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RE: Maribeth! Hey, Kathy, There are two concerns with squats below 90 degrees--the first is that at 90 degrees and deeper, all 4 of the major tibiofemoral ligaments are slackened, meaning that the tibiofemoral joint is less stable. Under a load, at this depth, any bobble can spell trouble for...

Trev, you didn't hack me off--I love a good debate! I've just been wicked busy with our new clinic and haven't had the time to log on much lately. Comment on the Mistress Krista website--she and I did a little e-mailing for a bit, primarily because of some misinformation she was relaying to...

Stacey, Don't understand where you're coming from--I'm one of the ones who's often told I should have kids, but I don't want them. I would consider adopting an older child, though. Why in the world should I have a baby I don't want over adopting an older child who's already here, unlucky...

Stacey, What is selfish about choosing not to have children? Maribeth

RE: Ya know..... Buttercup, Your protests mark you as one of the adults about which I post. Perhaps it is you who is confused about the definition of rights--life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the inalienable rights bestowed upon us by the preamble to our Constitution. The...

RE: Ya know..... That's the problem--people assume all child-free by choice people are child haters. I think stay-at-home moms are great, as are working moms. I have no issue with people having kids per se--heck, my siblings do, as do my DH's. The problem comes in when people with kids...

RE: Ya know..... Trevor, See the above for a beginning of the list. Again, my issue is with PARENTS, not the children. And nobody is getting in parents' faces for being parents--it's for having children and NOT parenting them that I and others like me get ticked. There are plenty of good...

RE: Ya know..... I have to presume you mean people who have reproduced when you refer to "breeders". There are some groups who refer to heterosexual couples in general as "breeders"--DH and I are a hetero couple, but are not planning to reproduce. When have my rights been abused by...

RE: Ya know..... What, pray tell, is selfish about recognizing that one does not have the qualities it takes to successfully raise a child and refusing to settle for doing a mediocre job of it? For that matter, what is wrong with someone wanting something in life instead of a child? What is...

Grace, You stated that beautifully--I couldn't agree more! Maribeth

Buttercup, Again I think you miss my point--I have no hatred directed towards children. I don't feel any attraction to nor desire for a baby, period. That doesn't mean I think everybody should think the same way. I also know nobody is perfect. However, if you choose to have a child, you...

Buttercup, You missed my point--I don't think that there is no value in raising children. To the contrary, I think there is a lot of value in it--the problem is that far too many people who have children choose to do just that--have them vs raising them. I choose not to have children. It...

Because I enjoy a good debate, I'll chime in here. I am 42 and child-free by choice. I am happily married and have been for nearly 14 years, financially stable, educated, and as emotionally secure as the next woman. However, I have never pictured myself as a mother. In the early days, I...

RE: Big Picture Time Bobbi, You are right in thinking that the feet can affect the entire body. Severe overpronation leads to not only pain in the feet, but shin, knee, hip, SI and low back pain. It is all connected and when one part is out of alignment, the whole chain feels it. My...

RE: Big Picture Time Oh, Roe--something to really make your head spin--and I don't know the answer yet. As you descend into the lunge, knowing the iliopsoas and the rectus femoris are engaged as hip flexors, at which point is the iliopsoas working harder, based on the rectus femoris'...

RE: Big Picture Time Hey, Roe, Sadly enough, even some of the well known "exercise physiologists"--and not everybody who refers to themselves as such has an advanced degree in exercise science--don't understand the analysis of an exercise. In all split leg stance positions, ie, lunges, the...

RE: Big Picture Time Hey, Roe, Thanks for bringing me back into the discussions--even if I disagree with your contention that the hip flexors of the rear leg are inactive during a lunge! People do get defensive--just as you mentioned, there was someone who wanted me to be asked to leave the...

Roe, I know where you are coming from, but I have to disagree with you when you say that there is no hip flexion involved in the rear leg of a lunge. Unless the leg is elevated where it is truly a single legged squat, the hip flexor is engaged to hold the hip in a relatively stable position...

You all are great!! Thank you for all your thoughts, kind words and support! Luckily, I have had very little in the way of limiting factors where my workouts are concerned--only the week or so immediately around my epidural fiasco. When Mom died, exercise was what kept me together...

Hey, All! I'm still here!! As A-jock mentioned, there was a poster who did get her nose a bit out of joint with the fact that I replied as often as I did, but I'm a hard headed chick and that doesn't dissuade me from posting at all. Actually, to the contrary--it makes me want to post all the...