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As “Technical Director at Family Fitness Centers” in charge of Health Research, Ralph volunteered to become the "Holistic Health Guinea Pig," to use his own body as a testing ground for new therapies in the hope of finding effective and inexpensive ways to become healthier, more balanced and super-intelligent. Ralph realized the only solution for biorhythm instability in real life and professional athletes was optimal hormonal and biochemical homeostasis, emotional stability, extreme physical conditioning and intellectual fitness.
He found many therapies that were beneficial. Postural integration and Rolfing gave Ralph a new perspective on pain elimination and skeletal restructuring. Swedish and polarity massage was pleasurable, Homeopathy incredible, and colonics embarrassing.
Hair, blood, and sputum analyses showed extreme biochemical imbalances that were treated with vitamin and nutritional supplements. Chiropractic and spinal Stressology helped correct a broken and warped skeleton.
Brain integration through ambidexterity, mindmapping and drawing with both hands, Actualizations, EST and biofeedback caused a quantum leap in mental powers. Life Field Polarization neutralized the harmful effects of EMF (Electromagnetic Field Radiation).
Colon X-rays showed a spastic colon with severe bowel problems that was treated with colonics. Iridology uncovered more areas of weakness. The best holistic health practitioners in San Diego poked and prodded Ralph from both ends.
In 1981, Ralph was Technical Director of Family Fitness Centers and a fanatical “Soccer” and “Charger” fan. Captain Biorhythm decided to volunteer to work with Rick McDonald, the head trainer of the “San Diego Chargers” under Don Coryell and Eric Geyer, the head trainer, assistant coach and player of the “San Diego Soccers” under Ron Newman. He provided biorhythm performance predictions for each player for every game.
Ralph believed that Biorhythm Awareness could provide the missing link that would insure each team would win their premier championships. The goal was to identify the most balanced players who could be depended upon for optimal performance in the clutch situations.
The coaches definitely wanted to know who they could depend upon even when their biorhythms predicted poor performance. They valued the ultimate players who performed well even when they were injured, a fate most professional athletes experience as the season progresses.
Ralph also did biorhythm compatibility charts between each coach and trainer and every player on the team. The goal was to facilitate greater cohesion, team spirit and cooperation between the coaches, players and trainers.
The coaches and trainers evaluated each player’s performance during games on a scale from zero to ten. Ralph predicted how each player would perform according to their biorhythm energy potentials and past performance. It soon became obvious who were the clutch players…the ultimate balanced athletes.
Ralph had the unique opportunity to spend more time with the “Soccers.” They had much less funding and fewer athletes than the “Chargers”. They were grateful for any help that did not reduce their precious operating budget.
Ralph enjoyed teaching the players stretching programs, putting them on strength-conditioning programs at the Mission Valley “Family Fitness Center” and treating them with high-tech biomedical computers that minimized injuries, reduced pain and swelling and speeded healing by 50%.
The “Soccers” won the NASL and the MISL over two years, the equivalent of the Super Bowl in football both years. San Diego residents were very proud of the small group of players that made them proud in consecutive seasons. San Diego fans love a winner.
The Chargers also went to the division playoffs. They won their first game considered by experts as one of the greatest games ever played in the history of football. They battled the Miami Dolphins and grabbed a 24-0 lead. The Dolphins made an amazing come back and went ahead in the final minutes.
With time winding down, Dan Fouts engineered a drive of heroic proportions that tied the game at 38. In overtime, both teams had chances to win the game but Rolf Benirschke's 27-yard field goal with 1:08 left in the first OT gave the Chargers a 41-38 win. Unfortunately, a week later the Chargers lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 27-7 in the in the ice bowl where the wind chill dropped the temperature to a freezing 59 degrees below zero.
to be continued...