<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125</id><updated>2011-11-14T07:07:23.262-08:00</updated><category term='My good friend Lee Bogan sings a song about his daughter Emmie Rose'/><category term='Awards'/><title type='text'>Fitness,Music and Life</title><subtitle type='html'>This is a Blog with some helpful information and a part of my life that I want to share.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>138</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-815699730407218286</id><published>2011-08-21T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T09:29:05.428-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pam Sims Rutledge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xs4wn_lp48U/TlExyjKr8dI/AAAAAAAAAI8/Edeheyqsb4E/s1600/photoPam%2BSims%2BRutledge.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643346552575226322" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xs4wn_lp48U/TlExyjKr8dI/AAAAAAAAAI8/Edeheyqsb4E/s320/photoPam%2BSims%2BRutledge.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My Bride&lt;br /&gt;08/19/11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-815699730407218286?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/815699730407218286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/pam-sims-rutledge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/815699730407218286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/815699730407218286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/pam-sims-rutledge.html' title='Pam Sims Rutledge'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xs4wn_lp48U/TlExyjKr8dI/AAAAAAAAAI8/Edeheyqsb4E/s72-c/photoPam%2BSims%2BRutledge.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-7017075489692342051</id><published>2011-08-21T08:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T08:44:56.715-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Chapter In My Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5LLoQu0JjwU/TlEnrm0uA3I/AAAAAAAAAI0/wql7t6j32qA/s1600/Pam%2Band%2BJohn%2Bwedding.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643335438181466994" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5LLoQu0JjwU/TlEnrm0uA3I/AAAAAAAAAI0/wql7t6j32qA/s320/Pam%2Band%2BJohn%2Bwedding.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pam and John Rutledge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;August 19,2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-7017075489692342051?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/7017075489692342051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-chapter-in-my-life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7017075489692342051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7017075489692342051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-chapter-in-my-life.html' title='A New Chapter In My Life'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5LLoQu0JjwU/TlEnrm0uA3I/AAAAAAAAAI0/wql7t6j32qA/s72-c/Pam%2Band%2BJohn%2Bwedding.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1196142348216019508</id><published>2011-08-12T17:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T18:17:39.580-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mid Night Sun 1977</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Md8pFLF9mc/TkXLzgBTYVI/AAAAAAAAAIs/GfeqFJo7mbA/s1600/17380_1315019805123_1519530299_30829490_8222547_nMidnight%2BSun%2B1977.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 311px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640138193980580178" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Md8pFLF9mc/TkXLzgBTYVI/AAAAAAAAAIs/GfeqFJo7mbA/s320/17380_1315019805123_1519530299_30829490_8222547_nMidnight%2BSun%2B1977.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;J Rutledge &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Voo Doo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;DanielGregory&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Johnny Lathem&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Truck Jeter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thomp Thompson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Phil Blackwell&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1196142348216019508?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1196142348216019508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/who-remembers-night-sun.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1196142348216019508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1196142348216019508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/who-remembers-night-sun.html' title='The Mid Night Sun 1977'/><author><name>John H. 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Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E3zWZ7En4P8/Tj8IaXubtWI/AAAAAAAAAIk/CFdYlNSa8wo/s72-c/44517_153328331346427_123234524355808_502408_5484442_nPicture%2BBy%2BRicki%2BFoster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-620667897966938939</id><published>2011-08-07T14:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T14:29:46.935-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Special Night On Stage</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJBrStirflM/Tj8DU774opI/AAAAAAAAAIc/E1oH0ccynRY/s1600/35302_416001994469_562464469_4406108_3712436_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638228916712284818" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJBrStirflM/Tj8DU774opI/AAAAAAAAAIc/E1oH0ccynRY/s320/35302_416001994469_562464469_4406108_3712436_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Excited about playing songs by High Cotton&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-620667897966938939?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/620667897966938939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/special-night-on-stage.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/620667897966938939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/620667897966938939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/special-night-on-stage.html' title='A Special Night On Stage'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJBrStirflM/Tj8DU774opI/AAAAAAAAAIc/E1oH0ccynRY/s72-c/35302_416001994469_562464469_4406108_3712436_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3383392807555721312</id><published>2011-08-07T14:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T14:24:52.284-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rehearsal Time Out To Take A Picture</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iXit_pVJu0g/Tj8CTpV-lOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/rnZlZIaj9gk/s1600/38157_1461151641080_1002108115_31341192_4583557_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638227795029955810" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iXit_pVJu0g/Tj8CTpV-lOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/rnZlZIaj9gk/s320/38157_1461151641080_1002108115_31341192_4583557_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;John&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;David&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lee&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nancy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jeff&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3383392807555721312?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3383392807555721312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/rehearsal-time-out-to-take-picture.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3383392807555721312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3383392807555721312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/rehearsal-time-out-to-take-picture.html' title='Rehearsal Time Out To Take A Picture'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iXit_pVJu0g/Tj8CTpV-lOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/rnZlZIaj9gk/s72-c/38157_1461151641080_1002108115_31341192_4583557_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-445914075630250305</id><published>2011-08-07T03:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T03:24:14.529-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Years Are Flying By</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sze-BjSfljE/Tj5nipQYWLI/AAAAAAAAAIM/VWFaiW_yibQ/s1600/37289_128574683850525_100000939825039_137008_1927075_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute%2B2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 261px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638057628402210994" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sze-BjSfljE/Tj5nipQYWLI/AAAAAAAAAIM/VWFaiW_yibQ/s320/37289_128574683850525_100000939825039_137008_1927075_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute%2B2010.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-445914075630250305?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/445914075630250305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/years-are-passing-flying-by.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/445914075630250305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/445914075630250305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/years-are-passing-flying-by.html' title='The Years Are Flying By'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sze-BjSfljE/Tj5nipQYWLI/AAAAAAAAAIM/VWFaiW_yibQ/s72-c/37289_128574683850525_100000939825039_137008_1927075_n%2BHigh%2BCotton%2BTribute%2B2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4406573477449797549</id><published>2011-08-05T01:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T01:49:20.804-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My First Bike Since A Teenager</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9B225L6dkXc/TjuugXAh6YI/AAAAAAAAAIE/oEI48n5hHXw/s1600/CIMG0192.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637291229539592578" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9B225L6dkXc/TjuugXAh6YI/AAAAAAAAAIE/oEI48n5hHXw/s320/CIMG0192.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A gift from Pam for my 53rd birthday and my first Triathlon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4406573477449797549?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4406573477449797549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-first-bike-since-teenager.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4406573477449797549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4406573477449797549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-first-bike-since-teenager.html' title='My First Bike Since A Teenager'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9B225L6dkXc/TjuugXAh6YI/AAAAAAAAAIE/oEI48n5hHXw/s72-c/CIMG0192.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-8550171736321985746</id><published>2011-07-31T17:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T17:52:12.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Every Picture Tells A Story</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0_m3L4LqN_A/TjX4reswGtI/AAAAAAAAAH8/sJgKMtTGVm8/s1600/17380_1315019805123_1519530299_30829490_8222547_nMidnight%2BSun%2B1977.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 311px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635683934582872786" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0_m3L4LqN_A/TjX4reswGtI/AAAAAAAAAH8/sJgKMtTGVm8/s320/17380_1315019805123_1519530299_30829490_8222547_nMidnight%2BSun%2B1977.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;1977 Taken at the Midnight Sun Spartanburg,SC&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8550171736321985746?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8550171736321985746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/every-picture-tells-story.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8550171736321985746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8550171736321985746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/every-picture-tells-story.html' title='Every Picture Tells A Story'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0_m3L4LqN_A/TjX4reswGtI/AAAAAAAAAH8/sJgKMtTGVm8/s72-c/17380_1315019805123_1519530299_30829490_8222547_nMidnight%2BSun%2B1977.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6349886671859665222</id><published>2011-07-31T11:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T11:58:52.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Your Carolina Show 08/06/2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fKRleSfTlvI/TjWllOVdxjI/AAAAAAAAAHs/C6EUo45Kg1A/s1600/Your%2BCarolina.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 227px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635592567645914674" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fKRleSfTlvI/TjWllOVdxjI/AAAAAAAAAHs/C6EUo45Kg1A/s320/Your%2BCarolina.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Travis Smith&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;John Rutledge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dana Bradley&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Todd McGowan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6349886671859665222?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6349886671859665222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/your-carolina-show-08062010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6349886671859665222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6349886671859665222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/your-carolina-show-08062010.html' title='Your Carolina Show 08/06/2010'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fKRleSfTlvI/TjWllOVdxjI/AAAAAAAAAHs/C6EUo45Kg1A/s72-c/Your%2BCarolina.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4688870600487695756</id><published>2011-07-31T11:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T11:50:11.977-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fund Raiser June 18,2011 Union,SC</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d1yAPYAXgPg/TjWjnaMpn4I/AAAAAAAAAHk/w9COSaZKxGA/s1600/Fund%2BRaiser%2BUnion%2B2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635590406166650754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d1yAPYAXgPg/TjWjnaMpn4I/AAAAAAAAAHk/w9COSaZKxGA/s320/Fund%2BRaiser%2BUnion%2B2011.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Travis Smith&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;John Rutledge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Todd McGowan&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4688870600487695756?