boys.. we are all going to die soon...

[Nicky Santoro]

today i realized how my life is going to end soon unless we get off our asses.. i didnt realize how out of shape i have become from all this staying at home.. I swear, today i decided to do a light jog to my truck.. i would say it was about 125 feet away.. when i got to the truck, i thought i was going to collapse..i was sweating profusely (even more than i sweat in the bot of the 9th up 1 run, 2 outs, with 2 men in scoring position).. i couldn't stop breathing either. i saw stars.. i felt like puking..

boys, this depressed me because up until 1.5 yrs ago, i was so active. i was playing basketball 2 times a week in a league. i was playing in an ice hockey league 2 times a week and and a ball hockey league 1 time a week. i was jogging 3 times a week outside for 5 miles each time..

Today, when i jogged to my car for 12 secs, not only was i out of breath, but i couldn't even run properly. i was uncoordinated, my bones were aching when i was running and my legs felt weak. I used to be so mobile and quick on my feet. today, when i was running, my body language looked like a 78 yr old man running for the bus. i looked silly..

boys, take it from an ex athlete.. if you don't get off your asses soon you will end up like me.. boys, don't waste your life behind your pc, get out and move.. i had NO IDEA i was in this bad a shape. i was a great hockey player at one time.. today, it takes me everything to walk to my truck downstairs in the garage. And i haven't even gained any weight the last 2 yrs either, AND i also eat healthy.... It's just that my muscles that i used to use are no longer being used and i now have a body of a 78 yr old man..

Gambling has really fukked up my health.. being non active has really hurt me.. i am paying for it now.


boys, get out of the house and get some exercise.. If you want to spend your life like me in front of a screen and gamble all day, you will end up like this..

let this be a lesson to you.. GET OUT OF THE HOUSE and move around.. you will thank me later and you will live a good healthy life.

I have decided myself as of today to change my life.. i will be joining a summer ball hockey league starting next monday.. I don't want to live my life like this anymore..

[SamsNCharge99]

i play basketball 3x a week, wrestle 2x a week, work 20+ hours a week, and still manage to post on SBR and gamble when I have money.

DO WORK baby.

PZPZ...time for some poker

[englishmike]

Think yourself lucky, if there was a disease called cokkslurpitis you'd be dead.

[pavyracer]

Nicky you shouldn't sweat games in the 9th inning. As long as you beat the closing line the final score is meaningless.

[ROYALKNIGHT]

I graduated in1988. I was skinny healthy, cross country runner, and active basketball player as 18 year old. Now 39 years old, I gained a gut and lazy. I guess all the movies and online poker and internet got to me.

[The General]

Welcome RoyalKnight

We're all just one day closer to the funeral parlor.

[Nicky Santoro]

excuse me paver and mikey.. this is no laughing matter here.. can we get some serious comments here pls.. this is a very serious matter. i am trying to wake up the kids of the future and make sure they don't end up like me and should get out of the house more often. there's more to life than just sitting home all day and all night gambling and posting and trying to make money.. there is something called health. and this gambling has ruined my health.. I can't even run 100 feet anymore..

i am no longer capable of doing what i was able to do 2 yrs ago because i have been inactive and i am just here to warn the kids to make sure not to take my direction i took..

BOYS, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.. don't make the same mistake i made the last 2 yrs.. you will regret it..

[Squirrel]

I dont care when or how i die but you can bet your ass im going down drinking, smoking and gambling

[BGS 9.5]

Nicky, I totally hear you. At 40, I am a pathetic shell of my former athletic self. I would be lucky to make it a quarter mile if i jogged slow. Fat and drunk (in my case) is now way to go through the latter years of life.......

[raydog]

how does one pick this thread for their first post? welcome aboard royaldude

nicky, its too hot to exercise here. heat index running 107. i need a snack

[englishmike]

how does one pick this thread for their first post? welcome aboard royaldude

nicky, its too hot to exercise here. heat index running 107. i need a snack

Agreed. We could watch Nickay working out as we eat doughnuts.

[Regul8er]

Nicky....do something about it man, seriously! Get out of the house, forget this gambling stuff for a while. Get to the gym, eat healthy...you'll be much happier in good health, then if you win 78 straight ball games at $1,000 a pop. Money don't buy happiness, you know this.

[pico]

as long as you can beat the closing numbers, you shouldn;t be watching games at all.

[CaneDawg]

buy an elliptical machine

you can watch your game and workout

its a great cardio workout....i usually watch sports center and get an hour of cardio in

try it

[Fishhead]

Imagine my life......

Posting for 4 hours and playing poker for 12 hours a day.

Having said that, I do walk/job 30-45 minutes 5 days a week and stretch........plus do little weight training.

Still, as Nicky stated, was in way better shape only a couple years ago.

This thread will re-motivate me hopefully.

Thanks

[Afrot69]

I'm a work out freak. I lift 3 days a week and run everyday. No matter what I have to run everyday.

[BGS 9.5]

as long as you can beat the closing numbers, you shouldn;t be watching games at all.

