Rich Bryant | June 26, 2009

Finally this week I received the pair of ScubaPro Jetfins that I purchased via eBay. It turns out that these fins are bulky enough that reasonably-priced shipping takes forever … so I’ve had to be uncharacteristically patient. I was motivated to get these fins because, in the past, I’ve had clear evidence of poor leg circulation, and it occurred to me that if any exercise on the planet would help with that it would be the working of my legs in the pool with the resistance offered by fins.

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Rich Bryant | June 25, 2009

It took me a couple of months for my daily swimming workout to assume some structure that I found to be helpful, so I thougth I would share that here for anyone who may be interest in starting a similar program.

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Rich Bryant | June 23, 2009

Today’s minor political movements have a way of becoming tomorrow’s political tsumanis. And, there is no class of entities who are more interested in the tomorrows than the lender class.

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Rich Bryant | June 23, 2009

One rainy evening around five years ago my three teen-aged boys and I decided to play a simple video game – ‘Mario Tennis’ – on our family gaming console. In those days my physical conditioning was horrible. Years of mis-diagnosed bronchitis and a sedentary job had resulted in tremendous weight gain and corresponding loss of muscle development.

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