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4688870600487695756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/fund-raiser-june-182011-unionsc.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4688870600487695756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4688870600487695756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/fund-raiser-june-182011-unionsc.html' title='Fund Raiser June 18,2011 Union,SC'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d1yAPYAXgPg/TjWjnaMpn4I/AAAAAAAAAHk/w9COSaZKxGA/s72-c/Fund%2BRaiser%2BUnion%2B2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-7428032105991483323</id><published>2011-07-30T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T12:19:48.472-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Six Year Journey</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRqh0wffdHY/TjRYor4c1zI/AAAAAAAAAHc/RQpNS1AlNmU/s1600/CIMG0191.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635226489744840498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRqh0wffdHY/TjRYor4c1zI/AAAAAAAAAHc/RQpNS1AlNmU/s320/CIMG0191.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-7428032105991483323?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/7428032105991483323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/six-year-journey.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7428032105991483323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7428032105991483323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/six-year-journey.html' title='A Six Year Journey'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRqh0wffdHY/TjRYor4c1zI/AAAAAAAAAHc/RQpNS1AlNmU/s72-c/CIMG0191.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1736508889544293057</id><published>2011-07-30T03:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T03:33:05.545-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Four Mile Branch Pool</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-INFasPlTMaI/TjPd0atbGGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/Yc81TAoN3yM/s1600/CIMG0188.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635091451363399778" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-INFasPlTMaI/TjPd0atbGGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/Yc81TAoN3yM/s320/CIMG0188.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A great pool to work on my swimming and to hang out with Pam.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1736508889544293057?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1736508889544293057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/four-mile-branch-pool.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1736508889544293057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1736508889544293057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/four-mile-branch-pool.html' title='Four Mile Branch Pool'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-INFasPlTMaI/TjPd0atbGGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/Yc81TAoN3yM/s72-c/CIMG0188.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1563638211762787207</id><published>2011-07-27T07:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T05:38:27.462-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Awards'/><title type='text'>Distinguished Toastmaster Award July 6,2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;  Distinguished Toastmaster recognition is the greatest honor that can be earned by a member of Toastmasters International. The DTM award is given only to those who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and communication skills and who have used these skills to help others in their self-development efforts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1563638211762787207?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1563638211762787207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/distinguished-toastmaster-award-july.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1563638211762787207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1563638211762787207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/distinguished-toastmaster-award-july.html' title='Distinguished Toastmaster Award July 6,2011'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5927834594027682772</id><published>2011-07-24T04:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-24T04:53:27.230-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Leukemia Attacks One Of My Fitness Brothers</title><content type='html'>Saturday July 23,2011 Clyde Norris was diagnosed with Leukemia. Clyde is one of the hardest working men in the fitness business. He is a friend and inspiration to all his clients and Gym members. My thoughts and prayers are with Clyde and his family.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5927834594027682772?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5927834594027682772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/leukemia-attacks-one-of-my-fitness.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5927834594027682772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5927834594027682772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/leukemia-attacks-one-of-my-fitness.html' title='Leukemia Attacks One Of My Fitness Brothers'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3144600273316072756</id><published>2011-07-23T12:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-23T12:41:50.946-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Four Mile Branch Drum Studio</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ebgXGodVv24/Tisj5PFbqtI/AAAAAAAAAHM/Or1lOzzwEJg/s1600/CIMG0165.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632635225165769426" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ebgXGodVv24/Tisj5PFbqtI/AAAAAAAAAHM/Or1lOzzwEJg/s320/CIMG0165.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am fortunate to have a beautiful place to practice. This is a long way from the woodshed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3144600273316072756?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3144600273316072756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/four-mile-branch-drum-studio.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3144600273316072756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3144600273316072756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/four-mile-branch-drum-studio.html' title='Four Mile Branch Drum Studio'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ebgXGodVv24/Tisj5PFbqtI/AAAAAAAAAHM/Or1lOzzwEJg/s72-c/CIMG0165.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4552798776967574763</id><published>2011-07-21T06:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-22T03:40:13.764-07:00</updated><title type='text'>June 4th 2011  My First Sprint Triathlon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L9kkAumILRA/TilTf6n71HI/AAAAAAAAAHE/E-hoBfzpDBQ/s1600/CIMG0182.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632124616781321330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L9kkAumILRA/TilTf6n71HI/AAAAAAAAAHE/E-hoBfzpDBQ/s320/CIMG0182.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Swimming was a weakness so I hired a coach. Peter Kotland is the Triathlon Coach at The Y in Duncan,SC&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4552798776967574763?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4552798776967574763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/june-4th-2011-my-first-sprint-triathlon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4552798776967574763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4552798776967574763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/07/june-4th-2011-my-first-sprint-triathlon.html' title='June 4th 2011  My First Sprint Triathlon'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L9kkAumILRA/TilTf6n71HI/AAAAAAAAAHE/E-hoBfzpDBQ/s72-c/CIMG0182.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3364386587157008896</id><published>2011-03-12T15:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T15:34:56.713-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My Father In The Late 50's</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9MHOMQSBxI/TXwCYjmVYkI/AAAAAAAAAGk/sGkwKmEg5ig/s1600/scan0008.jpg%2BThe%2BOnly%2BPicture%2BOf%2BMy%2BFather.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 208px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583340258928714306" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9MHOMQSBxI/TXwCYjmVYkI/AAAAAAAAAGk/sGkwKmEg5ig/s320/scan0008.jpg%2BThe%2BOnly%2BPicture%2BOf%2BMy%2BFather.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3364386587157008896?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3364386587157008896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-father-in-late-50s.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3364386587157008896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3364386587157008896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-father-in-late-50s.html' title='My Father In The Late 50&apos;s'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9MHOMQSBxI/TXwCYjmVYkI/AAAAAAAAAGk/sGkwKmEg5ig/s72-c/scan0008.jpg%2BThe%2BOnly%2BPicture%2BOf%2BMy%2BFather.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3397688544962857192</id><published>2011-03-11T19:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-11T20:04:13.962-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Never Forget Where You Came From</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--OX6qIglyP4/TXrvw5DAClI/AAAAAAAAAGU/ub8su-ymtjw/s1600/scan0007.jpg%2BA%2BRare%2BPhoto%2BOf%2BMe%2BWith%2BMy%2BMother.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 207px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583038311305316946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--OX6qIglyP4/TXrvw5DAClI/AAAAAAAAAGU/ub8su-ymtjw/s320/scan0007.jpg%2BA%2BRare%2BPhoto%2BOf%2BMe%2BWith%2BMy%2BMother.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is a picture of me with my mother in the early sixties.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3397688544962857192?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3397688544962857192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/03/never-forget-where-you-came-from.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3397688544962857192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3397688544962857192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/03/never-forget-where-you-came-from.html' title='Never Forget Where You Came From'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--OX6qIglyP4/TXrvw5DAClI/AAAAAAAAAGU/ub8su-ymtjw/s72-c/scan0007.jpg%2BA%2BRare%2BPhoto%2BOf%2BMe%2BWith%2BMy%2BMother.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-7201285880504101074</id><published>2011-03-05T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T06:18:27.692-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The 70's Big Hair and Oversized Drums</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZByKnE2phVM/TXJEEQvSBSI/AAAAAAAAAGM/RnM7HMZutCo/s1600/scan0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 257px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580597728268911906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZByKnE2phVM/TXJEEQvSBSI/AAAAAAAAAGM/RnM7HMZutCo/s320/scan0003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Playing drums, jumping rope and jogging to stay in shape. This picture was taken in the woodshed at my grandparents house.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-7201285880504101074?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/7201285880504101074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/03/70s-big-hair-and-oversize-drums.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7201285880504101074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7201285880504101074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/03/70s-big-hair-and-oversize-drums.html' title='The 70&apos;s Big Hair and Oversized Drums'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZByKnE2phVM/TXJEEQvSBSI/AAAAAAAAAGM/RnM7HMZutCo/s72-c/scan0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-7289088851267447803</id><published>2011-03-02T06:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T06:13:27.398-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Learning From One Of The Best</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-usO0P8LVPxU/TW5N08BV85I/AAAAAAAAAF8/-KZ4zg1pPno/s1600/scan0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579482560218919826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-usO0P8LVPxU/TW5N08BV85I/AAAAAAAAAF8/-KZ4zg1pPno/s320/scan0001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 1994 Smith's Music &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Spartanburg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Garibaldi Drum Clinic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I first heard him play on the 1972&lt;br /&gt;Bump City LP&lt;br /&gt;The hit song was You're Still A&lt;br /&gt;Young Man&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-7289088851267447803?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/7289088851267447803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/03/learning-from-one-of-best.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7289088851267447803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7289088851267447803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/03/learning-from-one-of-best.html' title='Learning From One Of The Best'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-usO0P8LVPxU/TW5N08BV85I/AAAAAAAAAF8/-KZ4zg1pPno/s72-c/scan0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5382649863643340414</id><published>2011-02-27T16:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T16:55:38.267-08:00</updated><title type='text'>1998 R&amp;R Hall Of Fame Lennon's Rolls Royce</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jDIyyIrXqbM/TWrxI_aArCI/AAAAAAAAAF0/ZUbC8cuyXDo/s1600/scan0009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578536225213557794" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jDIyyIrXqbM/TWrxI_aArCI/AAAAAAAAAF0/ZUbC8cuyXDo/s320/scan0009.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This was taken at a corporate event in Cleveland OH. I was working with State Chemical Co.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5382649863643340414?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5382649863643340414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/1998-r-hall-of-fame-lennons-rolls-royce.