So I'm trying to improve at long distance running, tennis, piano and guitar. I'm pretty sure i will never again have time for the 40 by 20 foot enclosed raised bed garden i made and am considering removing it for some weeping willows. Possibly just let the bamboo go wild. I have a gaming computer but taking a break from that. Hopefully Hawthy will start playing elder scrolls and enderal on it soon.
No time for cello. Writing looms in the distance. Continuing to write my somewhat deep thoughts down elsewhere. Reading Wolfe's entire solar cycle now. Which i had read halfway through before. And read new sun at least 3 times probably more.
My running goal is sub 19 5k/ sub 40 10k. Or say 9 miles in an hour. My PBs are 21 5k, 7:53 pace for 8 miles. To somehow improve at my advanced age i'm trying easy intervals instead of much slower easy continuous runs. Easy continuous runs never did anything for me really before.
My fingers are toughened up for guitar. Need some good books though to start learning songs instead of chords. Barre chords are so hard. A major barring is possibly impossible for me. Barring at all on a 12 string, even scalloped..for get it. Was trying dgdgbd tuning that way. Maybe if i removed the lowest d like keith richards. Or maybe remove the 3rd and 4th string and tune the lowest 2 to like an e and something else? Also got a nylon classical so now i have 4 different kinds of guitars.
Learning canon in d on piano now. Really an easy one. Attempting to play entire gladiolus rag and chopin funeral once through everyday. It's a mental stretch to do both entirely. Also trying to find time for Nyman's heart asks pleasure. Just this is time consuming. If i wasn't also running and playing guitar everyday...
Everything one hand continental works great if playing someone who hits flat. But not as good against really heavy topspin. But I'm going to stick with it. I really need to practice high forehands though.
There is a mindset that it's better to be really good at one thing then ok at many. I highly disagree. Doing just one thing is boring and it's not really a competition. Music certainly shouldn't be anyway. The whole "i am a guitar god!" mindset is a perversion. It's about whatever song you are playing, not you. Same with piano.
In tennis and running (races) you are directly in competition with others but i don't care much about winning, just doing well. I'd much rather play tennis well and lose than win ugly / get my opponent to play bad. In running i just want to run fast with hardly any effort a long way.
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Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Monday, December 4, 2017
The wrong person is someone that causes you harm. Harm can be physical or mental.
Physical harm is generally transmitted diseases thanks largely to having sex with someone you just met.
Mental harm starts with really "loving" someone primarily for their looks and other things that have nothing to do with whether or not they are actually a good person. It is interesting what being physically beautiful generally means. Though taste will vary a little, being "beautiful" generally means having the most average facial features. A nose that's not too long, not too short, not too wide, not too narrow. A jaw that's not too long, not too wide, etc. Chin that protrudes just the most average amount. Eyes set not too far apart, not too narrow. Nothing protruding too much or too little. Everything perfectly average.
You can take video games such as Dragon Age: Origins or SkyRim and probably many others and choose a character and change the shape of their face in this way and watch beautiful turn into not so beautiful. What is interesting is that we seem to more or less desire what is basically an average face. We don't really find it beautiful when features stray to the edge of what humans look like. On a subconscious level we want normal. We want conformity. We do additionally generally want good health which is indicated by nice smooth skin, not too thin or too fat, etc. But this subconscious conformity plays a large role and is that really want you want to be the primary reason you choose to be with someone? Because you subconsciously desired conformity or averageness?
You should instead find someone based on the following requirements:
A. It's important to make sure you are with someone who shows some ability to understand people. They need to show some rudimentary ability to understand what is going on in other's mind which correctly explains their actions. When they don't understand, people will often jump to thinking negative things. Super important to see if they do this. While they may be currently treating you really good, do they think very little of tons of other people? It's possible they have had bad friends and bad relatives or even been in terrible work environments and be justified in saying bad things about them. But when someone does something not nice, do they ever show any understanding or just immediately condemn them? Do they ever do anything other than condemn people? Is everyone around them always described as lazy or manipulative?
B.It's important to be with someone who wants other people around them to be happy because they understand that other people being happy should mean they will also be happy. People instead just "do the right thing". That isn't as good. It becomes then that they are focusing on pride in theirself instead of actually successfully making the other person happy. "Doing the right thing" is a bit unthinking. I could go on quite a bit about the distinction. "Doing the right thing" is better than nothing and may have to suffice though it's not quite ideal. They are endless people of course who just flat out don't care about others, who are only nice when they can clearly see how they can get something out of it, which sounds a it like the first reason to be nice. And it sort of is. The difference being forever versus the very short term.
C. It's important to be with someone who understands that they have a subconscious which plays an important role in their actions. Understands that sometimes they may do things that aren't so nice because of negative things they are thinking subconsciously. They need to be open to introspection. Basically they need to be openminded. If instead they are generally closeminded to the possibility that their behavior is wrong in any way, they will probably eventually be a miserable person to have anything to do with because we all think ugly, unfair, unwarranted things on a subconscious level to some extent. Some of us can face it and correct our behavior. Some people spend their lives unaware of the concept of a subconscious and they will feel and act upon subconscious jealousy, subconscious racism and so on. They will treat you terribly while convincing themselves you've earned it for some other reason. Sometimes they will wonder if they might be happier with someone else and will resent you simply for stopping them from finding out because they're with you instead. And they not just simply leave you or divorce you. Because they understand that would mean they are a bad person. They will instead start looking and looking for things about you they don't like, reasons to treat you badly. And eventually they'll find a reason they think is justifiable to get rid of you, other than the actual reason. And it may take a long time. You may be miserable for years. Who knows? It's not like they are rationally planning it. They have no idea what is going on in their own head. They are closeminded. They are not introspective. They have never even seriously thought about the existence of the subconscious.
Odds and Ends about Relationships
If a women says she's dumping you, you probably should ask why. If she just dumps you without saying anything, there is something wrong with her. You should ask why. But understand that you will probably get a crap answer or she'll lie or she will refuse to even give an answer. She may not even know why she is dumping you. She may have some subconscious issue. If she could honestly say she doesn't know why, that would be great. But that's unlikely. More likely she'll search for a reason and make up something bizarre. Something untrue. Something unfair. Something just flat out stupid. Understand, when she gives a reason, it probably isn't the actual reason. She may not actually have any idea why. Or she may really not want to tell you the actual reason. Maybe she just doesn't like your particular penis?
Again, despite all this, you should still ask. But though you ask, she may not want to give a reason because she's made up her mind already (without ever bothering to tell you anything is wrong) and she thinks if she tells you why you will think there is still a chance, thus she doesn't want to tell you because she doesn't want you to even think there is any chance. Or she doesn't want to tell you because she is afraid of ever telling any man that there is something she doesn't like about them. She may not admit this to herself but it may be that she just can't handle any kind of disagreement at all because in her mind it immediately means fighting and she is afraid to fight with a man.
