This is just to serve as a reminder that our goal, each and every week, is 150 minutes of moderate level activity.
 
Moderate pace for walking is usually 3 or 4 miles an hour.

Good morning! Thank you for inviting us in this morning. Here at Walk with a Doc we fight everyday to break down barriers. An integral component of that fight is transparency. While we certainly jump at the opportunity to share the good news, we must also, openly, share the not-so-good. So let's tackle the elephant in the room and then, hopefully, we can all move on.

 

As we are sure you've heard by now, there have been several accusations made by one of our regular participants. 

Regular Walk with a Doc participant, Franklin Skrabovaloznik, 45, from London, OH believes that Esther Peabody, 91, Upper Arlington, OH has been doping.

When asked to comment, Frank did not refrain. "Dude, in '07 and '08, I owned her!  She had no chance.  Now the chick is lapping me not once, but twice - every week. Plus, I swear her head is twice the size it was last year. It's an orange on a toothpick!  It's embarrassing as all get out, she's almost twice my age."

Actually Frank, she is twice your age.

Esther was quick to fend of the allegations, kind of....

"Esther Peabody is here to say that Esther cannot recall if she used any performance enhancing substances.  If I were to have used "the cream" or "the clear", that is nobody's business but Esther Peabody's. I'm a big girl (91) and I make my own decisions. Plus, I'm sick and tired of Skrabovaloznik being the first one to get to the food at the end of the walk.
For Pete's sake, can't we all just focus on why we're here and all the good we are doing?"

The investigation is ongoing but Nurse Megan did share Esther's average blood pressure of 112/64 has been recently recorded at 263/137 on multiple occasions.  Several regular walkers have separately shared concerns that Esther is eating more than her 'fair share'.

The Walk with a Doc Advisory Board (pictured above) is having an emergency meeting tonight to discuss initiating random drug testing.  We will keep you updated on our site (www.walkwithadoc.org).

It's the question you most want to ask me in the office. I inquire as to how much activity you get during the week, and...you never ask.

Here's the answer:

No joke.  After a prolonged period of moderate or intense exercise - reach for the chocolate milk.  It has twice the carbohydrates and proteins of most recovery drinks.  In addition, it has a high water content for rehydration and obviously has a good amount of calcium.  The small amount of sodium it carries helps our bodies retain water.

Chocolate milk is possibly the ultimate recovery drink.  We recommend lowfat milk.

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