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5382649863643340414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5382649863643340414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/1998-r-hall-of-fame-lennons-rolls-royce.html' title='1998 R&amp;R Hall Of Fame Lennon&apos;s Rolls Royce'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jDIyyIrXqbM/TWrxI_aArCI/AAAAAAAAAF0/ZUbC8cuyXDo/s72-c/scan0009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-8990366936988697776</id><published>2011-02-27T16:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T16:36:20.832-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday Market</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tLvrVRprd-M/TWrtdsocRlI/AAAAAAAAAFs/As97djpUSNs/s1600/scan0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578532182904555090" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tLvrVRprd-M/TWrtdsocRlI/AAAAAAAAAFs/As97djpUSNs/s320/scan0002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Saturday Market Downtown &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Greenville&lt;/span&gt;,South Carolina &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Summer 2010. The Travis Smith Project&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8990366936988697776?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8990366936988697776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/saturday-market.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8990366936988697776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8990366936988697776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/saturday-market.html' title='Saturday Market'/><author><name>John H. 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Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wU4Gp7Jhwio/TWrsUbm8mSI/AAAAAAAAAFk/6mrea5fKJio/s72-c/scan0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5549588190507390980</id><published>2011-02-24T17:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T17:54:19.784-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank You For Joining My Blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s-jMdjuZRyQ/TWcLBpCuItI/AAAAAAAAAFc/y_rbMPdqI_E/s1600/ssp_8750.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 224px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577438786346689234" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s-jMdjuZRyQ/TWcLBpCuItI/AAAAAAAAAFc/y_rbMPdqI_E/s320/ssp_8750.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Life is good, I have no complaints.  Thank you for joining my site. There is much more to come.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5549588190507390980?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5549588190507390980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/thank-you-for-joining-my-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5549588190507390980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5549588190507390980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/thank-you-for-joining-my-blog.html' title='Thank You For Joining My Blog'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s-jMdjuZRyQ/TWcLBpCuItI/AAAAAAAAAFc/y_rbMPdqI_E/s72-c/ssp_8750.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3301984440979169013</id><published>2011-02-20T14:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T14:24:48.596-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Early Eighties Look</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GYvG6YL1g_k/TWGTjZPQ8bI/AAAAAAAAAFE/znrA6r1t1VU/s1600/scan0006.jpg%2BA%2Brare%2Bpicture%2Bof%2Bmy%2Bgrandparents%2Band%2Bme.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575900049941000626" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GYvG6YL1g_k/TWGTjZPQ8bI/AAAAAAAAAFE/znrA6r1t1VU/s320/scan0006.jpg%2BA%2Brare%2Bpicture%2Bof%2Bmy%2Bgrandparents%2Band%2Bme.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is a rare picture of my grandparents together. I lived with them the first twenty-one years of my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3301984440979169013?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3301984440979169013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/early-eighties-look.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3301984440979169013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3301984440979169013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/early-eighties-look.html' title='The Early Eighties Look'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GYvG6YL1g_k/TWGTjZPQ8bI/AAAAAAAAAFE/znrA6r1t1VU/s72-c/scan0006.jpg%2BA%2Brare%2Bpicture%2Bof%2Bmy%2Bgrandparents%2Band%2Bme.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4990304858076133051</id><published>2011-02-20T14:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T14:10:45.438-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fourty Years Ago In The Woodshed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M27Q4J8Zbuk/TWGPlg4AGnI/AAAAAAAAAE8/E3SMnOxCQ5k/s1600/scan0005.jpg%2BJHRutledge%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bearly%2B70%2527s%2BAT%2BGrandma%2527s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575895688304138866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M27Q4J8Zbuk/TWGPlg4AGnI/AAAAAAAAAE8/E3SMnOxCQ5k/s320/scan0005.jpg%2BJHRutledge%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bearly%2B70%2527s%2BAT%2BGrandma%2527s.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This was taken in1970-71 at my Grandparents.&lt;br /&gt;I was blessed to have them as parents. They supported me by giving me a roof over my head&lt;br /&gt;and a place to play the drums.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4990304858076133051?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4990304858076133051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/fourty-years-ago-in-woodshed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4990304858076133051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4990304858076133051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/fourty-years-ago-in-woodshed.html' title='Fourty Years Ago In The Woodshed'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M27Q4J8Zbuk/TWGPlg4AGnI/AAAAAAAAAE8/E3SMnOxCQ5k/s72-c/scan0005.jpg%2BJHRutledge%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bearly%2B70%2527s%2BAT%2BGrandma%2527s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3994171350215101051</id><published>2011-02-16T17:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T17:43:36.806-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chicago 10-10-10 Marathon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9iNY9832f8/TVx6ZkzDB0I/AAAAAAAAAE0/EfFcDUQZFdM/s1600/scan0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 238px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574465018570934082" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9iNY9832f8/TVx6ZkzDB0I/AAAAAAAAAE0/EfFcDUQZFdM/s320/scan0004.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Liz and I trained together for this marathon.  We ran twenty miles at a good pace and I started to struggle.  Liz finished strong and I was several minutes behind her.  What a wonderful marathon to call my last 26.2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3994171350215101051?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3994171350215101051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/chicago-10-10-10-marathon_16.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3994171350215101051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3994171350215101051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/chicago-10-10-10-marathon_16.html' title='Chicago 10-10-10 Marathon'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e9iNY9832f8/TVx6ZkzDB0I/AAAAAAAAAE0/EfFcDUQZFdM/s72-c/scan0004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5315741367856517999</id><published>2011-02-15T06:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-15T06:57:26.333-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My First TV Performance Your Carolina 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0df7bgVNr5w/TVqUIpqCbDI/AAAAAAAAAEs/lUaXmGNZ2qU/s1600/scan0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573930365166447666" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0df7bgVNr5w/TVqUIpqCbDI/AAAAAAAAAEs/lUaXmGNZ2qU/s320/scan0003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Todd McGowan and I laid down the groove to the song Childhood by Travis Smith.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5315741367856517999?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5315741367856517999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-first-tv-performance-your-carolina.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5315741367856517999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5315741367856517999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-first-tv-performance-your-carolina.html' title='My First TV Performance Your Carolina 2010'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0df7bgVNr5w/TVqUIpqCbDI/AAAAAAAAAEs/lUaXmGNZ2qU/s72-c/scan0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-8854974760332623486</id><published>2011-02-13T12:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T13:13:05.543-08:00</updated><title type='text'>On Your Carolina 2010 The Travis Smith Project</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p2jS-_1IHRI/TVhGB28EDwI/AAAAAAAAAEk/HZYBeqACq6E/s1600/scan0002.jpgTravis%2BSmith%2BProject%2B2010%2BYour%2BCarolina%2BShow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573281536612241154" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p2jS-_1IHRI/TVhGB28EDwI/AAAAAAAAAEk/HZYBeqACq6E/s320/scan0002.jpgTravis%2BSmith%2BProject%2B2010%2BYour%2BCarolina%2BShow.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The summer of 2010 was a great one.  I enjoyed working with Todd McGowan on Bass, Dana Bradley -Vocals and Travis Smith Lead Vocals and Guitar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8854974760332623486?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8854974760332623486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/on-your-carolina-2010-travis-smith.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8854974760332623486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8854974760332623486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/on-your-carolina-2010-travis-smith.html' title='On Your Carolina 2010 The Travis Smith Project'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p2jS-_1IHRI/TVhGB28EDwI/AAAAAAAAAEk/HZYBeqACq6E/s72-c/scan0002.jpgTravis%2BSmith%2BProject%2B2010%2BYour%2BCarolina%2BShow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6662615277100441741</id><published>2011-02-13T12:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T12:55:17.692-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Memories From The Eighties</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQC_kNvrpFs/TVhEErl8kqI/AAAAAAAAAEU/FCMF5QQe3F0/s1600/scan0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573279386083037858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQC_kNvrpFs/TVhEErl8kqI/AAAAAAAAAEU/FCMF5QQe3F0/s320/scan0003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Memories from the eighties on stage with Neal &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Schon&lt;/span&gt; and Richie Compton. High Point,NC 1986&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Journey was playing in Greensboro the next night. The Raised On Radio Tour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6662615277100441741?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6662615277100441741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/good-memories-from-eighties.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6662615277100441741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6662615277100441741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/good-memories-from-eighties.html' title='Good Memories From The Eighties'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQC_kNvrpFs/TVhEErl8kqI/AAAAAAAAAEU/FCMF5QQe3F0/s72-c/scan0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-7912045717804384659</id><published>2011-02-12T10:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T10:19:41.090-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Relaxing Is Important</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-55eyxCxZSC8/TVbOGB25hRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/dS1DsgBkgS0/s1600/scan0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 227px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572868191890801938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-55eyxCxZSC8/TVbOGB25hRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/dS1DsgBkgS0/s320/scan0001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pam and I together in Mexico on vacation last year. 2010 was a busy year for us. This trip was exactly what we needed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-7912045717804384659?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/7912045717804384659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/relaxing-is-important.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7912045717804384659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7912045717804384659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/relaxing-is-important.html' title='Relaxing Is Important'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-55eyxCxZSC8/TVbOGB25hRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/dS1DsgBkgS0/s72-c/scan0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-2760978846061545201</id><published>2011-02-12T10:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T10:13:57.775-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chicago 10-10-10 Marathon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MG3hSrJ3Tt0/TVbMiBc8-wI/AAAAAAAAAEE/jOWRt-s_82k/s1600/scan0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 230px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572866473795058434" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MG3hSrJ3Tt0/TVbMiBc8-wI/AAAAAAAAAEE/jOWRt-s_82k/s320/scan0002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This picture was taken early.  Things changed at mile twenty. I had to regroup to finish the marathon. That is the reason they call it a marathon and not a sprint.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-2760978846061545201?