Why do we run? A comment on my dad's bypass surgery.

On a personal note, this week my father went through heart bypass surgery.  Based on my simple minded genetics viewpoint, I should be getting prepped for mine in about 26 years.  I find it amazing that today's state-of-the-art procedure has him under the knife on Monday morning, and sitting up in a chair, eating his evening meal, and laughing a chatting with his grand children on Wednesday evening. 

We all run for a variety of reasons, our personalities drive us all to this activity from so many different perspectives.  But we all get the same benefits.  I could blog 10,000 words today about the mental and physical benefits of exercise, but you can do that research yourself  - there's ton's of it out there.  My philosophy on health and fitnes, weight gain or loss, and basic energy levels is quite simply - Eat Right and Exercise.  I haven't seen a fad diet or exercise gizmo on TV yet that can come close to just working at it from that simple philosophy.

Followers of the MOxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor have probably been wondering, as they read the first two paragraphs, "how is he going to work the product into this post?". 

Well - here it is.

Again - it's all about oxygen, and the ability to deliver oxygen.  The heart bypass is a procedure targeted at dramatically increasing blood supply,oxygen, and nutrients, to areas of the heart muscle that, through disease, are becoming starved and damaged.  This is the cause of chest pain, fatigue, and heart attacks. 

You, the athlete, are working hard every day to increase the efficiency with which you delivery oxygen to the muscles you are working, and to increase the efficiency with which those muscles utilize that oxygen.  Cardiovascular improvements are noticed by you as you improve your times, increase your speed, and increase you distance.

MOxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor measures "directly" the oxygen delivery and consumption in the muscle you are targeting.   It's a scientific approach that has been used in medicine for decades, and, with MOxy, has now become portable and cost effective for athletes.

I am still planning to get the new news out on this blog regarding our new logo, web site, and user community.  That's still on the "Coming Soon" list (very soon!).  I am very excited about these changes, and know that you will be too.

Thanks for reading my blog!

Stu