Maybe a stretch to call it a fitness issue, but...

Prostate. That it manufactures semen is a good thing, but the fact that 50% of men over 50 and an increasing percentage each decade suffer from BPH (enlarged prostate) is not. Getting up 4 or 5 times a night to pee and suffering the embarrassment of a urinary blitzkrieg (either whip it out or piss your pants) is tough. They say that if nothing else kills you, prostate cancer will. But BPH can steal a lot of a man's enthusiasm for living before merciful death.

So I have it. I have tried cranberry juice, cider vinegar, low fat diet, saw palmetto, to no avail. Recently on a 14 hour flight from Tokyo I must have hit the plane's head once an hour. They get disgusting  on a long flight in any case, but I didn't need to experience it that frequently.

Driven by desperation, I dug deeper for a solution and found Pygeum. An extract from an African tree called African plum or Stinkwood. Not finding it at the local pharmacy, but Amazon has it. It works. I am sleeping several hours between bladder fillings, no emergencies. I mean I can't pee in a straight line again, but I am comfortable and functional.

I don't know if this fits the MO of this blog or not. But damn, I had to say something. Good discipline, respect for your body and determination can positively impact your health and fitness, but something you can't control can undermine it all. Pygeum is helping me and complementing my  fitness regimen. Thank you Jesus and Amazon.com.