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Here’s What to Do if You Had a Tough Winter (Like I Did)!

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Well, it wasn’t really a “tough” winter. Just a “different” winter!

I found myself a condo in Breckenridge, Colorado and stayed there the entire month of January to ski and work. Many of my friends thought I was there on vacation for the entire month. No, it was NOT a vacation. Just a change of scenery where I could do my writing and my work. Coincidentally, they had some  big mountains that had slippery white stuff all over them, so I could not resist fastening the two long planks to my boots so that I could easily glide downhill for a good part of every day!

Living in Breck for the month was great. It’s a very healthy lifestyle and most likely due to all of the skiing, I actually lost eight pounds or so.I loved every second of it!

That was January. When I got home back east a few strange things started happening to me. First of all, I took a pretty bad fall at a ski area in Pennsylvania (in an icy mogul field). Well, I didn’t think it was a bad fall at the time, but my right leg still does not feel perfect six weeks later. And not only am I dealing with a bum leg, but for some reason a few weeks ago all of the muscles in my body seemed to be aching. This aching really has had me puzzled. I imagined that I was coming down with some type of rare muscle disease and my skiing, running and backpacking days would be numbered. Very scary thought.

What I really think has been going on is that a low level virus just kind of decided to settle in my muscles. Every one of them. I don’t know why it picked me but it did.

The good news is that I think it’s going away. Every day it seems as though there is less and less pain.

Why am I telling you this? The main reason is for you to see that as much as I am into health and fitness, I want you to see that I too am nothing but a human being, vulnerable to any of the crazy stuff that life can throw at us.

But I also want to describe to you what I did during this tough time to help myself get through it.

First thing I did was to continue with my daily supplements that I take. As many of you know, I am not a big believer in taking tons of supplements and making the vitamin companies rich. But I do take a few every day. I am planning to describe these in a future article (very soon) so please look out for that.

Secondly I seriously minimized my weight training simply to give my muscles a chance to rest. I think rest is good. Sometimes I feel guilty not going to the gym but my brain was telling me to give it a rest.

I did keep up my walking and running program. I have a couple of races coming up in May and I felt it was important to keep up my aerobics as well as keeping my legs moving. I am desperately trying to stick to my rule of moving at least four miles at a time, although there were several times I had to limit my mileage to two or three.

I am now pretty confident that I am out of the woods with the worst of the pain and I am going to step up my mileage in order to prepare for the races I signed up for. I’ll be in San Francisco running the Bay to Breakers 12K on May 16 and then back in Baltimore running the Maryland Half Marathon on May 23.

Remember friends, I am not a fast runner. One of the reasons I am still able to run, when many fast, elite runners tend to get injured and stop, is because I have been slow and steady my entire life. I simply keep covering the distance that keeps me healthy! That’s it! So please, when you get out to run or walk, you do not have to be competitive. This is a lifestyle that I want you to be able to keep up until you are 101 years old!

By the way, looking ahead, I am signed up for the 2010 Chicago Marathon which will take place on 10/10/10! I ran it in 2009 and it was one of the coolest experiences in my life. I understand they just closed registration because the maximum of 45,000 runners has been reached. So that’s why I gotta keep moving, even if I am not feeling 100%.

What about you? How was your winter? Did you gain a few pounds? Are you ready to start getting back into better shape. I know you can do it my friend.

Please remember these two words: never quit!

I am David Madow (The Seven Day Guy) and I look forward to talking to you soon. In the meantime, please feel free to ask me any questions right here on this page or email me at rundrdave@gmail.com.

Get Your Copy of “SEVEN DAYS” FREE for a Limited Time!

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OK friends, due to the popularity of my latest book, I have made a decision to get the word out even more by offering people a FREE copy of “Impress The World With Your Body in SEVEN Days!”

This is the one book you need to read if you are ready to get into the best shape of your life without having to resort to all kinds of crazy, outlandish plans that simply do not work! In my book I simply outline everything that I do on a daily basis to be healthy and stay that way for life. That’s it!

There is absolutely no catch and you never have to buy a thing. The only caveat is that I have the right to pull this offer at any time, depending on how many copies are given away for free. So if you like it, please tell a friend so they can get their copy as well. My life is dedicated to health and wellness and if I can change just one person’s life by doing this, I am happy.

The only thing that I ask is that when you read your copy, if you truly like it, please feel free to leave a nice comment on this page. Oh, and tell a friend about it as well! That’s it!

To receive your totally free copy, please click THIS LINK!!!

To your health… Dave

Is it REALLY Possible to Look and Feel Better in SEVEN DAYS???

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Hello my new friend. Welcome to this site. I am so glad that you found it!

For over thirty years now I have been living what I think is an extremely healthy lifestyle. I am just about 55 years old as of this writing and i gotta tell you, I feel better than when I was 25. I swear! At an age where most people start “winding down,” I seem to be doing more than ever. I spend a month at a time in Breckenridge, Colorado and ski all day long. I do multi-day backpacking trips in the Grand Canyon. I just ran the Chicago Marathon this past October and plan to do so again this year! I basically am having a lot of fun with my life.

I am not telling you any of this stuff to brag. As a matter of fact, those who know me say I am actually a very humble person. The reason I am telling you this is because I feel there is really nothing special about me. I was never a gifted athlete. I was always very average in sports. In grade school, when they were picking people to be on teams, I was never among the first to be picked. I just kind of hung out in the background. I was never in great shape.

But as I started getting a little older, actually when I was in college, I always wondered why I didn’t look so great and why I was always so damn tired. A twenty-something kid in the prime of his life should not feel so out of shape. What was going on here?

Let’s just say, that was the point of my life that was perhaps the lowest.

That is when I took up running. Or I should say “tried to run!” It was a real mess! You should have seen me. I would change into my running shorts after school and attempt to run around the block.  I would get so winded after a short time. But I persisted. I never quit. Running around the block eventually turned into running a few times around the track at school. Then I entered a 5K and finished. Wow did that feel good!

I entered some longer races and finished them as well. And then about two years later I entered the Baltimore Marathon and finished. It was not a pretty site, but yes I did finish it!

I noticed that a lot of the things that I was doing in my life were actually making me look and feel much better about myself. I am not talking only about exercise. I noticed if I ate certain foods in certain ways, I would actually lose weight. I began making notes of everything I was doing.

Fast forward to two years ago.I was now in my fifties and felt better than ever. I knew I was on to something!

I took all of my notes and compiled everything that I had been doing over the years and actually wrote a book. That would surprise my college English teacher who almost flunked me out of school due to my poor English grades.

The name of my book is “Impress the World With Your Body in SEVEN Days!” Quite a title, huh?

Is it really possible to change in seven days? Well, it is certainly possible to start! What the title means is that there are SEVEN things that you need to know. One for each day of the week if you want to look at it like that. Once you know all seven and begin incorporating them into your lifestyle, you will notice BIG changes!

I want to stress that you do not have to be an athlete. You do not have to run marathons. I do them but I am not even so sure they are good for the human body! The stuff I teach is simple. You just have to know what it is and do it!

Please feel free to check out my site here. If you click on the tabs at the top (Day 1, Day 2, etc.), you will get an idea of what the SEVEN DAYS are all about. Just to let you know, my book has been available only in hardback up until now. But I am actually getting ready to release a brand new updated version as an e-Book. So my advice to you is if you are thinking about purchasing ‘SEVEN DAYS,” wait until the new version comes out. It will be worth the wait.

Please check back here often because I will have lots of cool free health tips for you. Thanks for joining me! Here’s to our health!

Dave