Saturday June 22, 2013
New record low this morning for resting pulse @ 35 beats per minute (bpm).
_____________________________________________________________Finishing an assignment before my run Saturday morning (02/16/2013), I glanced at my resting heart rate on the Garmin 610 monitor (HRM) provided by Garmin. The excitement of seeing my resting heart rate (HR) at thirty-nine beats per minute caused escalation to forty-six.
This ranks among the lowest HR readings of my life at age forty-six, certainly the lowest in seventeen years—in my twenties. Even then, only a concentrated effort brought the HR below forty, and certainly to my record of thirty-six. This low HR occurred while I consistently ran 80 to 135 miles per week with an average door-to-door pace ranging from 5:55 to 6:05 per mile. (UPDATE 3/01/2013: Heart Rate @ 36 matching the record low from the 1990s)
My heart condition and strength appears to reach new heights despite the odds of age and stressful life events. During the past six years, I remain completely healthy with my heart efficiency now improving to new heights—defying the odds.
Running contributes greatly to this health, especially the return to biweekly intervals the past two-months under of a terrific coach—I have been blessed with several exceptional coaches in my life.
The speed work increases capillaries along with my body weight plunging; these result in increased heart strength, and efficiency.
Moreover, Cellgevity increases my cellular production of glutathione which decreases intracellular inflammation, thereby causing my body to recover more quickly and enhances existing health. Over seventy diseases receive beneficial improvements from increased cellular production of glutathione.
Based on my workouts and energy level, the cellular level of my body
operates as if thirteen to twenty-years younger. Consequently, this enhances my energy and duration in studying along with the physical benefits.
The ultimate reason from my increased health, heart, energy, fitness and studying resides in the Lord Jesus Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit. He leads the scientists in developing Cellgevity, He leads the businessmen in developing a profitable business for distribution to numerous countries. God brings you and me into contact and knowledge with the right people for improved spiritual, emotional and physical development.
Knowing the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit through word, relationship and associations provide His peace exponentially exceeding ALL human understanding, regardless of life's circumstances and events. His Light provides our power to Run on Faith
amidst life's storms, sometimes grasping to only Hang on by a Thread.
I am grateful for God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit providing opportunities through the world's best evangelical seminary professors, the Word of God, a world-class running coach, family, friends, scientists, businessmen and amazing Godly mentors for a healthy and a perpetually improving heart in my mid-forties.
Many factors, One Triune God! enable me to fully pursue my dreams, the dreams God continues revealing for me.
What are your Dreams?
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Rick E. Meyer
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Monday, June 20, 2011
Healthy Diet
I surpassed 107,000 miles of lifetime running last week, perhaps more. Update: I have now surpassed 121,000 miles and not had the flu since February 2007.
This originated ponderings of comments over the years; especially in regard to my diet. What is a healthy diet?
For many years, and by numerous people, I am told that my diet lacks ‘healthy’ food. Ironically, most who condemn my eating habits possess more body fat, are sick at least once, usually several times, per year. I realize there are probably some who are healthier than I am, yet my body seems to do okay.
The flu bug has conquered me four times since December 1991. With one exception in 1999, my blood pressure and cholesterol remain low. When my diet was most heavily condemned, I was 2.5% body fat; and ran over 100 weekly miles. During a two and one-half year span of heavy training, injury was avoided by prayer, belief, faith and confession of scripture.
Yet, society says I eat and live in an unhealthy manner. The obvious question: How does one define or obtain healthy food? Healthy food is like good deeds, mankind’s efforts make neither good nor bad. Food and deeds are healthy and good when submitted to Christ. Seeking and receiving Christ’s blessings on our food, creates a healthy diet; beneficial exercise and deeds.
Christ tells Peter that all food made by God is good. Unhealthy diet, exercise and deeds exist when we seek our own glory, believing our secular choices create healthy lifestyles. Years ago, many ‘experts’ including the media condemned high fat, high cholesterol diets.
Great-Aunt Ruth Douglass, my grandmother’s sister, delivered food to the shut-ins and remained active into her early 90s. Once when about 92 years old, Aunt Ruth quipped, “This eating bacon and eggs everyday and cooking with lard my whole life is sure killing me at a young age.” Her trademark smile possessed its glowing beam while speaking.
Aunt Ruth entered heaven a few weeks before her 97th birthday. What is the secret to Aunt Ruth’s heath? She requested the Lord’s blessing on her food, thoughts and deeds every day. The Lord provided her health!
Health is less about the years we live, rather the achievements garnered. Do you desire excellent health? Submit your food, thoughts and deeds to the Lord, requesting his blessing on all you eat, think and achieve.
I must go for a run! I pray the Lord blesses this and all runs, along with the food I eat and thoughts before, during and after the run. This has been the key to health and the missing factor when struggling, since my competitive running began June 1978.
Be healthy, Seek the Lord!
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
http://www.rickemeyer.com/
This originated ponderings of comments over the years; especially in regard to my diet. What is a healthy diet?
