I should be doing more of other sorts of exercise besides cycling anyway, but what brings this to mind is that my lower back -- center, just above hips -- has been moderately painful off and on for the last 7-10 days; I think that the cause or occasion was insufficient muscle tone while spending too much time all at once bent over working on the Monocog and other things; this exacerbated by bending over too forcefully a couple of times afterward to reach things on the ground (dog shit, if you must know). It's not more than mild, and for a long time I've been stiff down there after sitting (I do try to sit straight) or bending, and it has been worse in the past; generally my back is fine, thank God; but I'd like to nip it in the bud.
Besides cycling, I do pushups, but that aside, I despise "exercise." I've heard, read, and felt when I do it that simple walking is a good all-over exercise and that, in particular, it strengthens your core -- of course, it will do this only moderately but moderately is all I want. Can anyone comment on walking for general health and, in particular, to keep your core in basic tone? I have noticed that, when I walk more, my trunk and legs feel less "tight." Once again, I am not likely to do stretching or any methodical program of exercise, so advice in regimens is likely wasted effort. (That's why God invented bikes, fer heaven's sake!! To make "exercise" -- and "saving the planet" -- fun.) If anyone has general useful information on lower back pain, I'll be grateful to hear it. Next question: Can anyone recommend an inexpensive large backpack for grocery runs? It should hold, and hold with reasonable comfort to the wearer, at least a full paper grocery sack's worth of groceries, including the weight of cans and bottles. Longest distance loaded will be 1 mile -- I have 1 grocery store 1/4 mile away, another 7/10 mile away, even though I live in a bosque enclave. I just walked to and from the further one -- Sprout's -- and carried home 36 lb of groceries, 29 lb in a very large Timbuktu courier bag; not the best method. Carrying 36 lb of groceries on a bike is a lot easier! But the wheels of my grocery bike are waiting at the bike shop for the rim tape needed to make the Naches Pass tires tubeless. Patrick "18.53 minutes per mile outbound empty, 23.04 minutes per mile return under load" Moore -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvWTDt3%3Dz-NdqUL57_taemtOF2%2BujDYUhuYdxsacUGZ-A%40mail.gmail.com.