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/2760978846061545201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/chicago-10-10-10-marathon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2760978846061545201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2760978846061545201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/chicago-10-10-10-marathon.html' title='Chicago 10-10-10 Marathon'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MG3hSrJ3Tt0/TVbMiBc8-wI/AAAAAAAAAEE/jOWRt-s_82k/s72-c/scan0002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1726320270974402055</id><published>2011-02-09T07:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T12:05:19.701-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Leading An Inspired Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TVK5FjJ6LKI/AAAAAAAAAD8/54NwI37FCrw/s1600/scan0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571719193998011554" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TVK5FjJ6LKI/AAAAAAAAAD8/54NwI37FCrw/s320/scan0001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The late Jim &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Rohn&lt;/span&gt; and me. This was taken at a seminar in 1997  Jim was one of my favorite authors and speakers. I still read the journal I wrote at this seminar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1726320270974402055?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1726320270974402055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/leading-inspired-life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1726320270974402055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1726320270974402055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/leading-inspired-life.html' title='Leading An Inspired Life'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TVK5FjJ6LKI/AAAAAAAAAD8/54NwI37FCrw/s72-c/scan0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1649704768891858841</id><published>2011-02-07T17:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T18:14:19.645-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Public Speaking Is A Mental Exercise</title><content type='html'>We work a different part of the brain when giving a speech. Toastmasters International has a program that offers a positive environment for learning the art of communication and leadership.&lt;br /&gt;A Toastmasters Club gives you a chance to exercise your mental muscle by thinking on your feet. For six years I've been a member of this great organization....Check out a club near you!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1649704768891858841?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1649704768891858841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/public-speaking-is-mental-exercise.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1649704768891858841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1649704768891858841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/public-speaking-is-mental-exercise.html' title='Public Speaking Is A Mental Exercise'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-2397077952298353497</id><published>2011-02-07T17:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T17:46:50.966-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Having A Craft Is Great For Your Health</title><content type='html'>Playing drums for forty one years has been a wonderful experience. Sometimes I get the opportunity to play a show and get paid or I'll play a benefit for a cause that I believe in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's a craft that keeps me young at heart."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-2397077952298353497?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/2397077952298353497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/having-craft-is-great-for-your-health.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2397077952298353497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2397077952298353497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/having-craft-is-great-for-your-health.html' title='Having A Craft Is Great For Your Health'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5004567269807991343</id><published>2011-02-04T10:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-04T10:38:31.802-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring Festivals Are Only A few Weeks Away</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TUxHnKRJJWI/AAAAAAAAADg/H3RFuYedFsc/s1600/DSC00345.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569905577247188322" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TUxHnKRJJWI/AAAAAAAAADg/H3RFuYedFsc/s320/DSC00345.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last year The Travis Smith Project played several shows in Greenville,SC &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This photo was taken at the Peace Center Amphitheater 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5004567269807991343?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5004567269807991343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/spring-festivals-are-only-few-weeks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5004567269807991343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5004567269807991343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/spring-festivals-are-only-few-weeks.html' title='Spring Festivals Are Only A few Weeks Away'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TUxHnKRJJWI/AAAAAAAAADg/H3RFuYedFsc/s72-c/DSC00345.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6946176563376714485</id><published>2011-02-04T09:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-04T10:41:31.732-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Constant Energy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TUxD8sWC7PI/AAAAAAAAADQ/yhZ9Mqw8BvA/s1600/Picture%2BFinish%2Bat%2BThunder%2BRoad%2BMarathon%2B007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569901549125299442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TUxD8sWC7PI/AAAAAAAAADQ/yhZ9Mqw8BvA/s320/Picture%2BFinish%2Bat%2BThunder%2BRoad%2BMarathon%2B007.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The best way to have constant energy is positive self- talk. We all talk to our self in negative or positive way. When the little voice is telling us that we can't do something it causes us to choke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the book What To Say When You Talk To Yourself by Shad Helmstetter,PhD&lt;br /&gt;I read this book decades ago and it changed my self -talk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6946176563376714485?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6946176563376714485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/constant-energy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6946176563376714485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6946176563376714485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/constant-energy.html' title='Constant Energy'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/TUxD8sWC7PI/AAAAAAAAADQ/yhZ9Mqw8BvA/s72-c/Picture%2BFinish%2Bat%2BThunder%2BRoad%2BMarathon%2B007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5225316608565670106</id><published>2011-02-03T12:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-04T15:12:38.111-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Enjoying Life Is Good For Your Health</title><content type='html'>I went to a luncheon today in Greenville,SC at the Embassy Suites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Keynote Speaker was Chuck Leavell pianist for The Rolling Stones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first time I saw him perform in 1974 was with the Allman Brothers Band at the August Jam in Charlotte,NC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Angela Viney for inviting me to the event and for introducing me to Chuck.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5225316608565670106?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5225316608565670106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/enjoying-life-is-good-for-your-health.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5225316608565670106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5225316608565670106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/enjoying-life-is-good-for-your-health.html' title='Enjoying Life Is Good For Your Health'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1160681990768574892</id><published>2011-02-01T06:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-01T07:00:30.746-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thinking Power</title><content type='html'>I just finished reading the "&lt;strong&gt;Power of Positive Thinking" &lt;/strong&gt;by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale&lt;br /&gt;It's amazing how you can read a book over and over and always find something useful.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1160681990768574892?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1160681990768574892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/thinking-power.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1160681990768574892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1160681990768574892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/02/thinking-power.html' title='Thinking Power'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-2293390818149647226</id><published>2011-01-30T14:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-30T14:27:08.619-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Amazing What Being Outside Will Do For You</title><content type='html'>Getting a good dose of sunshine and walking five miles cleared my head.  The only thing it cost was one hour and fifteen minutes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-2293390818149647226?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/2293390818149647226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/amazing-what-being-outside-will-do-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2293390818149647226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2293390818149647226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/amazing-what-being-outside-will-do-for.html' title='Amazing What Being Outside Will Do For You'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-7854022674633763919</id><published>2011-01-30T08:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-30T08:58:25.019-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunshine Therophy</title><content type='html'>Enjoying a break from the winter weather.  Walking four miles a day with Pam.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-7854022674633763919?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/7854022674633763919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/sunshine-therophy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7854022674633763919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7854022674633763919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/sunshine-therophy.html' title='Sunshine Therophy'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-174976442498524538</id><published>2011-01-29T15:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T15:27:30.646-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My good friend Lee Bogan sings a song about his daughter Emmie Rose'/><title type='text'>Emme Rose  by Lee Bogan</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jUCyCVbpIbM?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="480" allowfullscreen=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-174976442498524538?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/174976442498524538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/emme-rose-by-lee-bogan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/174976442498524538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/174976442498524538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/emme-rose-by-lee-bogan.html' title='Emme Rose  by Lee Bogan'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/jUCyCVbpIbM/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-2938140776710581021</id><published>2011-01-27T17:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-27T18:07:07.619-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Easy Power</title><content type='html'>Master the art of easy power and watch your world change &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;automagically&lt;/span&gt;.  Become a student of the take it easy attitude.  Take it in stride...Easy baby!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-2938140776710581021?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/2938140776710581021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/easy-power.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2938140776710581021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2938140776710581021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/easy-power.html' title='Easy Power'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1124348205534861682</id><published>2011-01-27T16:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-27T16:35:01.786-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Unhealthy Thoughts</title><content type='html'>Substitute unhealthy thoughts with vital thoughts and watch the change in your attitude.  Unhealthy thoughts will cause you to fall into a funk and mess with your mind.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1124348205534861682?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1124348205534861682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/unhealthy-thoughts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1124348205534861682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1124348205534861682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/unhealthy-thoughts.html' title='Unhealthy Thoughts'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-2711047844914421271</id><published>2011-01-27T12:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-27T12:38:13.699-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mental Fitness</title><content type='html'>Yesterday I passed the South Carolina Property Management Exam...Flexed my mental muscle a bit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-2711047844914421271?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/2711047844914421271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/mental-fitness.