For many years, and by numerous people, I am told that my diet lacks ‘healthy’ food. Ironically, most who condemn my eating habits possess more body fat, are sick at least once, usually several times, per year. I realize there are probably some who are healthier than I am, yet my body seems to do okay.
The flu bug has conquered me four times since December 1991. With one exception in 1999, my blood pressure and cholesterol remain low. When my diet was most heavily condemned, I was 2.5% body fat; and ran over 100 weekly miles. During a two and one-half year span of heavy training, injury was avoided by prayer, belief, faith and confession of scripture.
Yet, society says I eat and live in an unhealthy manner. The obvious question: How does one define or obtain healthy food? Healthy food is like good deeds, mankind’s efforts make neither good nor bad. Food and deeds are healthy and good when submitted to Christ. Seeking and receiving Christ’s blessings on our food, creates a healthy diet; beneficial exercise and deeds.
Christ tells Peter that all food made by God is good. Unhealthy diet, exercise and deeds exist when we seek our own glory, believing our secular choices create healthy lifestyles. Years ago, many ‘experts’ including the media condemned high fat, high cholesterol diets.
Great-Aunt Ruth Douglass, my grandmother’s sister, delivered food to the shut-ins and remained active into her early 90s. Once when about 92 years old, Aunt Ruth quipped, “This eating bacon and eggs everyday and cooking with lard my whole life is sure killing me at a young age.” Her trademark smile possessed its glowing beam while speaking.
Aunt Ruth entered heaven a few weeks before her 97th birthday. What is the secret to Aunt Ruth’s heath? She requested the Lord’s blessing on her food, thoughts and deeds every day. The Lord provided her health!
Health is less about the years we live, rather the achievements garnered. Do you desire excellent health? Submit your food, thoughts and deeds to the Lord, requesting his blessing on all you eat, think and achieve.
I must go for a run! I pray the Lord blesses this and all runs, along with the food I eat and thoughts before, during and after the run. This has been the key to health and the missing factor when struggling, since my competitive running began June 1978.
Be healthy, Seek the Lord!
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
http://www.rickemeyer.com/
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Visualize
In the early 1980s, people looked at you as if you were very weird when speaking of preparing through visualization. Congo began instructing us to engage in this powerful technique to program our mind for success. He taught that our mind is unable to tell the difference between a real and imagined event. Interestingly, he received very low grades in Psychology courses at Kansas State. Perhaps his answers were correct!
We were to lay in bed two nights before every race, visualizing the upcoming race. First, we are to see ourselves arriving at the meet, in our meet sweats and uniforms; then unload from the bus with calmness and confidence. We continued visualizing warming-up, and lining up at the starting line maintaining our calm, confident attitude. Congo then instructed us to visualize racing the course to the best of our ability, including half mile and mile splits. This was followed by a strong finish, running through the finish line, exerting all of our available effort on that day. He explained how this enabled us to arrive and race with confidence, absent nervousness; since we had successfully ran the race in our mind.
The Bible says, as a man thinks in heart, in his inner belief, so is he. Congo intuitively taught us to implement Biblical success principles. Visualizing is etching one’s desires on the stone of your heart and mind. Etching in your heart and mind, like etching in physical stone, is virtually permanent, due the commitment; and requires great effort. It is impossible for a double minded person to etch in either stone or using visualization. When Jesus sent the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, God’s law became written on our hearts. These writings on the heart influence our every thought and consequential words and actions. Similarly, visualizing our goals, internalizing them by etching on our hearts and minds; influences our every thought.
What are you visualizing? Are you visualizing success in correlation with scripture? Are you beginning to understand the damaging effects of visualizing any thought or activity in disagreement with the Bible?
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
In Christ,
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
We were to lay in bed two nights before every race, visualizing the upcoming race. First, we are to see ourselves arriving at the meet, in our meet sweats and uniforms; then unload from the bus with calmness and confidence. We continued visualizing warming-up, and lining up at the starting line maintaining our calm, confident attitude. Congo then instructed us to visualize racing the course to the best of our ability, including half mile and mile splits. This was followed by a strong finish, running through the finish line, exerting all of our available effort on that day. He explained how this enabled us to arrive and race with confidence, absent nervousness; since we had successfully ran the race in our mind.
The Bible says, as a man thinks in heart, in his inner belief, so is he. Congo intuitively taught us to implement Biblical success principles. Visualizing is etching one’s desires on the stone of your heart and mind. Etching in your heart and mind, like etching in physical stone, is virtually permanent, due the commitment; and requires great effort. It is impossible for a double minded person to etch in either stone or using visualization. When Jesus sent the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, God’s law became written on our hearts. These writings on the heart influence our every thought and consequential words and actions. Similarly, visualizing our goals, internalizing them by etching on our hearts and minds; influences our every thought.
What are you visualizing? Are you visualizing success in correlation with scripture? Are you beginning to understand the damaging effects of visualizing any thought or activity in disagreement with the Bible?
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
In Christ,
Rick E. Meyer
See, Believe, Achieve Inc.
www.rickemeyer.com
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