconds before it gets too bad and I have to exhale. My chest moves in and out uncontrollably as if my lungs were trying to breathe. Is this a lack of willpower, or a lack of health? I really do think its the latter. I even tried closing my eyes and getting into the zone, even playing my favorite song that relaxes me the most. Nothing.
Right now I'm running a 9:30 pace for a mile on the treadmill (I just started today), and I want to bring it down to below 7 minutes. I really need a good pair of runnign shoes though..
The $1k treadmill told me my heartrate was 185bpm, but I think that was horseraddish. I took my pulse after I ran, and it was about 120bpm (although I could feel my rhythm returning to normal). Right now, at rest, I'm 85bpm. Good or no for a kid my age/size?
Any workouts you guys can reccomend? I really think if I dove right now, I'd suck down a tank in like 10 minutes.
I'm 16 now, and am talking about getting certified, and am finalizing some issues with my future career (I'm enlisting in the Marines).
I used to have very mild asthma, and I believe it was excercise induced. I was issued an inhaler, and used it for the first 6 months I got it, but never used it after that. I don't weeze (even after running a mile on my treadmill 5 minutes ago, I'm breathing perfectly fine). EVen in extremely cold weather, where my mother told me I was going to have an asthma attack one day if I continued to skip my medication, I never had a problem. I'm thinking maybe I was misdiagnosed? My mother does have it, but hers is from allergies. Again, I was tested for allergies, and do have them, but I take no medication and have no problems.
Ive let myself go for the past year. I'm about 5'11, 185lbs. I eat what I want when I want, and how much of it I want. My metabolism doesn't seem to mind, and I'm really not overweight. I'm really more on the skinny side if anything.
This time next year, I'm going to be a senior in Highschool, and making some decisions that will deturmine how I live the rest of my life. I realised that if I start getting into some good habits now, then when the time comes for me to head off to Paris Island (Marine Corps Recruit depot, not a place to dive :05: ), my life will be a lot easier.
I've got a bench and some weights, my brothers dusty bowflex (in the garage.. This is Boston.. Garages are cold in the winter), and my mothers 1000 dollar treadmill on the porch at my disposal, as well as my own freeweights.
Right now, my main concern is my cardio and aerobic health. I dont really smoke (often.. we're talking a smoke maybe once a month) but I used to get second hand smoke from my stepdad. He doesnt smoke indoors and when we're in the car he tries not to, and I know he has been trying hard to quit for years.
I can hold my breath for about 45 seconds before my lungs start sreaming, and maybe 50 seconds before it gets too bad and I have to exhale. My chest moves in and out uncontrollably as if my lungs were trying to breathe. Is this a lack of willpower, or a lack of health? I really do think its the latter. I even tried closing my eyes and getting into the zone, even playing my favorite song that relaxes me the most. Nothing.
Right now I'm running a 9:30 pace for a mile on the treadmill (I just started today), and I want to bring it down to below 7 minutes. I really need a good pair of runnign shoes though..
The $1k treadmill told me my heartrate was 185bpm, but I think that was horseraddish. I took my pulse after I ran, and it was about 120bpm (although I could feel my rhythm returning to normal). Right now, at rest, I'm 85bpm. Good or no for a kid my age/size?
Any workouts you guys can reccomend? I really think if I dove right now, I'd suck down a tank in like 10 minutes.