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2711047844914421271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2711047844914421271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/mental-fitness.html' title='Mental Fitness'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-9052889094121525821</id><published>2011-01-27T10:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-27T10:09:12.820-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daily Mental Muscle</title><content type='html'>Toastmasters Club meeting this morning.  Club 48 Speaking Out at the Y is a great way to start each Thursday morning.  It's a wonderful Leadership and communication lab.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-9052889094121525821?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/9052889094121525821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/daily-mental-muscle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/9052889094121525821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/9052889094121525821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/daily-mental-muscle.html' title='Daily Mental Muscle'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6553627247079125511</id><published>2011-01-25T11:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T11:36:19.129-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2011 Is A Half Marathon Year</title><content type='html'>Reading Go Magazine looking for half marathons that are close to home.  Last year Chicago was huge and it was a &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;hassle&lt;/span&gt; getting there.  I've decided to run a few half marathons instead of a 26.2&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6553627247079125511?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6553627247079125511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-is-half-marathon-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6553627247079125511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6553627247079125511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-is-half-marathon-year.html' title='2011 Is A Half Marathon Year'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-602007545602628168</id><published>2011-01-24T06:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-24T06:56:46.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jack Lalanne Exercise Guru Dead at 96</title><content type='html'>&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;laLanne&lt;/span&gt; rocked the fitness industry with his fitness philosophy and lifestyle.  He was a huge influence in the old school fitness business. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"The only way you can hurt the body is not use it"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;LaLanne&lt;/span&gt; said.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-602007545602628168?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/602007545602628168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/jack-lalanne-exercise-guru-dead-at-96.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/602007545602628168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/602007545602628168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/jack-lalanne-exercise-guru-dead-at-96.html' title='Jack Lalanne Exercise Guru Dead at 96'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6457543221165843440</id><published>2011-01-23T07:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T07:40:19.418-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Time To Chillax</title><content type='html'>A friend and I ran this morning at 7:30  It was 22 degrees outside and sunny.  It's a perfect way to clear the head.  The Bears and the Packers meet in postseason for the first time since the '40s.&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;chillax&lt;/span&gt; and watch the game.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6457543221165843440?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6457543221165843440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/time-to-chillax.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6457543221165843440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6457543221165843440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/time-to-chillax.html' title='Time To Chillax'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4427549297690359128</id><published>2011-01-21T15:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T15:12:35.957-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Think Summer When It's Winter</title><content type='html'>I've never understood why some people wait until spring to get in shape. Thinking about summer all winter will help you make better decisions.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4427549297690359128?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4427549297690359128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/think-summer-when-its-winter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4427549297690359128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4427549297690359128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/think-summer-when-its-winter.html' title='Think Summer When It&apos;s Winter'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-8364263569318344653</id><published>2011-01-13T04:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T04:23:00.916-08:00</updated><title type='text'>No New Fundalmentals</title><content type='html'>If you are skinny , eat and lift weights. If you are fat , run, lift weights, and eat less. Choose your foods wisely and drink plenty of water.  Get help if you can't do it on your on!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8364263569318344653?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8364263569318344653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/no-new-fundalmentals.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8364263569318344653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8364263569318344653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/no-new-fundalmentals.html' title='No New Fundalmentals'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1916923975294706369</id><published>2011-01-10T06:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T04:12:55.743-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Snow Day In Spartanburg</title><content type='html'>Going for a walk in the snow t0 get  some exercise and enjoy the event. &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Spartanburg&lt;/span&gt; is having it's worst storm in ten years. " A good day to play drums and work inside."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1916923975294706369?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1916923975294706369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/snow-day-in-spartanburg.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1916923975294706369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1916923975294706369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/snow-day-in-spartanburg.html' title='Snow Day In Spartanburg'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-8108298255506419716</id><published>2011-01-07T13:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T13:35:07.318-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Treadmill and Jump Rope</title><content type='html'>Cold weather blues can be cured with a treadmill and jump rope. I love running outside but sometimes the cold gets old.  A thirty to forty minute cardiovascular workout mixing these exercises will get the job done!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8108298255506419716?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8108298255506419716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/treadmill-and-jump-rope.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8108298255506419716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8108298255506419716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/treadmill-and-jump-rope.html' title='Treadmill and Jump Rope'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4101523709778362393</id><published>2011-01-01T12:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-01T13:13:44.251-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hair Of The Dog Run New Years Day 2011</title><content type='html'>It's always tough getting up and going for a run on New Years Day.  When I see all of the runners waiting to begin, and everyone is wishing you a great year my attitude changes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weather was perfect for running 47 and cloudy.  I finished the ten miles in 1:36&lt;br /&gt;What a great way to start the new year!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4101523709778362393?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4101523709778362393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/hair-of-dog-run-new-years-day-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4101523709778362393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4101523709778362393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2011/01/hair-of-dog-run-new-years-day-2011.html' title='Hair Of The Dog Run New Years Day 2011'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3449811324900876894</id><published>2010-12-30T08:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-30T09:15:45.085-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Physical Fitness Helps Mental Fitness</title><content type='html'>The last quarter of the year has been a true test. The death of several loved ones, and the process of renovating a  house has been stressful. It makes me &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;appreciate&lt;/span&gt; being able to workout more than ever. The mental advantage of being in shape is a key component of a physical lifestyle.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3449811324900876894?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3449811324900876894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/12/physical-fitness-helps-mental-fitness.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3449811324900876894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3449811324900876894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/12/physical-fitness-helps-mental-fitness.html' title='Physical Fitness Helps Mental Fitness'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5895801541099174709</id><published>2010-10-19T11:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T11:34:23.302-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wasn't Pretty But I Finished</title><content type='html'>Everything was going great until mile twenty.  The sun was beaming on my bald head and nausea became my enemy.  Finish time was 5:16:16 and I placed 26,271st out of 36,159 finishers. Over 45,000 people started the marathon and nearly 10,000 dropped out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It wasn't pretty but I finished!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5895801541099174709?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5895801541099174709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/10/wasnt-pretty-but-i-finished.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5895801541099174709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5895801541099174709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/10/wasnt-pretty-but-i-finished.html' title='Wasn&apos;t Pretty But I Finished'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-469955193161970037</id><published>2010-10-06T11:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T11:38:45.510-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2010 Chicago Marathon 0ctober 10th</title><content type='html'>It has been a brutal training season for this marathon.  The weather was almost unbearable, hot, humid,and dry.  The hardest part of training is &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt;-training before the big day.  With only four more days to go, and all the training is over, anticipation starts to build up.  I'm  ready for this marathon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-469955193161970037?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/469955193161970037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/10/2010-chicago-marathon-0ctober-10th.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/469955193161970037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/469955193161970037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/10/2010-chicago-marathon-0ctober-10th.html' title='2010 Chicago Marathon 0ctober 10th'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4924919897353786290</id><published>2010-09-26T16:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-26T16:23:40.310-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back From A Blog Break</title><content type='html'>Life has been hectic but good. I'm finishing a marathon training program and I will be running the Chicago Marathon October 10,2010. Running, finding a new home, music projects, building a business will give me plenty to blog about.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4924919897353786290?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4924919897353786290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/09/back-from-blog-break.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4924919897353786290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4924919897353786290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/09/back-from-blog-break.html' title='Back From A Blog Break'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6759113075984869994</id><published>2010-05-21T12:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T13:17:57.568-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Weighing Everyday Could Drive You Crazy</title><content type='html'>People who wish to lose weight and weigh everyday drive me crazy. They take off their shoes before getting on the scales. They need immediate gratification, if they don't get it their day is ruined. The best approach is to pay attention to how your close fit at the beginning of your program.....this is the best way to gauge the loss of body fat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the most part if your clothes are fitting more loosely you are losing body fat...If they are fitting more tightly, you're gaining body fat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weighing once a week should be enough. Try these three things :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Be consistent with what you are wear&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the same scale if possible&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Weigh at approximately the same time on the same day each week&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6759113075984869994?