Still, you should ask. Because it could be a miscommunication. A mistake. Like her friend who is jealous of you two being together makes up a lie about you. Of course if she's happy to dump you based off that without even making sure it's actually true by actually speaking to you, again, maybe you asking is a bit pointless anyway.
Still, you should ask. Just expect the answer to be crap.
Now, the above all assumes you're a good person. If on the other hand, you have been doing crappy things to her for a while, she's told you and you keep on doing them, then I guess you already know why. In which case the above is not applicable.
Exercise:
There are two kinds of exercise: anaerobic and aerobic. If it's a whole body exercise, it's aerobic if you don't breath hard, more or less. If it's not--and this means anything from a bicep curl to riding a bike--it's aerobic if it feels totally comfortable.
Anaerobic exercise results in quick improvements for a month or so and then you stop improving. Additionally you can easily become overtrained. Overtraining can mean insomnia, lack of appetite and just in general feeling very tired. If it's running or basically something where you're nowhere total muscle failure but just breathing really hard, you can go anaerobic repeatedly for repetitions of 2 minutes or less and do so many times per week. Roger Bannister for example did 1 minute intervals 5 times a week in becoming the first to run a 4 minute mile. Anaerobic running for 5 minutes or more really does a number on the body. It should only be done once a week. If you do more you will become overtrained. Maybe not immediately but definitely eventually.
If it's weights where one is coming close to muscle failure, overtraining is a bit more likely.
The important thing to understand for all these types of anaerobic exercise is that you will plateau within a month or so. Watch guys doing pullups at a gym. If they have a relatively thin waist they can do 10 to 20 usually. Occasionally a few more. Whether they've been exercising a few months or 50 years, that's usually it.
On the other hand you can do tons of aerobic exercise without overtraining. Hours and hours everyday. And it generally doesn't result in the sudden improvement you get in the beginning from anaerobic exercise but it is claimed that if you do a lot you can continue to improve for years and years unlike with anaerobic. Arthur Lydiard and others wrote about this. He said don't even bother with anaerobic exercise until a month or so before your big target race. Until then just do tons of easy running to build a "base". Aerobic exercise can potentially be very useful in that it helps you handle anaerobic exercise better. It depends on the sport but I would say generally that a serious exercise routine is about successfully combining anaerobic with aerobic.
Tennis, against a good player, can be very anaerobic. Supplementing it with mostly aerobic exercise can really help with endurance. The problem with using running as aerobic exercise though is that most people have to go so slow that the range of motion doesn't have good crossover to tennis. Biking is better provided you do it while standing. If you aren't standing, it's even worse. Better yet is an elliptical machine.
You can additionally do something anaerobic to help with your speed on the tennis court but I would be careful not to overdo it. Some sprinting and/or jumping drills once a week is probably plenty. You may be able to handle much more but you will get 95% of the benefit from doing it just once a week anyway.
The ultimate exercise:
Tennis. It only takes one other person. You can play it at a high level from age 10 or so to 80 or so. It is a combination of speed, quickness, strength, intelligence and endurance. You can make up for a lack of one with an abundance of another. You can be tall and have a great serve. You can be short and cover the court fast. Being strong enough to handle a very heavy racquet helps. But you can still play well with a very light racquet.
Use an australian grip for your forehand drive/slice and backhand slice. Add in a backhand drive which is either one handed or two handed or maybe even both. Perhaps even hit the return of serve two handed on both sides and then otherwise play one handed. Serves, overheads and volleys can be hit with either a continental grip (the norm) or possibly an australian grip. The australian grip will give more speed but make spin a bit harder. Western grips are a mistake for the forehand. They lead to pulling away from the ball and you can get plenty of topspin just with an australian grip. It does take strength. Using a weighted racquet some evenings before bed can help you develop that strength.
Diet
Most diseases are the result of eating the wrong foods. Unfortunately most doctors will instead just prescribe pills without telling you this.
Headaches are triggered primarily by what you eat. But it isn't necessarily what you just ate, it can be an accumulation of headache causing foods over weeks or possibly months. There was a book called Heal Your Headache that eventually gets around to listing the foods.
Insomnia is probably most often the result of inadequate nutrition. Eating junk day after day. Year after year may eventually result in insomnia. (As will too much anaerobic exercise, caffeine and just general stress.) Foods that really help are broccoli, pineapple, fruit in general and staying well hydrated. On a side note, mankind used chamber pots for most of its recorded history. There is a lot to be said for just rolling over, pulling out your penis and peeing in a chamber pot instead of having to get out of bed to go pee in another room. Again, for thousands of years, that's how men at least actually went to the bathroom at night. By using a chamber pot. If you don't, you may eventually stop adequately hydrating yourself in the evening because you don't want to get out of bed to go use the bathroom. If you don't adequately hydrate yourself, you can get all kinds of problems, including kidney stones, bladder stones, renal disease, etc.
There is probably no reason for anyone to ever die of an ischemic stroke or myocardial infarction. A no oil vegan diet as described by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn should completely prevent this. Slightly different variations are described by Dr. McDougall and Dr. Fuhrman, etc. Such diets also decrease the likelihood of cancer and diabetes, both type 1 and 2, and many other diseases. Such a diet is also far more sustainable for the planet. Such a diet also makes you less likely to catch colds and flus. Such a diet also means you're not contributing to the massive slaughter of helpless animals.
Politics
Looks up Manufacturing Consent by Herman and Chomsky on wikipedia. The mainstream media isn't free. It costs billions. We can't even remotely claim to live in a democracy when such is the case. The media is biased towards the interests of the extremely rich. They want lower taxes. No tariffs. No worker regulations. They want a small government because they want to be the power in this world, not a government. In other words the media bias is a rightwing bias. The so called left (democrat) is on the right while what would be the actual left, has been censored just about out of existence.
Ethics/Morals
It all comes down to the degree to which you are concerned with yourself versus the degree to which you put your concern for others before yourself. Everyone has to be concerned with themselves. You need food, shelter, clothing, sleep. You can't completely forget about yourself. You can't be completely selfless. That just means you will soon be dead. That's not workable. On the other hand if you're completely perfectly selfish, that means you're a sort of monster.
Therefore ethics/morals is always a matter of degree. To what degree do you think about others instead of just thinking about yourself.
I feel that there is a kind of evil in this world today. In other words a kind of person who is very selfish that is a sort of organized movement. I see this primarily in the Southeast of the United States. They used to keep people as slaves there. When they did this, they convinced themselves they weren't doing anything wrong because they weren't people. Therefore it was OK to do anything to them. And/or they were better off being owned. That they were too stupid to survive on their own. Meanwhile they would kill the ones that showed any intelligence. Because those ones were dangerous.
