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Getting into shape For years on Facebook and YouTube, I was called "Fatsano" because I was overweight. I really did get tired of hearing it. So, for the last year I have been doing weights and cardio 3 days a week, and swimming two miles 3 days a week. It is working for the good. To my haters..What's my ass taste like now!?

Moments after my swim under the lights I did it! I swam in the longest running United States Masters Swimming meet in America (47 years) in St. Petersburg today. After training for 11 months, it was time to do it "for real." This photo is me after I took third place in my age group (55-59) in the 200 yard freestyle. Let me give you the back story. A year ago I was in the emergency room with dangerously high blood pressure. The medicine was not working. I felt awful and did not know what to do. There is a lot left to do in life and I was not ready to check out yet. The doctor said it was up to me now and he recommended a change of diet and aerobic exercise. There were no more new fangled pharmacological that could save me - it was up to me. You can see how dark the skies are getting The great tennis player Jimmy Connors was once asked what was the best exercise. He said it was the one you will do. Swimming is the one thing that I will do. As Arnold Schwarzenegger s...