05-01-16 12:11 PM - Post#836182    

A series of articles by Walt Whitman has been recently discovered and republished in the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. He seems to have been a fan of Easy Strength and low carb diets.

"Coyote is always waiting, and Coyote is always hungry."

05-01-16 02:06 PM - Post#836192    

That's some interesting reading..."Manly Training." The name of my new gym.

Daniel John Just handing down what I was handed down... Make a Difference. Live. Love. Laugh. Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude) Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk. Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth. Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights. Reread great books. Say thank you

05-01-16 04:08 PM - Post#836199    

I read something related to this earlier today and was debating whether or not to post it. Why not?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/books/walt -whitman-promoted-a-paleo -diet-who-knew.html

05-01-16 06:17 PM - Post#836200    

The NYT article I posted above only included one installment of Whitman's work. I read them all in the link Steve posted above. Like most everything written by educated folks in times past, it's wordy. Still, there's some timeless material in there. Here are two items that I think fit well here:

"In training exercises, as before remarked, begin and keep on for a few days with great moderation. “Gently does it,” is the motto which must never be forgotten. The custom among some young men of trying to perform very difficult and dangerous feats should be discouraged. These are only for the professional gymnasts, who have made them the study of their lives. Nor are any of those feats worth applauding unless they are evidently performed with ease."

"But in defiance of all that can be said in behalf of dry bread and stewed apples (good enough diet to deplete the system, at times, or in case of a fit of half sickness), we have no hesitation in publicly declaring our adherence to the motto previously inscribed—Let the main part of the diet be meat, to the exclusion of all else."

There's also a subsection I'm going to have to make greater use of:
TOO MUCH BRAIN ACTION AND FRETTING