That is actually a good point, since they always win

[KingRevolver]

Don't listen to these douches, Nicky. Keep eating and don't exercise. Enjoy life. This exercise shit is overrated. Why would you want to live longer, too?

Hendrix died at 27 and Richard Simmons is currently 60 years old. Who's life would you have preferred?

Eat, don't exercise, gamble and an occasional Scotch and snort of Yayo. You should be fine, Nicky.

[wtf]

fuk kr

i smell a tv show, books, possibly a movie with that theme

stretch it out a bit, lets see where it goes

[crisp]

nicky when are you going to do another video. you haven't made one in 6 months.

[EmpireMaker]

I hear you I get aches and pains just from sleeping these days.

[Nicky Santoro]

nicky when are you going to do another video. you haven't made one in 6 months.

you're right crisper.. sometimes i think how i used to make one every week and now i dont.. i don't know why i stopped.. I think it was just because i got lazy to do them. i just went through a phase back then, but i am sure that phase will come back and i will make a few soon..

i am not the only one that stopped. i noticed a lot stopped too.. richie is one that comes to mind.. this guy used to make them each day,.. and sometimes 2 times in 1 day. i have no idea how he stopped. he used to love to do them. he really gone cold turkey.

[Chi_archie]

activity is key


helps the brain too

[Willie Bee]

I already get out and exercise on practically a daily basis, dig postholes in 100° heat, commune with nature and the wildlife in these parts, take off for a walk up and down the hills, and I'm old enough to be 80% of the posters' dad. Nicky, you shoulda' given yourself this advice 10, 12 years ago.

[paco]

i dont work out but i do valet 7 days/week so that keeps me in shape

[The General]

It's not just gambling though, Men. Video games, Texting, Internet browsing and games in general, the kids have to many things like these to do than get out and ride bikes, shoot hoops, play baseball like we did when younger, at least my generation in their 40's.

[Nicky Santoro]

It's not just gambling though, Men. Video games, Texting, Internet browsing and games in general, the kids have to many things like these to do than get out and ride bikes, shoot hoops, play baseball like we did when younger, at least my generation in their 40's.

you're right. i made a thread about this 5 months ago.. it's not just me that's outta shape. i swear to GOD, my nephew is 11. he has become OBESE..he used to be thin.. all his buddies that come over are his weight.. all obese. all they do when they come over is go play XBOX, listen to music on ITUNES and go on YOUTUBE.. they nevr ever go outside to play.. i have not seen them run ever.. they just want to stay inside.

i swear, when i was young, i thank god we never had internet and all we ever did for fun as kids was hang out at the park from sunrise to sunset and play ball. and out of 280 kids in my school back then, only fat freddy was fat.. we were all thin.. all we did was run run run and we loved it.. being in the sun all day was great... and we even ate tons of ice creams all day, and drank COKE...but it didn't matter, we just burned it off.

Today's kids don't even go outside and they are all pale.. the parks are now empty everywhere, unlike 20-25 yrs ago and more.. i feel so sorry for today's kids. we had it great. today's kids don't.. and in 20 yrs, these kids will all be in much worse shape than i am now.

[Nicky Santoro]

I hear you I get aches and pains just from sleeping these days.

i swear to GOD, for the last 9 months or so, every morning when i get up from bed, i have back pain.. that's from sitting on my ass all day and not being active. my body is not the same anymore

also, i just got out of the bath tub and it took me everything to get up.. whereas 2 yrs ago, i would have sparks behind me cause i was quick.

and i just want you kids out there to know that i am only 215 lbs, i am an ex athlete, i have NEVER smoked in my life. i NEVER drink, i don't do drugs ever.. i eat healthy, and i sleep well.

imagine those guys that never played sports, drink beer, smoke 2 packs a day and stay home all day on their ass, just how bad it must be for them if it is that bad for me?

boys, get out of the house and don't destroy your health in front of that pc..

[PuckOff]

Nicky,

Great thread!!!

I recently turned 40 and I am feeling your pain. With 2 small children I can hardly keep up with them. I actually have a hard time keeping up playing soccer in my back yard with one of my boys. I am also having issues with my left hip so getting out on the ice is very tough for me. The pain at times is actually unbearable.

My wife and I used to walk often, but now we are so busy we just don't have the time to go on long walks. You have just inspired me to do my best become more active since I am now in prime heart attack range.

Nicky, you have opened my eyes wider as to my own health and my own demise. It's time to make changes in my life.

Thank You!!!

Your Pal,

Puck Off

[MrMonkey]

Nicky, sounds like you have a very slow metabolism rate! Living such a clean life with all these problems? I'm clueless, so your home all day making a living from wagering, right?

[1e1]

wow, this is so much inspiration to those who play poker "dont just play internet poker, play live to that way you travel and not live on your pc and go through that lazy road that will lead to being a status and lose your soul to the internet poker world" dont do it ....dont do it!!!!!!

[Bigmikesm]

For the past 2 months I've been throwing a movie on and walking on the treadmill for an hour or so a couple days a week. It kind of sucks that I have to walk twice as long to burn as many calories as I used to do when I was jogging regularly a few years back, but I had surgery so I can't run like I used to. 10 pounds in two months.