So they went so far as to fight a war in order to continue keeping people as slaves. They literally managed to get themselves so worked up over it, they were willing to die to continue doing such an evil thing. Thankfully they lost that war. Of course they continued to treat the former slaves however horrible they could get away with. A hundred years later they still treated them terrible. And they even erected endless statues to their generals from their treasonous war and declared them heroes. And they convinced themselves that slavery would have just gradually disappeared and the war wasn't even about that. And so it goes. They can't admit to any wrongdoing. They can't even admit that something their ancestors did 150 years ago was wrong, let alone that they could do anything wrong.
Because their side is always less educated, they have convinced themselves that intelligence is at best a worthless quality and often even a negative; that it somehow equals arrogance. Which isn't remotely to say that they are in anyway humble. Pseudohumble perhaps. Like their country music singers who are always proclaiming how humble they are. But not in the sense of thinking they have any faults or might actually be wrong about anything.
Their minds are like rollercoasters. The thoughts careen this way and that, following no overriding logic. It's all just random handwaving to justify whatever it is they happen to want to do and believe at that moment. You say racism. They yell, "Oh pulling out the race card!" And that's it. They think they've successfully refuted your point.
They are incapable of anything productive happening in a disagreement. They instead immediately start shouting. The end result being that everywhere people are increasingly afraid to point out any disagreement. In a civilized society you should be able to disagree. Disagreement shouldn't automatically equal arguing and hurling insults at each other. In a civilized society it would be understood that of course we're going to disagree all the time and it would be ridiculous to just keep it a secret from one another. We should instead honestly voice our thoughts and come to some kind of resolution, or compromise, or one of the two parties should simply realize that they're wrong.
And that is just about gone today. Instead you keep your mouth shut when you disagree, unless you know the person super well and you are really sure they're not part of this distressing evil movement.
And they're winning. How? They have more children. They impart their genetics and this same way of thinking to their children. Both matter. Identical twin studies make clear that genetics really do matter a lot. They are having more children. It's not a trend that is slowing down. I don't see any indication that it will slow down anytime soon. So it's just going to get worse. Until society collapses and reproduction trends greatly change, it's just going to get worse.
This means that it's going to be very hard to be an intelligent person in the future. It's going to be very very important for intelligent people to realize that they are way smarter than most other people. Because realizing this will mean that the golden rule is actually quite complicated. Treating someone else the way you would want to be treated doesn't necessarily work when that other person is willfully ignorant and violent. You must realize that most people very much want to remain ignorant. They don't want your honesty.
Furthermore, many people are going to hate you simply because they will realize you are smarter than them. They will feel inferior and they will do whatever they can to pull you down. You will have to be very careful around these people. First and foremost you should try to avoid them as much as possible. But completely avoiding them probably won't be possible. So bluntly put, you must act kind of stupid around them. And try to be friendly. And avoid disagreeing with them about anything.
Incidentally the reason some people love guns so much, is because they feel very inferior. A part of their mind, probably subconscious, is fixated on feelings of inferiority. Mental and/or physical. In some way they feel inferior and guns are the great equalizer. Barely move one finger and all is changed. And the more they know about guns, the more they own, the more they feel they have somehow made up for their inadequacies. Rightwingers are not very smart. On some level they know it. Though they have tried to convince themselves that intelligence isn't actually a good quality anyway, a part of them still knows otherwise. And so, just about every gun nut is a rightwinger.
Physical harm is generally transmitted diseases thanks largely to having sex with someone you just met.
Mental harm starts with really "loving" someone primarily for their looks and other things that have nothing to do with whether or not they are actually a good person. It is interesting what being physically beautiful generally means. Though taste will vary a little, being "beautiful" generally means having the most average facial features. A nose that's not too long, not too short, not too wide, not too narrow. A jaw that's not too long, not too wide, etc. Chin that protrudes just the most average amount. Eyes set not too far apart, not too narrow. Nothing protruding too much or too little. Everything perfectly average.
You can take video games such as Dragon Age: Origins or SkyRim and probably many others and choose a character and change the shape of their face in this way and watch beautiful turn into not so beautiful. What is interesting is that we seem to more or less desire what is basically an average face. We don't really find it beautiful when features stray to the edge of what humans look like. On a subconscious level we want normal. We want conformity. We do additionally generally want good health which is indicated by nice smooth skin, not too thin or too fat, etc. But this subconscious conformity plays a large role and is that really want you want to be the primary reason you choose to be with someone? Because you subconsciously desired conformity or averageness?
You should instead find someone based on the following requirements:
A. It's important to make sure you are with someone who shows some ability to understand people. They need to show some rudimentary ability to understand what is going on in other's mind which correctly explains their actions. When they don't understand, people will often jump to thinking negative things. Super important to see if they do this. While they may be currently treating you really good, do they think very little of tons of other people? It's possible they have had bad friends and bad relatives or even been in terrible work environments and be justified in saying bad things about them. But when someone does something not nice, do they ever show any understanding or just immediately condemn them? Do they ever do anything other than condemn people? Is everyone around them always described as lazy or manipulative?
B.It's important to be with someone who wants other people around them to be happy because they understand that other people being happy should mean they will also be happy. People instead just "do the right thing". That isn't as good. It becomes then that they are focusing on pride in theirself instead of actually successfully making the other person happy. "Doing the right thing" is a bit unthinking. I could go on quite a bit about the distinction. "Doing the right thing" is better than nothing and may have to suffice though it's not quite ideal. They are endless people of course who just flat out don't care about others, who are only nice when they can clearly see how they can get something out of it, which sounds a it like the first reason to be nice. And it sort of is. The difference being forever versus the very short term.
C. It's important to be with someone who understands that they have a subconscious which plays an important role in their actions. Understands that sometimes they may do things that aren't so nice because of negative things they are thinking subconsciously. They need to be open to introspection. Basically they need to be openminded. If instead they are generally closeminded to the possibility that their behavior is wrong in any way, they will probably eventually be a miserable person to have anything to do with because we all think ugly, unfair, unwarranted things on a subconscious level to some extent. Some of us can face it and correct our behavior. Some people spend their lives unaware of the concept of a subconscious and they will feel and act upon subconscious jealousy, subconscious racism and so on. They will treat you terribly while convincing themselves you've earned it for some other reason. Sometimes they will wonder if they might be happier with someone else and will resent you simply for stopping them from finding out because they're with you instead. And they not just simply leave you or divorce you. Because they understand that would mean they are a bad person. They will instead start looking and looking for things about you they don't like, reasons to treat you badly. And eventually they'll find a reason they think is justifiable to get rid of you, other than the actual reason. And it may take a long time. You may be miserable for years. Who knows? It's not like they are rationally planning it. They have no idea what is going on in their own head. They are closeminded. They are not introspective. They have never even seriously thought about the existence of the subconscious.
Odds and Ends about Relationships
If a women says she's dumping you, you probably should ask why. If she just dumps you without saying anything, there is something wrong with her. You should ask why. But understand that you will probably get a crap answer or she'll lie or she will refuse to even give an answer. She may not even know why she is dumping you. She may have some subconscious issue. If she could honestly say she doesn't know why, that would be great. But that's unlikely. More likely she'll search for a reason and make up something bizarre. Something untrue. Something unfair. Something just flat out stupid. Understand, when she gives a reason, it probably isn't the actual reason. She may not actually have any idea why. Or she may really not want to tell you the actual reason. Maybe she just doesn't like your particular penis?
