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As the signature block says, I'm the Captian of a Tandem Bicycle. My wife and I ride almost every day in the bicycing season. The rides vary from 22, 25, and 35 miles with usual speeds in the low 15 mph averages. Rain, snow, ice, and temperatures below 30 degrees F mean no riding. We have an indoor magnetic resistance routine for the winter. (That is a real thigh burner and we only do that M-W-F's.)
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays we do an upper body strength training on a Bowflex Power Pro (that's the original model) that takes about 20 miutes (their advertising is correct!). Just enough to keep the upper body in condition without laying on a lot of muscle mass.
Other than that we tend to walk places whenever possible.
During the 12+ years we've been tandeming I've gone from 225 down to 155-160 range. (Linda has had similar but classified results.) HbA1c's between 5.2 to 5.4%. FBG's tend to be above 100 but usually below 125. No medications for diabetes -- yet.
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Be well, do good work, and keep in touch [Garison Keilor]
Ronin (a.k.a, George N. Wells, CPIM)
Tandemist/Lay Theologian
Enjoying Life and Learning about myself everyday.
Pre-D -- Not on Insulin  (yet) 
For Cholesterol though:
2500 mg Niacin
5 mg Zocor
2008 cycling miles: 4844 (20 Nov)
Fasting C-Peptide 1.4 (02 Oct 08) HbA1c's:
01 Mar 2008 -- 5.4%
01 Apr 2008 -- 5.3%
01 May 2008 -- 5.1%
01 June 2008 -- 5.1%
01 July 2008 -- 5.0%
02 Oct 2008 -- 5.4%
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