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
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Army Fit
I've argued before about the value of a periodic fitness test. These are the current United States Army standards, perfect and passing, for each exercise, courtesy of Outside Magazine. Deadlift Lift the heaviest weight you can three times. Max (100 points): 340 poundsPass (70 points): 180 pounds Power Throw Launch a ten-pound medicine ball over your head … Continue reading Army Fit
Suggestions for Good Health
Blue Zones is a good place to start. However, if I were to give advice to my younger self, I'd focus on: Sleep: Get a full night's sleep and take a midday nap for a total of eight hours.Food: Limit eating to four consecutive hours a day. Eat mostly plants. Drink powdered psyllium and water … Continue reading Suggestions for Good Health
Good Ol’ Goiter Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=emb_title&v=keE_ed7xCm4 When we think of the good ol' days, lets also remember they also included smallpox, polio, yellow fever, typhoid, rubella, rabies, hib, tetanus, mumps, hepatitis A/B, varicella, tuberculosis, malaria, syphilis, anemia from hookworm, and a high instance of dental caries. Prior to 1795, it was a given that half of all sailors on a … Continue reading Good Ol’ Goiter Days
The Hacker’s Diet (and Exercise Program)
The Hacker's Diet is a diet book by an engineer that figured out how to reduce his weight from 215 to 145 in a year after spending years being fat. It also includes the exercise program for people that don't want to exercise that takes 15 minutes. Free and recommended.
Do X. Evaluate. Do X Differently.
"Why don't you just try X for 30 days and see if your life gets better? Today, roughly two-thirds of the population will make New Year's resolutions. The most common resolutions: Eat healthier Get more exercise Save money Take better care of ourselves Read more Make new friends Learn a new skill / hobby Looking … Continue reading Do X. Evaluate. Do X Differently.
Bad Gyms
When some one enters a gym for the first time, what are they looking for? If they are young, the driving force is often performance. Athletes want to be better at their chosen sport, and the gym provides a training ground in which to improve. For the non-athlete entering the gym later in life, the … Continue reading Bad Gyms
Amazon Health – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
"At the same time, the U.S. healthcare system is inextricably tied up with the post-World War 2 order; indeed, the entire reason employers are so important to the system is because of World War 2 regulations that instituted price controls on wages, incentivizing employers to use benefits as a means of attracting workers (this was … Continue reading Amazon Health – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
2018 Experiment: HIIT Burpee and Running Program
Background: Maintaining a minimum fitness standard is a challenge, particularly as we age. American Heart Association (AHA) recommendations focused on HIIT strength training and running suggests two sessions of HIIT strength training and three sessions of running for twenty-five minutes each. HIIT program criteria: It can be done anywhere. It requires no equipment. It takes less … Continue reading 2018 Experiment: HIIT Burpee and Running Program
Prevalence of Dementia in the United States
"And if dementia is one of the most dreaded forms of decline associated with aging, it is also one of the most common. The condition affects about 14 percent of people over age 71. The prevalence of dementia increases with age, rising from about 5 percent among people in their 70s to 24 percent of … Continue reading Prevalence of Dementia in the United States
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