Again, despite all this, you should still ask. But though you ask, she may not want to give a reason because she's made up her mind already (without ever bothering to tell you anything is wrong) and she thinks if she tells you why you will think there is still a chance, thus she doesn't want to tell you because she doesn't want you to even think there is any chance. Or she doesn't want to tell you because she is afraid of ever telling any man that there is something she doesn't like about them. She may not admit this to herself but it may be that she just can't handle any kind of disagreement at all because in her mind it immediately means fighting and she is afraid to fight with a man.
Still, you should ask. Because it could be a miscommunication. A mistake. Like her friend who is jealous of you two being together makes up a lie about you. Of course if she's happy to dump you based off that without even making sure it's actually true by actually speaking to you, again, maybe you asking is a bit pointless anyway.
Still, you should ask. Just expect the answer to be crap.
Now, the above all assumes you're a good person. If on the other hand, you have been doing crappy things to her for a while, she's told you and you keep on doing them, then I guess you already know why. In which case the above is not applicable.
Exercise:
There are two kinds of exercise: anaerobic and aerobic. If it's a whole body exercise, it's aerobic if you don't breath hard, more or less. If it's not--and this means anything from a bicep curl to riding a bike--it's aerobic if it feels totally comfortable.
Anaerobic exercise results in quick improvements for a month or so and then you stop improving. Additionally you can easily become overtrained. Overtraining can mean insomnia, lack of appetite and just in general feeling very tired. If it's running or basically something where you're nowhere total muscle failure but just breathing really hard, you can go anaerobic repeatedly for repetitions of 2 minutes or less and do so many times per week. Roger Bannister for example did 1 minute intervals 5 times a week in becoming the first to run a 4 minute mile. Anaerobic running for 5 minutes or more really does a number on the body. It should only be done once a week. If you do more you will become overtrained. Maybe not immediately but definitely eventually.
If it's weights where one is coming close to muscle failure, overtraining is a bit more likely.
The important thing to understand for all these types of anaerobic exercise is that you will plateau within a month or so. Watch guys doing pullups at a gym. If they have a relatively thin waist they can do 10 to 20 usually. Occasionally a few more. Whether they've been exercising a few months or 50 years, that's usually it.
On the other hand you can do tons of aerobic exercise without overtraining. Hours and hours everyday. And it generally doesn't result in the sudden improvement you get in the beginning from anaerobic exercise but it is claimed that if you do a lot you can continue to improve for years and years unlike with anaerobic. Arthur Lydiard and others wrote about this. He said don't even bother with anaerobic exercise until a month or so before your big target race. Until then just do tons of easy running to build a "base". Aerobic exercise can potentially be very useful in that it helps you handle anaerobic exercise better. It depends on the sport but I would say generally that a serious exercise routine is about successfully combining anaerobic with aerobic.
Tennis, against a good player, can be very anaerobic. Supplementing it with mostly aerobic exercise can really help with endurance. The problem with using running as aerobic exercise though is that most people have to go so slow that the range of motion doesn't have good crossover to tennis. Biking is better provided you do it while standing. If you aren't standing, it's even worse. Better yet is an elliptical machine.
You can additionally do something anaerobic to help with your speed on the tennis court but I would be careful not to overdo it. Some sprinting and/or jumping drills once a week is probably plenty. You may be able to handle much more but you will get 95% of the benefit from doing it just once a week anyway.
The ultimate exercise:
Tennis. It only takes one other person. You can play it at a high level from age 10 or so to 80 or so. It is a combination of speed, quickness, strength, intelligence and endurance. You can make up for a lack of one with an abundance of another. You can be tall and have a great serve. You can be short and cover the court fast. Being strong enough to handle a very heavy racquet helps. But you can still play well with a very light racquet.
Use an australian grip for your forehand drive/slice and backhand slice. Add in a backhand drive which is either one handed or two handed or maybe even both. Perhaps even hit the return of serve two handed on both sides and then otherwise play one handed. Serves, overheads and volleys can be hit with either a continental grip (the norm) or possibly an australian grip. The australian grip will give more speed but make spin a bit harder. Western grips are a mistake for the forehand. They lead to pulling away from the ball and you can get plenty of topspin just with an australian grip. It does take strength. Using a weighted racquet some evenings before bed can help you develop that strength.
Diet
Most diseases are the result of eating the wrong foods. Unfortunately most doctors will instead just prescribe pills without telling you this.
Headaches are triggered primarily by what you eat. But it isn't necessarily what you just ate, it can be an accumulation of headache causing foods over weeks or possibly months. There was a book called Heal Your Headache that eventually gets around to listing the foods.
Insomnia is probably most often the result of inadequate nutrition. Eating junk day after day. Year after year may eventually result in insomnia. (As will too much anaerobic exercise, caffeine and just general stress.) Foods that really help are broccoli, pineapple, fruit in general and staying well hydrated. On a side note, mankind used chamber pots for most of its recorded history. There is a lot to be said for just rolling over, pulling out your penis and peeing in a chamber pot instead of having to get out of bed to go pee in another room. Again, for thousands of years, that's how men at least actually went to the bathroom at night. By using a chamber pot. If you don't, you may eventually stop adequately hydrating yourself in the evening because you don't want to get out of bed to go use the bathroom. If you don't adequately hydrate yourself, you can get all kinds of problems, including kidney stones, bladder stones, renal disease, etc.
There is probably no reason for anyone to ever die of an ischemic stroke or myocardial infarction. A no oil vegan diet as described by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn should completely prevent this. Slightly different variations are described by Dr. McDougall and Dr. Fuhrman, etc. Such diets also decrease the likelihood of cancer and diabetes, both type 1 and 2, and many other diseases. Such a diet is also far more sustainable for the planet. Such a diet also makes you less likely to catch colds and flus. Such a diet also means you're not contributing to the massive slaughter of helpless animals.
Politics
Looks up Manufacturing Consent by Herman and Chomsky on wikipedia. The mainstream media isn't free. It costs billions. We can't even remotely claim to live in a democracy when such is the case. The media is biased towards the interests of the extremely rich. They want lower taxes. No tariffs. No worker regulations. They want a small government because they want to be the power in this world, not a government. In other words the media bias is a rightwing bias. The so called left (democrat) is on the right while what would be the actual left, has been censored just about out of existence.
Ethics/Morals
It all comes down to the degree to which you are concerned with yourself versus the degree to which you put your concern for others before yourself. Everyone has to be concerned with themselves. You need food, shelter, clothing, sleep. You can't completely forget about yourself. You can't be completely selfless. That just means you will soon be dead. That's not workable. On the other hand if you're completely perfectly selfish, that means you're a sort of monster.