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6759113075984869994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/weighing-everyday-could-drive-you-crazy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6759113075984869994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6759113075984869994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/weighing-everyday-could-drive-you-crazy.html' title='Weighing Everyday Could Drive You Crazy'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-7623741788521621373</id><published>2010-05-17T13:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-17T14:09:37.120-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Loving Life And Using My Gifts</title><content type='html'>Playing drums is one of my passions it is physical and mentally challenging.  I returned to performing live last Saturday after twenty three years.  Taking time away from playing to get my life in order was something I needed to do.  The love for playing drums never went away and I'm thankful to still have the gift.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-7623741788521621373?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/7623741788521621373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/loving-life-and-using-my-gifts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7623741788521621373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7623741788521621373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/loving-life-and-using-my-gifts.html' title='Loving Life And Using My Gifts'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-7463492333949768144</id><published>2010-05-11T05:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T05:48:40.233-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We all Have Vices</title><content type='html'>Physical activity helps keep bad vices from taking over our life.  It is easier to teach this lifestyle than  it is to live it.  I've struggled with many, but fitness has always brought me through them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Making sure that we have more good habits than bad ones is the key to keeping issues at a respectable distance."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moderation in all things is a great proverb to live by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay healthy, and enjoy life!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-7463492333949768144?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/7463492333949768144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-all-have-vices.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7463492333949768144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/7463492333949768144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-all-have-vices.html' title='We all Have Vices'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5764842052588111765</id><published>2010-05-09T03:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T03:43:47.012-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Running Hills Can Be Fun</title><content type='html'>Make a game out of running hills and work them into your routine.  Be consistent and you'll get better.  Try not to look at the top, look a few yards out.  This will ease the pain of knowing how steep or how long the hill is going to be.  Hills can be fun and they are a great conditioning tool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5764842052588111765?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5764842052588111765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/running-hills-can-be-fun.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5764842052588111765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5764842052588111765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/running-hills-can-be-fun.html' title='Running Hills Can Be Fun'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1357042551695709553</id><published>2010-05-07T10:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T11:07:35.699-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hard Work Pays Off For A Client</title><content type='html'>I brought my exercise mat with me and I'm doing my exercises.  I'm getting stronger thanks to you. I was able to go kayaking, my arms held up to paddle, and my back didn't give out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for that,&lt;br /&gt;Diane W.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1357042551695709553?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1357042551695709553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/hard-work-pays-off-for-client.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1357042551695709553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1357042551695709553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/05/hard-work-pays-off-for-client.html' title='Hard Work Pays Off For A Client'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1778830887994982598</id><published>2010-04-24T08:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T08:21:05.136-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Get Moving, Enjoy Life, Be Fit</title><content type='html'>To many people are spectators, out of shape,wishing for things to get better.  Don't sit back and watch things happen, make things happen, enjoy your life. Get fit!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1778830887994982598?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1778830887994982598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/04/get-moving-enjoy-life-be-fit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1778830887994982598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1778830887994982598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/04/get-moving-enjoy-life-be-fit.html' title='Get Moving, Enjoy Life, Be Fit'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4977205111738765301</id><published>2010-04-04T18:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T18:22:54.118-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Roll Over Or Roll Out Of Bed?</title><content type='html'>The choice is what makes the difference in how we feel and the way that we look. Let this small discipline make a huge impact on your self-image. Make time for yourself at the beginning of each day. Let it be your hour of power!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4977205111738765301?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4977205111738765301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/04/roll-over-or-roll-out-of-bed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4977205111738765301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4977205111738765301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/04/roll-over-or-roll-out-of-bed.html' title='Roll Over Or Roll Out Of Bed?'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3887946718053734319</id><published>2010-03-24T18:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T18:20:36.274-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Make Excuses Or Get Fit</title><content type='html'>We can make excuses or we can get fit, but we can't do both.  We all have twenty four hours in a day, it's up to us to make fitness a priority.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3887946718053734319?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3887946718053734319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/make-excuses-or-get-fit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3887946718053734319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3887946718053734319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/make-excuses-or-get-fit.html' title='Make Excuses Or Get Fit'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5723618302922793199</id><published>2010-03-21T17:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-21T17:44:59.684-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Recovery Takes Longer Past 50</title><content type='html'>Getting old isn't for sissies, we have to except the fact that recovery from a hard workout, or a night out, takes us longer to get over.  It has been one of the worst reality checks of this decade.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5723618302922793199?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5723618302922793199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/recovery-takes-longer-past-50.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5723618302922793199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5723618302922793199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/recovery-takes-longer-past-50.html' title='Recovery Takes Longer Past 50'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4334529461678742741</id><published>2010-03-19T06:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T06:54:44.599-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Unstoppable Past Our Fifties</title><content type='html'>Our bodies can keep doing incredible things in our fifties.  We have to make exercise and nutrition a priority.  We don't have to give into the health care scare.  &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;" If we take care of ourselves, we'll be way ahead of the system."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4334529461678742741?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4334529461678742741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/unstoppable-past-our-fifties.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4334529461678742741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4334529461678742741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/unstoppable-past-our-fifties.html' title='Unstoppable Past Our Fifties'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4982568127259648060</id><published>2010-03-16T07:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-16T07:11:09.257-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Law Of Inertia</title><content type='html'>A body at rest tends to stay at rest; a body in motion tends to stay in motion.  A basic law of physics is on your side.  There will never be a better time to begin than this very moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do it now!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4982568127259648060?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4982568127259648060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/law-of-inertia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4982568127259648060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4982568127259648060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/law-of-inertia.html' title='The Law Of Inertia'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4158684095332227044</id><published>2010-03-13T03:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T03:11:35.824-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Number -Three Antidote To Aging</title><content type='html'>Attitude is the little thing that makes a huge difference in the aging process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A good attitude and gratitude makes us more attractive.  It is some of the best medicine known to man.  It doesn't cost anything,  start taking it today, and get the results!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4158684095332227044?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4158684095332227044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/number-three-antidote-to-aging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4158684095332227044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4158684095332227044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/number-three-antidote-to-aging.html' title='The Number -Three Antidote To Aging'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-8984485984074768861</id><published>2010-03-08T14:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T14:32:40.947-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Number-Two Antidote To Aging</title><content type='html'>Good dietary habits play a major role in our ability to age gracefully.  They have a major impact on our body composition, body weight, and physical health.  Most  Americans eat too much, and they don't burn enough calories.  As a result, about three out of four adults in the United States are over weight...  It is time to get moving America!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8984485984074768861?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8984485984074768861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/number-two-antidote-to-aging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8984485984074768861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8984485984074768861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/number-two-antidote-to-aging.html' title='The Number-Two Antidote To Aging'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6505485300204558</id><published>2010-03-06T09:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T09:50:17.103-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Number-One Antidote To Aging</title><content type='html'>Exercise is by far the single best thing that you can do for aging.  If a person can exercise and doesn't, it shows no respect for their life.  Our health care system is broken because people want take care of themselves.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6505485300204558?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6505485300204558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/number-one-antidote-to-aging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6505485300204558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6505485300204558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/number-one-antidote-to-aging.html' title='The Number-One Antidote To Aging'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-8099537704058279860</id><published>2010-03-04T14:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T07:48:29.050-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Worry Can Be A Wasted Emotion</title><content type='html'>It's been said that 98% of the things that we worry about never happens. If we would spend that energy doing positive things for ourselves and others, we would worry less and be happier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taking life one day at a time, and being the best that we can be should bring us satisfaction.