Category: Manliness

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Jenny Craig — the family is now down over 150 lbs.

wow! am I really obese?

I have been on Jenny Craig since December 6th and I have lost over 49 lbs… and although I now fit comfortably in a size 38 pair of pants… my BMI (body mass index) says I am ‘very over weight’. Interestingly enough, when I reach my goal weight of ‘229’ — which I haven’t been at since my wrestling days in high school– I will simply be ‘overweight’ and wearing a size 34 pair of pants.

The BMI is a good guideline… but athletes , anyone who works out regularly or genetically has heavy bone density ( you can be tested for this) won’t fit the standard chart. If I were to reach high normal of 205 lbs… well… I’d start recieving food packages from friends.

However, progress is measured in many ways… the scale, how clothes fit, new smaller sizes and compliments. I have tried a lot of diets over the years… including my own very Spartan one… but Jenny Craig’s has been the easiest. In addition, Karen (-53 lbs) and Laura (-48 lbs) have been great diet partners!

Roger Freberg

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300 Spartans over Critics & Islamic Fundamentalists

Spartans meet with islamic fundamentalist Iranian... er...

 

It is always interesting to see who and what people read into today’s movies… no sooner than the ‘300’ was released did an outpouring of criticism and political posturing grace our film season.

The ‘300’ — for those of you who are visiting from Endor — is a true-to-life movie about how 300 Spartans ( read: the present day Western Civilization or the Greek City State of Sparta that defined the word ‘macho’) held off the invading armies from the east ( read: today’s fundamentalist Islam or Persians from the same locale). The Spartans died to the last man but not before stretching the invading armies supply lines and creating great spirit among the Greeks of their time.

Needless to say, the current Iranian leader is most upset for reasons that are easy to guess. Obviously, he wants Western powers to stay impotent and hopeless… this movie offers the opposite.

The story of what became the Battle of Thermopylae is fascinating. Leonaidas ( one of the two kings of Sparta… yep, two kings) picked 300 of his toughest soldiers with one additional requirement… that each man was already a father. The ‘Persians’ wanted the Greeks to surrender and the exchange went something like this…

…Then Xerxes I asked him more forcefully to surrender their arms. To this Leonidas gave his noted answer: Μολών Λαβέ (pronounced: /molɔːn labe/), meaning “Come take them”.

Movie Critics are upset for a number of reasons … although they are not upfront about it. My guess is that although they are pleased that the heroes all died, they are not happy that any good came from it. Historical lessons sometimes do that to us… point us to what is real and what needs to be done. There is a lot we all can still learn from the Spartans.

By the way, don’t look for the ‘300’ to be on the ‘Oscars’ short list… the Academy is full of weenies. However, this a must see movie.

Roger Freberg

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Short Legs a virtue… in combat?

short legged wonderkind

 

Short legs are a virtue in combat… powerful and provide a lower center of gravity. It’s obviously harder to tip over.

An interesting article appeared in an on-line science magazine called “PhysOrg.com” on the apparent advantage of shorter legs for our ancestors… the picture on the left is of a gorrilla that the author states has an advantage in combat.

I have always observed that many of the better wrestlers are those with a lower center of gravity. It certainly seemed to be helpful for me… except in track.

Roger Freberg

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Half Way there at Jenny Craig!

closing in on fifty pounds and half way there!

 

Well… it finally happened … I am half way there towards my goal weight! I am down to 272.4… I know that sounds like a lot to some folks… but this was my average weight as a college athlete and although the weight is somewhat distributed differently… I can NOW get into — comfortably — a size 38 pair of pants… that’s a big deal to me.

So I am down 48.2 lbs since December, Karen’s down 51 and Laura 45 since Novemeber… obviously, mine was easier to do.

Roger Freberg

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Obsession — Radical Islam’s War on the West!

Seeing is believingThere are a lot of wonderful films out today… many of which you will never see at the Oscars… but are valuable none-the-less.

In fact, some of these films will never be seen on college campuses… for reasons most involved with higher education know very well. Censorship in American colleges is alive and well. Here’s one movie not to miss.

Obsession — Radical Islams War Against the West
the Nazi salute is a little cute and still used in Palestine today

Check out the connection in this little clip on radical Islam’s connection with Hitler. More on Hannity & Combs tonight.

Roger Freberg