Therefore ethics/morals is always a matter of degree. To what degree do you think about others instead of just thinking about yourself.
I feel that there is a kind of evil in this world today. In other words a kind of person who is very selfish that is a sort of organized movement. I see this primarily in the Southeast of the United States. They used to keep people as slaves there. When they did this, they convinced themselves they weren't doing anything wrong because they weren't people. Therefore it was OK to do anything to them. And/or they were better off being owned. That they were too stupid to survive on their own. Meanwhile they would kill the ones that showed any intelligence. Because those ones were dangerous.
So they went so far as to fight a war in order to continue keeping people as slaves. They literally managed to get themselves so worked up over it, they were willing to die to continue doing such an evil thing. Thankfully they lost that war. Of course they continued to treat the former slaves however horrible they could get away with. A hundred years later they still treated them terrible. And they even erected endless statues to their generals from their treasonous war and declared them heroes. And they convinced themselves that slavery would have just gradually disappeared and the war wasn't even about that. And so it goes. They can't admit to any wrongdoing. They can't even admit that something their ancestors did 150 years ago was wrong, let alone that they could do anything wrong.
Because their side is always less educated, they have convinced themselves that intelligence is at best a worthless quality and often even a negative; that it somehow equals arrogance. Which isn't remotely to say that they are in anyway humble. Pseudohumble perhaps. Like their country music singers who are always proclaiming how humble they are. But not in the sense of thinking they have any faults or might actually be wrong about anything.
Their minds are like rollercoasters. The thoughts careen this way and that, following no overriding logic. It's all just random handwaving to justify whatever it is they happen to want to do and believe at that moment. You say racism. They yell, "Oh pulling out the race card!" And that's it. They think they've successfully refuted your point.
They are incapable of anything productive happening in a disagreement. They instead immediately start shouting. The end result being that everywhere people are increasingly afraid to point out any disagreement. In a civilized society you should be able to disagree. Disagreement shouldn't automatically equal arguing and hurling insults at each other. In a civilized society it would be understood that of course we're going to disagree all the time and it would be ridiculous to just keep it a secret from one another. We should instead honestly voice our thoughts and come to some kind of resolution, or compromise, or one of the two parties should simply realize that they're wrong.
And that is just about gone today. Instead you keep your mouth shut when you disagree, unless you know the person super well and you are really sure they're not part of this distressing evil movement.
And they're winning. How? They have more children. They impart their genetics and this same way of thinking to their children. Both matter. Identical twin studies make clear that genetics really do matter a lot. They are having more children. It's not a trend that is slowing down. I don't see any indication that it will slow down anytime soon. So it's just going to get worse. Until society collapses and reproduction trends greatly change, it's just going to get worse.
This means that it's going to be very hard to be an intelligent person in the future. It's going to be very very important for intelligent people to realize that they are way smarter than most other people. Because realizing this will mean that the golden rule is actually quite complicated. Treating someone else the way you would want to be treated doesn't necessarily work when that other person is willfully ignorant and violent. You must realize that most people very much want to remain ignorant. They don't want your honesty.
Furthermore, many people are going to hate you simply because they will realize you are smarter than them. They will feel inferior and they will do whatever they can to pull you down. You will have to be very careful around these people. First and foremost you should try to avoid them as much as possible. But completely avoiding them probably won't be possible. So bluntly put, you must act kind of stupid around them. And try to be friendly. And avoid disagreeing with them about anything.
Incidentally the reason some people love guns so much, is because they feel very inferior. A part of their mind, probably subconscious, is fixated on feelings of inferiority. Mental and/or physical. In some way they feel inferior and guns are the great equalizer. Barely move one finger and all is changed. And the more they know about guns, the more they own, the more they feel they have somehow made up for their inadequacies. Rightwingers are not very smart. On some level they know it. Though they have tried to convince themselves that intelligence isn't actually a good quality anyway, a part of them still knows otherwise. And so, just about every gun nut is a rightwinger.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Turned the horizontal oscillation on at the indoor courts and loved it. Going to buy one. Wife making me wait a few days.... Even found an awesome one that isn't advertised and only sold directly from the company that is a few hundred cheaper for what it does. And really having trouble doing much exercise outside of playing tennis. Don't feel like spending hours a week running. But a ball machine with horizontal oscillation could run me for hours a week. Easier to run that way, plus playing real tennis.
Monday, October 31, 2016
I was using a backhand grip that was both thumb knuckles on the 8th bevel. This kept the racquet out in front of me which really reduced errors. But I can't seem to hit winners this way. Maybe if I got my wrists more involved. But it's just so physically demanding to swing hard enough this way. Can't flatten it out very well. I don't know. Just can't play aggressive enough. Too much just getting it back.
On the two hand forehand I was putting both thumb knuckles on bevel 2. Again this kept the racquet out in front of me. Still had plenty of power and can hit flat or with topspin, or slice well. The one problem is I really struggle hitting crosscourt. I errors as often as not. Maybe I should find a way to make it work. But I basically can slice it crosscourt. I just can't figure out how to hit flat or with topspin consistently crosscourt.
So, this last time I played I switched a double continental grip on both sides. No grip change. Hands almost a bit awkwardly locked into place. Arms kind of want to stay extended. Hard to bend elbows. This way I can get tons of power on the backhand and I can hit crosscourt with pace much better. But topspin is just about impossible. Topspin is overrated anyway.... But I feel like I lost a sense of feel for just hitting the ball.
Last night I tried this and I was up 5-1 against the owner who previously I almost always beat 6-4/3. So 5-1 was better. But then I totally lost my feel. Had a few that hit the ground before the net. He won the second set 6-2. Only set he's ever won against me. With this grip I'm also hitting the ball a bit behind me which leads to more errors.
Perhaps with practice I'll get used to this and improve my feel. I did it some last year and it worked not terrible. Or maybe I should just do double eastern forehand for both grounds strokes. Can still hit some topspin. Can still hit flat with decent power. Problem is have to change grip if lunging on backhands. But I can get used to that. The other question is can I hit crosscourt forehands consistently that way?
.....Two days later. Yes. Can hit them very consistently with a double eastern forehand. Against a ball machine almost never miss. Though my follow through did rise. Was watching Connors and how his racquet ended up by his head even hitting flat. Need to do that. I have very little feel with just swinging low on the follow through.
Also figured out the key to a two hand backhand slice is making contact when the ball is behind you a bit. Which means it doesn't work for short balls.
Also floundering a bit with exercise. Now doing 1/3 intervals most days but only for 16 minutes to begin. Very unhappy with my weight sticking up a 220. This is the problem with 80/20 for some people. But also lately I haven't been doing enough of it really. Just 2 to 3 hours a week when it really needs to be like 6 hours at least...
