When I read this I was suddenly reminded of Eric Heiden's training for Lake
Placid Olympics, first to ever sweep sprints through long distance. His leg
presses on the much more difficult old fashioned vertical leg press was sets
of 100 reps with 500 lbs. Even more incredible was the occasion with no warm
up that he took a 235 lb barbell, knocking out a set of 300 reps - no typo
there, 235x300. And he wasn't juiced on polypharmaceuticals.

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Subject: Re: Art DeVany's book: "The New Evolution Diet"

> I liked your sensible advice "Don't copy the other people in the  
> gym". It
> reminds me of the most valued comment I have ever received at my  
> gym: when I
> was in my early 50s a fellow asked me "How come you don't do any of  
> the
> standard exercises, yet you have the best body in the gym?"
>
> Keith


At 43 years old, I get the same comments.  How is it you're spending  
*at most* half an hour per week and yet you are in the best shape of  
anyone here?  How is it you can run a half marathon or bike 40 miles  
with zero training?

The answer is of course that it's a combination of eating a species- 
appropriate diet combined with intense, brief, infrequent workouts.   
It always saddens me when I think of the hours of wasted time people  
spend in the gym or out on the road.

Jim Swayze