Re: [QUAD-L] Gut

[Stacy Harim]

I'm a para at T 7. I  have a long torso.  I do exercise.  I push my chair a lot.  I'm up and down my ramp several times a day and it's a fairly long ramp since my house is pretty high up because it's raised.  I live near the ocean where the water table is high and flood concerns. Anyhow I also push quite a bit at school and I diet.  I'm not small person with a large bone structure.  I do have a belly.  My arms, legs, and face are fairly thin but my belly is hard to get rid of. I have seen many people in chairs that are thin but I think they are small people in general.  I also think that if you don’t have a belly to begin with then your chances are better but once you get one it's harder to get rid of it.  In my opinion. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ol' Man River To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Gut my doc keeps thinking there's some exercises i can do to 'build up' strength or maybe work down my quad belly.  maybe he's right... dave c3 inc. 1967 Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think quad-guts are mostly on C5's and higher. At least the C6's I know can push their own manual chairs and have more stomach muscles. As a C5 there are not many exercises I can do. Other than lift my arms high and swing them around. I've used weights, but 1 pound and I can't do it much. I try and twist my body as fast and much as I can, but in 15 seconds I'm out of breath and dizzy. Greg Dave (what's a quad?) Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page