On the two hand forehand I was putting both thumb knuckles on bevel 2. Again this kept the racquet out in front of me. Still had plenty of power and can hit flat or with topspin, or slice well. The one problem is I really struggle hitting crosscourt. I errors as often as not. Maybe I should find a way to make it work. But I basically can slice it crosscourt. I just can't figure out how to hit flat or with topspin consistently crosscourt.
So, this last time I played I switched a double continental grip on both sides. No grip change. Hands almost a bit awkwardly locked into place. Arms kind of want to stay extended. Hard to bend elbows. This way I can get tons of power on the backhand and I can hit crosscourt with pace much better. But topspin is just about impossible. Topspin is overrated anyway.... But I feel like I lost a sense of feel for just hitting the ball.
Last night I tried this and I was up 5-1 against the owner who previously I almost always beat 6-4/3. So 5-1 was better. But then I totally lost my feel. Had a few that hit the ground before the net. He won the second set 6-2. Only set he's ever won against me. With this grip I'm also hitting the ball a bit behind me which leads to more errors.
Perhaps with practice I'll get used to this and improve my feel. I did it some last year and it worked not terrible. Or maybe I should just do double eastern forehand for both grounds strokes. Can still hit some topspin. Can still hit flat with decent power. Problem is have to change grip if lunging on backhands. But I can get used to that. The other question is can I hit crosscourt forehands consistently that way?
.....Two days later. Yes. Can hit them very consistently with a double eastern forehand. Against a ball machine almost never miss. Though my follow through did rise. Was watching Connors and how his racquet ended up by his head even hitting flat. Need to do that. I have very little feel with just swinging low on the follow through.
Also figured out the key to a two hand backhand slice is making contact when the ball is behind you a bit. Which means it doesn't work for short balls.
Also floundering a bit with exercise. Now doing 1/3 intervals most days but only for 16 minutes to begin. Very unhappy with my weight sticking up a 220. This is the problem with 80/20 for some people. But also lately I haven't been doing enough of it really. Just 2 to 3 hours a week when it really needs to be like 6 hours at least...
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Played tennis against the hardest hitter I've ever faced yesterday. He won the first set 6-1. Took a while to get used to the speed. Second set I was up 5-3 before I was just so exhausted. He won the last 4 games though I think 3 went to deuce.
Ideally I'd run around my backhand a bit more and/or be a little more aggressive with it. And also be more aggressive with my forehand. I was a bit stuck in playing defensive. The top thing was I would like to run around my backhand more. But as it was I almost quit before the second set was over because I was just so exhausted. My stamina is improving but I'm still only 4 months out from open heart surgery.
This guy really hit crazy hard. About 6'2" and I'd guess at least 240. Very strong. Huge serve. The kick put it above my head on the second serve. First serve and heavy topspin forehand were the hardest I've ever faced. Enjoyed it. Actually drew a crowd (of 4 people). I did great on the ROS. Hitting two handed on both sides I guess helps as expected. But I hardly hit any winners. Just getting it back and making him move enough that he would hit errors. It would be nice to be a bit more aggressive.
But seriously, this guy hit harder than most pros. If not almost all pros. Former college player who weighs 240.
Would like to have been more aggressive. Need to run around that backhand more. Also my serve wasn't so hard today. Not sure why. Maybe was getting tired from all the running I did. Also previous match I played indoors on a fast surface. Today outside on a humid day where it started sprinkling right at the end.
Very happy with my version of the 80/20 training so far. Bought a HR monitor that hasn't arrived yet. Jogging before work while reading is awesome.
Finishing up the Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. Reads like it's by a woman. Sort of. I thought. Which is neither a bad or good thing of course. Good and yet somewhat weird book. Really quite good. Now at the end nostalgia for the far past. Really like how it moves around through time. Usually dislike that but this is done with nostalgia. She's remembering what she forgot. Has a all powerful "wizard" who isn't nice. He "adopts" 12 children when their families die who are more like apprentices who each learn one of 12 "magical" disciplines. He routinely tortures and kills them (and resurrects them) as discipline. Also David rapes, kills, etc. Dark book. Good.
Ideally I'd run around my backhand a bit more and/or be a little more aggressive with it. And also be more aggressive with my forehand. I was a bit stuck in playing defensive. The top thing was I would like to run around my backhand more. But as it was I almost quit before the second set was over because I was just so exhausted. My stamina is improving but I'm still only 4 months out from open heart surgery.
This guy really hit crazy hard. About 6'2" and I'd guess at least 240. Very strong. Huge serve. The kick put it above my head on the second serve. First serve and heavy topspin forehand were the hardest I've ever faced. Enjoyed it. Actually drew a crowd (of 4 people). I did great on the ROS. Hitting two handed on both sides I guess helps as expected. But I hardly hit any winners. Just getting it back and making him move enough that he would hit errors. It would be nice to be a bit more aggressive.
But seriously, this guy hit harder than most pros. If not almost all pros. Former college player who weighs 240.
Would like to have been more aggressive. Need to run around that backhand more. Also my serve wasn't so hard today. Not sure why. Maybe was getting tired from all the running I did. Also previous match I played indoors on a fast surface. Today outside on a humid day where it started sprinkling right at the end.
Very happy with my version of the 80/20 training so far. Bought a HR monitor that hasn't arrived yet. Jogging before work while reading is awesome.
Finishing up the Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. Reads like it's by a woman. Sort of. I thought. Which is neither a bad or good thing of course. Good and yet somewhat weird book. Really quite good. Now at the end nostalgia for the far past. Really like how it moves around through time. Usually dislike that but this is done with nostalgia. She's remembering what she forgot. Has a all powerful "wizard" who isn't nice. He "adopts" 12 children when their families die who are more like apprentices who each learn one of 12 "magical" disciplines. He routinely tortures and kills them (and resurrects them) as discipline. Also David rapes, kills, etc. Dark book. Good.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Moved to the hill for my sprints. Did 10 where last time only did six. My back felt it a little. Stride possibly slightly too long. Knee was perfectly fine though! Played a tougher tennis opponent. Made me run a lot more and just about collapsed. Need to make some kind of change to improve upon this. Jumped rope today. I couldn't even do it for a minute, lol. I used to be able to easily go for five. So I did 6 sets of 30 seconds. Hopefully that's been my problem and my tennis will improve now with working on this. I had read jumping rope is the most important thing you can do for tennis training. Also I recall Connors did it, at least when young with grandad. I hadn't done it because I think it was a headache trigger, that degree of bouncing up and down (as opposed to running.... but running has possibly been a trigger too....) But I haven't had a headache in quite close to six months now. Think avoiding yeast risen bread has really helped me.
Read a study that compared 4x4 min, 4x8 and 4x16 min. Found 4x8 worked best. Very stupid because 4x4 is only 16 total minutes while 4x8 is a much better 32 and 16 minute intervals aren't even really intervals. Seems highly likely that 8x4 minutes would work better. Can't say for certain. But bet they would find that. So, doing that for the bike. Thing is, despite the biking I've done so far, I played terrible tennis the other day. All kinds of enforced errors, not to mention getting exhausted. This compared to how I felt against Chi when I was doing stairs two at a time. Perhaps the greater ROM makes a big difference.
