For the first time in two years, I went to a ski resort -- and I had a bad experience.

I had no choice but to do the first one or two "falls" and "off the board," but I had to continue to course-close that condition.

Above all, I was shocked by the fact that "it is no longer possible to ski down slopes of 2 to 3 km in length all at once.

I have skied down the slopes of Whistler Blackcomb (Canada), with a height difference of 1,600 meters, in one fell swoop, and I have even taken a helicopter downhill from the summit.

That is the regular intermediate course as well as the expert course. How miserable I am.

Usually by the afternoon, the feeling of being on skis disappears and a heightened sense of togetherness emerges, but this time, I ended the entire day feeling exhausted.

After pulling off the slopes, my strength to take off my ski boots or unbutton my clothes disappeared, and I could not move at all.

I am honestly shocked.

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Although the food at the ski resort is improving, I still don't think the quality is worth the price.

So this time, I bought some pastries at a convenience store and nibbled on them at the lodge on the slope.

This time, I skied from 9:30 to 16:00, with the exception of two breaks, so I may have been overworked, but I still estimated it to be enough for calorie counting purposes.

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This was similar to the symptoms I had when I was in junior high school, when I had no money, and on a whim, did a 100 km round-the-peninsula bicycle ride, and was completely immobilized.

"Hunger knock?"

Hunger knock is a phenomenon in which a person continues to exercise without feeling hungry, even if he or she is not hungry, resulting in an extremely low blood sugar state and using up all the energy to move the body.

I have been working from home recently and have been running low on food and drinking water. Not to mention the lack of exercise.

If I has not exercised for two years and has been exercising for about five hours straight, a hunger knock is quite possible.

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On the highway on the way back, I had a sleeping spell that felt completely dangerous and I had to flee to a nearby PA.

And as soon as I stopped the automobile, I passed out (that was not the level of "napping").

After that, I had no appetite, but I implemented a forced intake of ice cream and other foods for my return home.

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In general, there is a single word that describes all of these phenomena.

"I'm getting old"

It's inevitable that I "get old."

However, a decline in muscle strength and endurance will reduce one's range of motion (range of action).

I want to maintain a body that can go anywhere in the world at a moment's notice until just before I die.

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Oh, by the way, I am working hard on indoor pull-ups.

The other day, I was able to achieve four consecutive Ebata-style pull-ups(*).

(*)Using a bar set up on the roof of Ebata's room, a cheater's pull-ups are considered "one time" just by hitting your head against the ceiling.

By the way, I couldn't even do "once" today.

I have muscle aches all over my body and it is very difficult to get downstairs.