Posted in Personal on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although it is not a comprehensive indication, still those measurements from high school are proven to be a good general indication of health. Time to brush up on those push-ups!
Push-Ups
Number of push-ups by age group
Age:
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Superior
62
52
40
39
28
Excellent
47
39
30
35
23
Good
37
30
24
19
18
Fair
29
24
18
13
10
Poor
22
17
11
9
6
Very Poor
13
9
5
3
2
Age:
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Superior
45
39
33
28
20
Excellent
36
31
24
21
15
Good
30
24
18
17
12
Fair
23
19
13
12
5
Poor
7
11
6
6
2
Very Poor
9
4
1
0
0
Age:
20-29
30-39
40-49
Superior
42
39
20
Excellent
28
23
15
Good
21
15
13
Fair
15
11
9
Poor
10
8
6
Very Poor
3
1
0
1-Minute Sit-Ups
Number of sit-ups by age group
Age:
<20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Superior
62
55
51
47
43
39
Excellent
51
47
43
39
35
30
Good
47
42
39
34
28
22
Fair
41
38
35
29
24
19
Poor
36
33
30
24
19
15
Very Poor
27
27
23
17
12
7
Age:
<20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Superior
55
51
42
38
30
28
Excellent
46
44
35
29
24
17
Good
36
38
29
24
20
11
Fair
32
32
25
20
14
6
Poor
28
24
20
14
10
3
Very Poor
25
18
11
7
5
0
Sit And Reach Flexibility
Distance of reaches in inches, by age [...]
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Posted in Personal, Sermons on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was [...]
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Posted in Personal, Resolutions on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I was not completely successful this week, but it has been an encouraging start. Here continue the resolutions:
I will be in bed by 1am every day.
I will wake up by 9am every day.
I will play no single-player games.
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Posted in Personal on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A dear friend posed a poignant question to me tonight. What, if anything, would I hope or desire for the future? Among the answers I gave, finally I lit upon one that became the focal point of our conversation.
Simply put, I wish for myself, for my family, for my friends, and for all people to [...]
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Posted in Personal, Resolutions on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s never to early to begin to set resolutions! I’ve realized over the course of this semester that I’ve been compromising on many things (sleep especially), and being the type that likes structure, I’ll be setting some tangible boundaries/guidelines for myself as well as thoughts upon which to meditate. Each week I’ll add [...]
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Posted in Personal, Quotes on October 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Many of these sentences may need some explanation, but that defeats the purpose of the post. Hopefully some of them provoke consideration or interest and are edifying to you this weekend.
Quotes:
“He that at a feast feeds with temperance has much greater pleasure of what he eats and drinks than he that gluts himself and [...]
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Posted in Heart, Personal, Sin on October 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I do not admit to driving dangerously nor grieving other drivers. In fact, I consider myself a very good driver. Yet as I was commuting home this afternoon I realized the depth of my depravity as evidenced through my driving, and how our attitudes on the road are very much a litmus test of our [...]
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Books don’t change people…paragraphs do…sometimes even sentences. – John Piper, A Godward Life
In recent days I’ve been persuaded that while a deep understanding of the most technical of subjects can be to the glory of God, still the practical depends upon short, perhaps pithy, sentences. If I cannot summarize a sermon, a lecture, a book, [...]
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Some of my fondest memories as a child include playing Monopoly, Risk, Yahtzee, Stratego, Chess, and the list goes on. Sadly, board games are on the decline. I had overlooked the trend until recently when it was brought to my attention. Perhaps video games and some other forms of entertainment have [...]
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Today I turned to Psalm 30, having experienced joy and refreshment this morning. Boice gives us some excellent contextual information, as well as a wonderful practical illustration. As I discussed with a good friend last night, often I struggle with the faith he mentions, and I pray that I can not just mentally assent [...]
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