Workout plan now is 4 minute intervals running and biking, aiming for 32 total minutes. 15 to 25 or so second "sprint" intervals up the hill for hopefully well beyond 10 reps. Jumping rope, hopefully getting up to 10 minutes at least. Some stair walking with 25 pound pack.
1. 4 min runs
2. jumping rope/stairs/4 min bike (high resistance)
3. hill sprints
4. tennis
(5 min weight lifting on fridays)
Watched a video and within 45 minutes can juggle. First tried it doing it the wrong way and did it, the cascade, but it's really really hard that way.
Read a study that compared 4x4 min, 4x8 and 4x16 min. Found 4x8 worked best. Very stupid because 4x4 is only 16 total minutes while 4x8 is a much better 32 and 16 minute intervals aren't even really intervals. Seems highly likely that 8x4 minutes would work better. Can't say for certain. But bet they would find that. So, doing that for the bike. Thing is, despite the biking I've done so far, I played terrible tennis the other day. All kinds of enforced errors, not to mention getting exhausted. This compared to how I felt against Chi when I was doing stairs two at a time. Perhaps the greater ROM makes a big difference.
Workout plan now is 4 minute intervals running and biking, aiming for 32 total minutes. 15 to 25 or so second "sprint" intervals up the hill for hopefully well beyond 10 reps. Jumping rope, hopefully getting up to 10 minutes at least. Some stair walking with 25 pound pack.
1. 4 min runs
2. jumping rope/stairs/4 min bike (high resistance)
3. hill sprints
4. tennis
(5 min weight lifting on fridays)
Watched a video and within 45 minutes can juggle. First tried it doing it the wrong way and did it, the cascade, but it's really really hard that way.
Monday, September 12, 2016
Today I got up at 4:45am and did 6 100 meter (about) wind sprints outside my house. It was pretty easy to do and it at least seemed like I was going pretty good. I'm sure slower than 12.0 but surely faster than 15. Been so long I guess hard to say. I stopped at six because I'm worried I'll be feeling it in my back or knees later, though they felt OK at the time.Why would I be doing such a thing anyway?
Originally I was annoyed that I was practically collapsing while playing doubles tennis, so I was trying to strengthen my legs and so I decided to sprint up some stairs. I immediately played such better tennis that I was like I got to sprint stairs all the time! And then..... I had a day where I hurt my knee. (Thursday?) Not sure how. I had done some stair sprinting, some treadmill running at 8% incline (thinking similar to stairs) with 30 second bursts and mowed someone's lawn. I don't know which of the three did it. But then it didn't feel great sprinting stairs for a day or so.
I think I took Friday off....? Tennis Saturday morning (6-1, 6-0, 6-2 against Yang) but was ready to collapse at the end. Why? The heat? Legs not strong enough? So I went back to the exercise bike Saturday evening and did intervals where I put it on its max resistance (22) for 30 seconds and then went easy for 3:40 (8 to 10 at 10 mph or so). Did this for 50 minutes and really liked how it felt. Sunday just went "easy" on it for 60 minutes (gradually increasing resistance from 10 to 14).
OK. So I'm unhappy with how tired I still get playing tennis. Thinking it's my legs. But could it just be issues with the heat? I don't know. So I've been sprinting stairs and riding a bike. But then mixed in here is that I would like to run a decently fast 5k one of these days. And I guess I got to thinking about that guy I knew in the military who ran a 4:05 mile (and abruptly quit training for some reason) based off of 40 sprints of 100 meters (walk 100 inbetween) M, W, F and then a 5 mile run on T and Th. I had tried it myself and felt Horrible. Didn't make it even a couple days I don't think. All those sprints, even when going really slow, my chest felt funny. Of course I didn't work into it slow enough. (Also think i was bouncing the bar off my chest a bit doing heavy bench presses, gave me pleural issues for years back then, doh).
But I've thought of this here and there. And.... got up this morning and did six sprints. And they felt so easy. I guess because of the stair sprinting and hard intervals on the bike. So I find myself planning to do:
Day 1- lots of 100 meters sprints
Day 2- 30 minute run
Day 3- bike intervals at max resistance increasingly longer and longer for close to an hour
Day 4- an easy hour bike.
Maybe spread across 4 days, but maybe 6 or so, depending on tennis, etc. But maybe my knees or back will feel the sprinting later. We'll see. And in retrospect maybe I should just do them up a hill. Today I did the first 60 meters on a flat. A hill would probably be better for my long term health, though it's harder on a hill. On a flat I just feel like I'm spinning along against no resistance.
Another issue is that I'm only going to do those sprints in the early morning when everyone is still asleep. Because it's just too strange for a 43 year old (or just about anyone) to be doing such a thing in this here world. But worried I'll be exhausted at work. But, I sure feel fine after doing six. Six was very easy. Though, again, it mostly wasn't up a hill. If I move up the road a little maybe it will take it out of me much more. Also there may be days I'm supposed to do the sprints where I really don't want to get up so early. And then soon enough it will snowing instead of too hot outside. We'll see.
Another thing worth mentioning is that it's a reclining bike and I can (and do) read a book while on it. Though not when I have the resistance at 22. Considering that multitasking, it's not really that much time spent on exercise...
Anyway running a 400 in 80+ seconds is ridiculous. No wonder my 5k best was only 22 minutes. A bunch of 100 meter sprints, whether or not they're on a hill, and if I don't injure myself, I should be able to run a 400 surely in less than 70 pretty quick, if I don't just hurt my knee, etc. And then with just a bit of endurance I should be able to run longer distances faster. Perhaps.
All that anaerobic stuff makes you want to lay around and sleep. But then throw in the longer aerobic stuff and it has the opposite effect. Hence waking up at 4am this morning. Slept great though.
So I'm 43 and I'm running wind sprints at 4:45 AM before work. Kind of silly. Most likely I'll stop very soon due to injury or whatever.
Originally I was annoyed that I was practically collapsing while playing doubles tennis, so I was trying to strengthen my legs and so I decided to sprint up some stairs. I immediately played such better tennis that I was like I got to sprint stairs all the time! And then..... I had a day where I hurt my knee. (Thursday?) Not sure how. I had done some stair sprinting, some treadmill running at 8% incline (thinking similar to stairs) with 30 second bursts and mowed someone's lawn. I don't know which of the three did it. But then it didn't feel great sprinting stairs for a day or so.
I think I took Friday off....? Tennis Saturday morning (6-1, 6-0, 6-2 against Yang) but was ready to collapse at the end. Why? The heat? Legs not strong enough? So I went back to the exercise bike Saturday evening and did intervals where I put it on its max resistance (22) for 30 seconds and then went easy for 3:40 (8 to 10 at 10 mph or so). Did this for 50 minutes and really liked how it felt. Sunday just went "easy" on it for 60 minutes (gradually increasing resistance from 10 to 14).
