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Found the fatty ;) Ok, seriously.... math: if you eat 3000 kcal per day and lose 1 lb per week, you're burning 3500 kcal per day. This is quite a lot. It's near impossible unless you work out a lot and are veeeery muscular... or are impossibly tall... or, well, fat. (Or a combination of those.) Take me for comparison: I am 187cm (6'1ish) tall and weigh 75kg (165 lbs), pretty much smack in the middle of the "normal we…
3500 kcal per day is nothing. One can have a basal resting metabolic rate of 2500 kcal, then do some sports and you get 3500 easily. And you seem to be a bit underweight, go build some more muscle. 75kg is featherweight for that height ;)
Oh you put a smiley, that makes it alright then!
As a machinist and building maintenance engineer, I can almost guarantee any ill feeling you're experiencing after a trip to your local gym is due to the air quality. Gyms are rarely purpose built facilities. Rather, theyre rented and renovated spaces. In turn, airflow in the structure is planned for light industrial or office space. Almost no thought goes into the fact that gyms are sometimes hundreds of occupants m…
Not sure what I can do with this information. I live in a crowded city and this is the only place I can get a workout.
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Not even close. It's highly unlikely that you burned more than about 3300kcal (and probably less). You can check out calorie counts from hikers with similar times on Strava. https://www.strava.com/segments/8428908
Maybe. My body is definitely less efficient than those runners. :-) According to this site, typical energy expenditure on the Timpanogos hike is 4000-5000 kcal: https://www.bettercheaperslower.com/ways/to-the-summit-of-mt...
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runners and other endurance athletes I have met over the years, show noted skin aging after 40 years old..
That may be more due to inadequate preventative sunscreen/protective clothing per outdoor time, every one who spends time outdoors without it shows signs of skin aging like the a/b test in one, truck drivers, with the side closest to window showing significantly more wear and tear versus the interior facing side. In addition to sunscreen, there are nowadays a lot of arm/leg covering just for SPF protection even in ho…
I wish there was a chip that monitored hormones and immune system factors, etc.
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I don't know, but I'd love to see some study on the impact of CO2 levels on the measures we typical care about regarding meetings: levels of alertness, qualities of social interaction, decision-making speed/quality, etc.
Harvard published an interesting one a few years ago. Having trouble tracking down the link on mobile, but here's an overview: https://thinkprogress.org/exclusive-elevated-co2-levels-dire...
> Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments
> ... Methods: Twenty-four participants spent 6 full work days (0900–1700 hours) in an environmentally controlled office space, blinded to test conditions. On different days, they were exposed to IEQ conditions representative of Conventional [high concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)] and Green (low concentrations of VOCs) office buildings in the United States. Additional conditions simulated a Green building with a high outdoor air ventilation rate (labeled Green+) and artificially elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels independent of ventilation.
> Results: On average, cognitive scores were 61% higher on the Green building day and 101% higher on the two Green+ building days than on the Conventional building day (p > Conclusions: Cognitive function scores were significantly better under Green+ building conditions than in the Conventional building conditions for all nine functional domains. These findings have wide-ranging implications because this study was designed to reflect conditions that are commonly encountered every day in many indoor environments.
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> I can almost guarantee any ill feeling you're experiencing after a trip to your local gym is due to the air quality. That wouldn't make much sense: what if you feel ill only after doing certain exercises (e.g. cardio versus weight lifting)?
Aerobic exercises requires more breathing, exacerbating any air quality problem...
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So you do 1 Rep Max once a week. Not bad advice. How many warm up sets do you do?
It's actually very bad advice, do not do this. All of the literature will plainly tell you this is a bad idea.
looks like mkirklions responded and really he does 5 sets with increasing weight, then does his heaviest.
So it is more like the classic "pyramid" or "increased weight until near-exhaustion" sets, which have been around since forever...