Jim Davidson, 1942-1996
As part of this website’s health and wellness theme for October, we are republishing this story from August 18, 2020.
On Staying Fit, July 4, 1994
Probably, this is due to my Mr. Muscle Workout Schedule! Otherwise known as Mr. Donut goes to the Centre. Actually, I have been going regularly, not because I actually like machines very well, but because my knees don’t give me a lot of choice. I just wasn’t able to put in the miles I needed to keep my weight in reasonable control and get my heart going, so off I go.
Anyway, you know these machines. They do everything – miles/hour, caloires/hour, total calories/time you’ve been exercising. Everything. You can’t get away with slacking off or slowing down or quitting early and that’s good.
I wonder, though, if it is not too complicated. They should use something that all of us fat folks can relate to – like donut units. As in, you have just pedaled for 33.3 minutes and used 2.1 donuts units, to give us a perspective.
Thanks to Jim’s daughter Anne-Marie Davidson for this contribution.
This story was originally published in 2020 on the Class of 1960 website.
