Reply #6: Speaking as the product of a smoking home, and as an ex-smoker [View All]

[Jackpine Radical]

myself, I think your notion may have some merit. As a kid I hated PE, was always slower on my feet and less athletic than other kids, etc. When I finally quit smoking 20 years ago, I deliberately made myself exercise & actually got to like it. I did a lot of bike riding, walking, X-C skiing etc. & probly never got to even average levels of competence in any of those things, but made sure to stay in non-competitive situations. Then I developed heart trouble, got fat & slowed way down on exercise. I'm still struggling to get it back together & regain some fitness, but I wonder if my battle might not be all the harder because of my early histrory of smoking parents.