&lt;br /&gt;Physical fitness plays a vital role in dealing with worry and depression. Don't give into worry,&lt;br /&gt;kick it's butt with a solid fitness plan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8099537704058279860?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8099537704058279860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/worry-can-be-wasted-emotion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8099537704058279860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8099537704058279860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/worry-can-be-wasted-emotion.html' title='Worry Can Be A Wasted Emotion'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3695385306012437950</id><published>2010-03-03T13:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T14:11:28.487-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Use A Personal Trainer Or Coach?</title><content type='html'>Everyone is different, and everyone has to find their on road to health and fitness.  A Personal Trainer or Coach will help you along that road.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They will create a program that will work for you. "Don't settle for less than you can be."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live life with passion!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3695385306012437950?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3695385306012437950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-use-personal-trainer-or-coach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3695385306012437950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3695385306012437950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-use-personal-trainer-or-coach.html' title='Why Use A Personal Trainer Or Coach?'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3280977898115419350</id><published>2010-03-01T15:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T16:00:07.910-08:00</updated><title type='text'>95% Of People That Start A Fitness Program Fail</title><content type='html'>There are several reasons for this high rate of failure.  The number one reason is that people are lazy and they procrastinate.  They have a stinking attitude toward fitness and nutrition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second reason is that they have bad or ineffective training and poor eating habits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third reason is people expect a easy way out.  There is no easy way to a disciplined workout and nutritionally sound lifestyle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It takes guts and hard work, but once the benefits begin to show, you'll never be the same.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3280977898115419350?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3280977898115419350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/95-of-people-that-start-fitness-program.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3280977898115419350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3280977898115419350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/03/95-of-people-that-start-fitness-program.html' title='95% Of People That Start A Fitness Program Fail'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5271303726870014191</id><published>2010-02-25T07:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-25T08:25:33.200-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Advantages Of Adversity</title><content type='html'>Adversity makes us uneasy, we either retreat and become a victim or fight and become a victor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good health takes work, but so does bad health. Challenges are to make us better not bitter,&lt;br /&gt;we are to do the best with what we have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" The biggest room of all is the room for self-improvement."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5271303726870014191?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5271303726870014191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/advantages-of-adversity.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5271303726870014191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5271303726870014191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/advantages-of-adversity.html' title='Advantages Of Adversity'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5368113202675993274</id><published>2010-02-23T02:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-23T02:52:06.042-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Man's Best Medicine</title><content type='html'>Walking is the number one sport in the world.  All you need to get started is a good pair of walking shoes.  Why bother with walking?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the positive benefits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eases back pain&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Slims your waist&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;reduces levels of bad cholesterol&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reduces the risk of a heart attack&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;lowers blood pressure&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;lessens anxiety&amp;amp;tension&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Easy on joints&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Slows down osteoporosis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5368113202675993274?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5368113202675993274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/mans-best-medicine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5368113202675993274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5368113202675993274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/mans-best-medicine.html' title='Man&apos;s Best Medicine'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-766589678876284832</id><published>2010-02-21T17:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T17:30:24.023-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Gifts Of A Great Trainer Or Coach</title><content type='html'>They will warn those who are lazy.  Encourage those who are timid.  Take tender care of those who are weak.  Be patient with everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; "Paul's final advice still holds true, thousands of years later!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-766589678876284832?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/766589678876284832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/gifts-of-great-trainer-or-coach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/766589678876284832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/766589678876284832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/gifts-of-great-trainer-or-coach.html' title='The Gifts Of A Great Trainer Or Coach'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3651363954041862268</id><published>2010-02-17T08:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-17T08:48:27.298-08:00</updated><title type='text'>There Is No Secret To Good Health</title><content type='html'>Good health comes down to plain, good common sense.  There is a heavy price to pay for neglecting the easy things that we can do for good health.  Keeping fit is not a tedious job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it better to be able to walk, and not walk, or not able to walk at all ?  The decision not to walk is worst. Because you can and you want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giving your body good, wholesome food is easier than doping it with artificial stimulants.&lt;br /&gt;Making better choices on a daily basis will lead you on the road to health &amp;amp;Fitness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Moderation in all things."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3651363954041862268?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3651363954041862268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/there-is-no-secret-to-good-health.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3651363954041862268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3651363954041862268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/there-is-no-secret-to-good-health.html' title='There Is No Secret To Good Health'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5818649908769194372</id><published>2010-02-14T14:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T15:47:31.140-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What's Up Americans</title><content type='html'>Eighty five percent of Americans are on some type of prescription drug. Just about as many have no exercise program, and they have terrible eating habits. We wonder why health care&lt;br /&gt;is so costly, and we refuse to take better care of ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can send men to the moon, but we can't figure out that our actions and the lack of physical activity is a major cause of health care increases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine what would happen , if everyone went on a mission to to get into their best shape ever!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We would go to doctors for routine check-ups instead of sickness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we do all that we can to take care of ourselves, and we become ill, at least we will have done our part.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5818649908769194372?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5818649908769194372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/whats-up-americans.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5818649908769194372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5818649908769194372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/whats-up-americans.html' title='What&apos;s Up Americans'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6679321052623302901</id><published>2010-02-13T06:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-13T06:27:48.341-08:00</updated><title type='text'>There Is A Cure For The Winter Blues</title><content type='html'>Stay active, go outside, and get a little sun . Don't give into the temptation to stay inside and eat.&lt;br /&gt;Most people put on a few pounds every winter and that is depressing.  Spring is only a few weeks away, so start today making plans. You will feel better!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We are designed for action."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6679321052623302901?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6679321052623302901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/winter-time-blues.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6679321052623302901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6679321052623302901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/winter-time-blues.html' title='There Is A Cure For The Winter Blues'/><author><name>John H. 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Starting a personal development  program&lt;br /&gt;will change the way you feel about yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow your passions and learn more about them.  Read the books, take some classes.  Get a library card, they are free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been on this journey the last twenty five years of my life.  The first twenty five years were hit and miss.  I feel better in my fifties than I've ever felt.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realize that I can't fix the past and that my best days are ahead!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1626108946097020992?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1626108946097020992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/not-doing-your-best-messes-with-your.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1626108946097020992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1626108946097020992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/not-doing-your-best-messes-with-your.html' title='Not Doing Your Best Messes With Your Head'/><author><name>John H. 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Keep the muscles confused, it is a great way to reduce fat and to bring out serious muscular definition.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8365454974011883991?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8365454974011883991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/stuck-in-rut.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8365454974011883991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8365454974011883991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/stuck-in-rut.html' title='Stuck In A Rut?'/><author><name>John H. 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Weekend warriors often struggle, because they don't take the time during the week to practice.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-2208779504729013467?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/2208779504729013467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/sports-performance-takes-commitment.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2208779504729013467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2208779504729013467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/sports-performance-takes-commitment.html' title='Sports Performance Takes Commitment'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-8474247853401452687</id><published>2010-02-02T15:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T15:31:15.082-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Taking Your Good Health To The Next Level</title><content type='html'>Go to your Doctor and get a physical  before beginning a fitness program.  It is better to be safe than sorry.  Physical Fitness is a set of attributes that relates to the ability to perform physical activities. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A good program will help you with your strength, endurance, and flexibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember to gradually work yourself up to different levels of fitness. