no i'm pretty sure that the obesity epidemic has to do with kids eating unhealthy foods and they don't do as much physical activity, you would have to be retarded to think that it's because parents give them treats for things like shots and injuries that only occasionally happen
you are dumb
talking about what causes obesity, his whole speil was aimed at hyperactive children bouncing off the walls. children playing and running and jumping and SCREAMING burns up an awful lot of energy
A few of you seem to have a real hard time 'getting' me, or more accurately, my posts. The whole post/
spiel was not aimed at childhood obesity. The topic was how certain training modalities can apply to/effect children. I don't think my posts should have to include an index so that everyone can keep up, especially considering that I usually make an effort to break things down to the most parochial level I can stand anyway. It seems that some of you try to interpret what I say in a certain way, if only for the purpose of having an angle in on something you can attempt to refute, even if the meaning that you take aim at is different from the intended/expressed one.
If speaking my mind and sharing my experiences makes me something of a lightning rod for a couple of you, I'm perfectly fine with that.
fuck that shit I don't want my nuts ridin on no horse
Before my back got screwed up, I used to do a fair bit of riding. I wasn't spectacular or anything, but I was stubborn and could think pretty fast, so I got roped into doing some breaking (basically a rodeo with no prize at the end except a horse that behaves well, or at least better than it did beforehand). Riding does take some getting used to; I remember doing the stereotypical "walk like a guy from an old western" thing after the first couple of times. I bought a better saddle though, and things improved greatly. I never even attempted English riding, because, with the whole posting thing, it seemed like they had gone out of their way to make riding even
more uncomfortable (though, to be fair, jockeys tend to do more of a bouncing half-stand than actual posting).
Here I ramble a bit (Click to reveal)These are two separate instances: one occurred almost thirteen years ago, the other occurred more recently.
One of my rides almost got me a broken leg. The horse wasn't really that tall, probably only about fourteen and a half hands, but he was really stocky and strong. He kept trying to buck me off, throw me, or rub me off on a fence post. Once he started spinning, I thought I had him on the ropes. I just kept turning him that same way, then when he caught himself, I'd break back the other way. After a while, the fight started to go out of him, or so I thought. He knelt down and tried to roll on me. I had to get out of the stirrups and get clear. Once he got all the way over, he tried to get up to run off (not that he could get that far, round pen and all), but I managed to catch him on the way up and haul myself back into the saddle. After a few more sessions, he was (practically) a joy to ride and I ended up getting my parents to help me buy him for myself.
It's hell getting older though. Where I live now, a couple of people in the area have horses. Usually, I do the good neighbor thing and catch them up when I see one of them has gotten loose, but there was one that was damn near too much for me. He was able to jerk me up off the ground after I caught him(a dumb move on my part, instead of just clipping the lead onto the halter, I grabbed onto the thing to hold him steady, or so I thought). It took the neighbor and I together to get him herded back where he belonged.