Episode 1672 – On this Saturday show, listener Dan Lynch joins Vinnie to talk the Matterhorn, dedicated rowing, living a clean lifestyle, fighting lymphoma, advocating for yourself, over-medication and more.
DEDICATED ROWING
- Dan Lynch is a friend of Don Coddington’s.
- They met in school on the track team.
- Don has bragged about Vinnie to Dan and Dan to Vinnie.
- Since about 2015, he got really into rowing.
- Dan rows every single day. He’s trying to set a record.
- He started with one month in 2018, and it went from there.
- Dan rows every single day. He’s trying to set a record.
- He found that crossfit gyms were prevalent enough he could always find a rower.
- Eventually, he started driving with it.
- He’s averaging around 8500 meters across 1000 days.
CLEAN LIFESTYLE
- Dan tries to live a really clean, healthy life.
- He generally avoids alcohol and avoids caffeine.
- This being said, he does think he’s a sugar addict.
- He does think he’s gained a bit of weight as a result.
FIGHTING LYMPHOMA
- A couple of years ago, he had a surprise health diagnosis––lymphoma.
- It’s a rare, aggressive type of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
- He felt he had to advocate for himself while he dealt with this.
- His rowing machine was IN the hospital with him!
- He wheeled it in.
- His rowing machine was IN the hospital with him!
- 3 or 4 times since Dan’s been admitted, he’s brought it with him.
- In a few weeks, he’ll be going into the hospital for about a month.
- He will keep rowing as long as he can, but if it becomes dangerous, he will stop.