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get the mental edge!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8474247853401452687?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8474247853401452687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/taking-your-good-health-to-next-level.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8474247853401452687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8474247853401452687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/taking-your-good-health-to-next-level.html' title='Taking Your Good Health To The Next Level'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-4174381005057248250</id><published>2010-02-01T04:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T04:19:47.288-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What Defines A Healthy Body?</title><content type='html'>It is the absence of disease or injury along with physical, mental, and social well being.  Don't compare yourself to others.  If you are healthy in all areas of your life, get excited.   There is always room for self improvement.  A healthy soul, body, and spirit are the key ingredients.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-4174381005057248250?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/4174381005057248250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-defines-healthy-body.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4174381005057248250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/4174381005057248250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-defines-healthy-body.html' title='What Defines A Healthy Body?'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6048213281646147267</id><published>2010-01-30T03:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-30T03:38:18.968-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Brisk Walk Is Good For Your Engine</title><content type='html'>A brisk walk will help keep the immune system in good shape.  Go for a brisk walk your immune system receives a boost that will increase your chances of fighting off cold viruses.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's like putting gas in your car, the more you do it, the better it runs."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6048213281646147267?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6048213281646147267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/brisk-walk-is-good-for-your-engine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6048213281646147267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6048213281646147267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/brisk-walk-is-good-for-your-engine.html' title='A Brisk Walk Is Good For Your Engine'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5056187500614359811</id><published>2010-01-28T04:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T04:23:55.406-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Common Sense Approach To Fitness</title><content type='html'>Fitness doesn't come in a pill or a powder.  Look at all the Pro-Athlete's that have gone down that road.  It takes work and good nutrition ,to become and stay fit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5056187500614359811?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5056187500614359811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/common-sense-approach-to-fitness.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5056187500614359811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5056187500614359811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/common-sense-approach-to-fitness.html' title='The Common Sense Approach To Fitness'/><author><name>John H. 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Read the disclaimer!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-8114393239398281015?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/8114393239398281015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/fitness-tools-for-healthy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8114393239398281015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/8114393239398281015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/fitness-tools-for-healthy.html' title='Fitness Tools For The Healthy'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-1397321010121035812</id><published>2010-01-25T05:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-25T06:09:44.338-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Thankful Heart Makes A Healthier Heart</title><content type='html'>Replacing your regrets with gratitude is great way to strengthen the heart muscles.  A positive attitude and a grateful heart will &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;accelerate&lt;/span&gt; your physical fitness program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Cicero said," A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all virtues."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give it a try, find out for yourself.  It doesn't cost anything!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jhrutledge.com/"&gt;www.jhrutledge.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:john@jhrutledge.com"&gt;john@jhrutledge.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-1397321010121035812?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/1397321010121035812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/thankful-heart-makes-healthier-heart.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1397321010121035812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/1397321010121035812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/thankful-heart-makes-healthier-heart.html' title='A Thankful Heart Makes A Healthier Heart'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-6705985552036598042</id><published>2010-01-24T03:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-24T04:01:09.571-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Making  Yourself Better Is A Boomerang</title><content type='html'>A decision to launch past mediocrity will pull others with you. When we make the best of what we have and share our gifts,others will follow. Take the time to mentor or coach someone and help them get ahead. You will find this to be one of the most satisfying experiences of your life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-6705985552036598042?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/6705985552036598042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/making-yourself-better-is-boomerang.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6705985552036598042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/6705985552036598042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/making-yourself-better-is-boomerang.html' title='Making  Yourself Better Is A Boomerang'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3523726170902542450</id><published>2010-01-22T01:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T01:21:13.225-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Take Good Health For Granted</title><content type='html'>It is easier to keep than it is to get it back. A few simple disciplines practiced everyday and you are on your way to better health. Most people take better care of their car than they do their health.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3523726170902542450?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3523726170902542450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/dont-take-good-health-for-granted.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3523726170902542450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3523726170902542450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/dont-take-good-health-for-granted.html' title='Don&apos;t Take Good Health For Granted'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3067817277858121646</id><published>2010-01-21T16:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T16:34:51.617-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Are You Healthy?</title><content type='html'>Having good health means :  The absence of disease or injury along with physical, mental and social well being.   Don't take it for granted.  Do all that you can and let God handle the rest.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3067817277858121646?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3067817277858121646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/are-you-healthy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3067817277858121646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3067817277858121646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/are-you-healthy.html' title='Are You Healthy?'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-5238663957094103440</id><published>2010-01-21T07:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T08:08:21.783-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Getting In Shape A Goal Or A Wish?</title><content type='html'>If getting into shape is a wish then you are thinking about.  If it is a goal and you are taking action you are committed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commitment:  Is doing something you said you would do, long after the enthusiasm of the new has worn off.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-5238663957094103440?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/5238663957094103440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-getting-in-shape-goal-or-wish.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5238663957094103440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/5238663957094103440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-getting-in-shape-goal-or-wish.html' title='Is Getting In Shape A Goal Or A Wish?'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3454256080254840546</id><published>2010-01-19T14:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T15:29:40.569-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Everybody Has Time To Exercise</title><content type='html'>We all have the same 24 hours in a day.  This is the biggest excuse and the craziest.   Most people watch hours of &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;TV&lt;/span&gt;, eat to much,  sleep to much, and they don't have time to exercise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are going to live until we die.  What if we get lucky and grow old?  Wouldn't it be better to be able to do for ourselves?  Don't depend on others, it us up to us to be proactive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't have to be skinny to be fit.  Heavy people can be fit and healthy.  Don't compare yourself  to others or pictures that you see on the covers of magazines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take back your life!   Get busy, Get fit!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3454256080254840546?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3454256080254840546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/people.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3454256080254840546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3454256080254840546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/people.html' title='Everybody Has Time To Exercise'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-2217616788623938110</id><published>2010-01-18T08:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T09:02:26.657-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Peaceful Mind Generates Power</title><content type='html'>To be healthier and happier we need a renewing of the mind. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Romans 12:2"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lubricating our mind with peace does wonders for our strength and rest!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-2217616788623938110?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/2217616788623938110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/peaceful-mind-generates-power.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2217616788623938110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/2217616788623938110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/peaceful-mind-generates-power.html' title='A Peaceful Mind Generates Power'/><author><name>John H. Rutledge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15718222799565320306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zTLk9TU3RCM/SzZcMvbHJnI/AAAAAAAAACY/87Fakko7XMM/S220/ssp_8750.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702149590134422125.post-3565992813206948387</id><published>2010-01-16T11:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-16T12:26:56.927-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Benefits Of Walking</title><content type='html'>Don't under estimate the power of walking.  Many countries are facing the highest incidence of obesity than ever before in recorded history.  The United States has the greatest number of medical doctors using some of the most advanced medical technology than ever before.  If we aren't doing things for ourselves,  then we best get off our butt and get moving now !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Factors that can be the cause of our declining health are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lack of exercise !&lt;br /&gt;A decline in food quality such as processed food and soil depletion.&lt;br /&gt;Water consumption is being replaced with sugar - laden beverages.&lt;br /&gt;People believe that health can be found in a bottle or drug (85% of Americans are on at least one prescription drug !}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;None of us can say that we don't have time to walk.  The body is designed for action so get  moving!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/702149590134422125-3565992813206948387?l=oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/feeds/3565992813206948387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/benefits-of-walking.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3565992813206948387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/702149590134422125/posts/default/3565992813206948387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldskoolfitness.blogspot.com/2010/01/benefits-of-walking.html' title='Benefits Of Walking'/><author><name>John H. 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