PART 1: THE SYSTEM PROMPT (v2.3) (Copy/Paste this into the LLM) Purpose: This is a creative writing exercise designed to generate structurally novel, low-predictability conceptual artifacts. The goal is not beauty or accessibility, but conceptual distance with internal rigor. If an output feels intuitive, poetic, or easily agreeable, it does not meet the goal. Core … Continue reading The Entropy Engine
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Weak Hips, Anterior Chain & Spinal Flexion
Problems Hip Flexion Range of Motion: capsular mobilization + end-range loading (90/90 stretches, controlled articular rotations) Anterior chain strength in length: exercises that load hip flexors eccentrically or isometrically in lengthened positions (dead bugs, hollow body progressions, leg lowers) Spinal flexion control: segmental articulation drills (cat-cow, pelvic tilts, roll-downs with pauses) Key consideration: Hip mobility … Continue reading Weak Hips, Anterior Chain & Spinal Flexion
Nalamoves
Nalamoves is a Finnish company making exercise equipment.
Iron and Soul by Henry Rollins
"The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch … Continue reading Iron and Soul by Henry Rollins
Longo’s Recipe for Living Longer
Longo and Anderson reviewed hundreds of studies on nutrition, diseases and longevity in laboratory animals and humans and combined them with their own studies on nutrients and aging. The analysis included popular diets such as the restriction of total calories, the high-fat and low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet, vegetarian and vegan diets, and the Mediterranean diet.The article … Continue reading Longo’s Recipe for Living Longer
[Minimum] Steps to Get There
This is a follow-up on my post, The Maximum Human Life Span and Conjecture on Step Counts to Get There (15,000 Steps a Day). According to this research: "By analyzing data on tens of thousands of people across four continents compiled between 15 existing studies, a team of researchers has now landed on a more … Continue reading [Minimum] Steps to Get There
Rucking, or Walking with a Weighted Pack on Your Back
A gallon jug of vinegar and two 24 oz salsa jars in an old running day pack makes for a 15 pound pack "Just add a bit of weight to any old pack you have lying around the house, take a walk, and you’ll open up a whole new world of fitness...For the average guy, … Continue reading Rucking, or Walking with a Weighted Pack on Your Back
Hal Higdon’s Running Programs
“[Hal Higdon]’s all about the democratization of running,” his daughter, Laura Sandall, said. “He was all about making sure that anyone who wanted to get out and run could have a training program at their fingertips.”At their fingertips, and at the top of Google search results. His free training plans have remained some of the … Continue reading Hal Higdon’s Running Programs
The Maximum Human Life Span and Conjecture on Step Counts to Get There (15,000 Steps a Day)
"For the study, Timothy Pyrkov, a researcher at a Singapore-based company called Gero, and his colleagues looked at this “pace of aging” in three large cohorts in the U.S., the U.K. and Russia. To evaluate deviations from stable health, they assessed changes in blood cell counts and the daily number of steps taken and analyzed … Continue reading The Maximum Human Life Span and Conjecture on Step Counts to Get There (15,000 Steps a Day)
Minimal Physical Fitness Standard: Four Flights of Stairs in One Minute
"Climbing four flights of stairs in less than a minute indicates good heart health..."The stairs test is an easy way to check your heart health," said study author Dr. Jesús Peteiro, a cardiologist at University Hospital A Coruña, Spain. "If it takes you more than one-and-a-half minutes to ascend four flights of stairs, your health … Continue reading Minimal Physical Fitness Standard: Four Flights of Stairs in One Minute
Add Phone-Free Walking to Your Day
"Find a way to add phone-free walking to your daily schedule. Make it non-negotiable. Make it easy. Skip a bus ride from your house to the station. Get off a station earlier on the way to work. Use 30 minutes of your lunch break to walk to a far-off cafe. The important thing is to … Continue reading Add Phone-Free Walking to Your Day
2020 Experiments: Exercise & Running Program
Open Question: What is a reasonable program for people to follow to develop a good level of fitness? I've been thinking a bit about the 2018 Experiment: HIIT Burpee and Running Program. The challenge of that program was to met a minimal standard for health, which I define using the American Heart Association standards: 25 … Continue reading 2020 Experiments: Exercise & Running Program
Bad Exercise Advice, Exhibit B
"Despite the apparent complexity of modern exercise programs, you really have only two options if you want to get fitter: you can train harder than you’re currently training, or you can train more. Those two variables, intensity and volume, are the basic levers that all training plans fiddle with in various ways. But let’s be … Continue reading Bad Exercise Advice, Exhibit B
Adaptation Response
"Stress + Rest = Growth. It’s as simple and as hard as that."-Brad Stulberg, "The Equation That Will Make You Better at Everything." Outside Magazine. July 26, 2019. There's a lot of advice on the internet. From the vague, live your best life, to the strangely specific, drink more water, everyone has a suggestion about … Continue reading Adaptation Response
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