OK. So I'm unhappy with how tired I still get playing tennis. Thinking it's my legs. But could it just be issues with the heat? I don't know. So I've been sprinting stairs and riding a bike. But then mixed in here is that I would like to run a decently fast 5k one of these days. And I guess I got to thinking about that guy I knew in the military who ran a 4:05 mile (and abruptly quit training for some reason) based off of 40 sprints of 100 meters (walk 100 inbetween) M, W, F and then a 5 mile run on T and Th. I had tried it myself and felt Horrible. Didn't make it even a couple days I don't think. All those sprints, even when going really slow, my chest felt funny. Of course I didn't work into it slow enough. (Also think i was bouncing the bar off my chest a bit doing heavy bench presses, gave me pleural issues for years back then, doh).
But I've thought of this here and there. And.... got up this morning and did six sprints. And they felt so easy. I guess because of the stair sprinting and hard intervals on the bike. So I find myself planning to do:
Day 1- lots of 100 meters sprints
Day 2- 30 minute run
Day 3- bike intervals at max resistance increasingly longer and longer for close to an hour
Day 4- an easy hour bike.
Maybe spread across 4 days, but maybe 6 or so, depending on tennis, etc. But maybe my knees or back will feel the sprinting later. We'll see. And in retrospect maybe I should just do them up a hill. Today I did the first 60 meters on a flat. A hill would probably be better for my long term health, though it's harder on a hill. On a flat I just feel like I'm spinning along against no resistance.
Another issue is that I'm only going to do those sprints in the early morning when everyone is still asleep. Because it's just too strange for a 43 year old (or just about anyone) to be doing such a thing in this here world. But worried I'll be exhausted at work. But, I sure feel fine after doing six. Six was very easy. Though, again, it mostly wasn't up a hill. If I move up the road a little maybe it will take it out of me much more. Also there may be days I'm supposed to do the sprints where I really don't want to get up so early. And then soon enough it will snowing instead of too hot outside. We'll see.
Another thing worth mentioning is that it's a reclining bike and I can (and do) read a book while on it. Though not when I have the resistance at 22. Considering that multitasking, it's not really that much time spent on exercise...
Anyway running a 400 in 80+ seconds is ridiculous. No wonder my 5k best was only 22 minutes. A bunch of 100 meter sprints, whether or not they're on a hill, and if I don't injure myself, I should be able to run a 400 surely in less than 70 pretty quick, if I don't just hurt my knee, etc. And then with just a bit of endurance I should be able to run longer distances faster. Perhaps.
All that anaerobic stuff makes you want to lay around and sleep. But then throw in the longer aerobic stuff and it has the opposite effect. Hence waking up at 4am this morning. Slept great though.
So I'm 43 and I'm running wind sprints at 4:45 AM before work. Kind of silly. Most likely I'll stop very soon due to injury or whatever.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Currently trying to alternate running with an exercise bike while sitting. 8 or so minutes easy followed by a minute or two hard for each. Plus at least once a week on the elliptical with a 60 pound pack. This keeps my back good. I think Lendl had the right idea with the biking. If you sit it gets that ROM that aerobic running misses. But Lendl hurt his back. Thus the 60 pound pack. I'm finally able to sleep on my stomach lately. It's been such a long road back. So many years. Strange that a back can continue to "heal" 10 years after the injury. But not actual healing. Just a matter of strengthening to keep everything in place.
But only getting to do aerobic stuff maybe 3 days a week. Plus tennis once or twice.
But only getting to do aerobic stuff maybe 3 days a week. Plus tennis once or twice.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Easy run is maffetone heart rate, wearing heart rate monitor, generally on treadmill. Try to do same with easy pushups. Both in front of TV. Will see how that works. Potentially do same with pulldowns but I expect it won't work or at least I won't have the patience. This is a sort of polarization routine but with just one hard run each week instead of two... So far no insomnia with the little bit of strength training, except for the first two days. For which advil cured it.
I'm thinking I don't really care much for Bach. Didn't know he was really unpopular long ago. Think I feel how others did back then. Wonder how much of his popularity is emperor's new clothes. Think something has definitely gone wrong with classical music, all the pomp, the having to be absolutely quiet, the dress. There must certainly be some pretentiousness going on. But people learn to truly love the emperor's and probably all the pomp too. Some people anyway. So many just end up not really liking classical when they otherwise would.
I'm thinking I don't really care much for Bach. Didn't know he was really unpopular long ago. Think I feel how others did back then. Wonder how much of his popularity is emperor's new clothes. Think something has definitely gone wrong with classical music, all the pomp, the having to be absolutely quiet, the dress. There must certainly be some pretentiousness going on. But people learn to truly love the emperor's and probably all the pomp too. Some people anyway. So many just end up not really liking classical when they otherwise would.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to be your own coach by Brad Hudson
Says running at a lot of different speeds and intensities is really important. Basic types are hills/hill sprints, tempo/threshold runs (hard for 2 to 6 miles), intervals, and slower longer runs. I basically have been doing only intervals. Trying to do all these others at least once a week, and slower easier runs as often as I can manage with my 15 hour grueling workdays.
Today I did 2 miles in 14:29, then two easy miles and finally 2 more miles (somewhat uphill) in 16:09. My low intense/high freq strength training is consisting of a set of overhead presses, closee grip bench presses, tri pushdowns and a set of chinups. Very low intensity. Very afraid of insomnia.
Says running at a lot of different speeds and intensities is really important. Basic types are hills/hill sprints, tempo/threshold runs (hard for 2 to 6 miles), intervals, and slower longer runs. I basically have been doing only intervals. Trying to do all these others at least once a week, and slower easier runs as often as I can manage with my 15 hour grueling workdays.
Today I did 2 miles in 14:29, then two easy miles and finally 2 more miles (somewhat uphill) in 16:09. My low intense/high freq strength training is consisting of a set of overhead presses, closee grip bench presses, tri pushdowns and a set of chinups. Very low intensity. Very afraid of insomnia.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Just did continuous runs this week. And three times last week too. Can't remember the details of last week. This week I did two 12.5 mile runs and then a 10 mile run. The ten mile was in 97:23. Which sucks. But I suppose for continuous running, is good for me. I could still run/walk faster. But will try to keep at it for at least the next three weeks. Trying to run at least 35 miles a week, which is an improvement. Followed by a set of close grip benches and wide grip pulldowns.
I think lifting extremely hard once a week, increases the injury potential, also just makes lifting really suck. And ultimately doesn't work as well. OTOH, insomnia seems a bit less likely. Maybe.
I think lifting extremely hard once a week, increases the injury potential, also just makes lifting really suck. And ultimately doesn't work as well. OTOH, insomnia seems a bit less likely. Maybe.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ic0s__Pc8
Nostalgia
Was looking for info on exercise induced insomnia and other than the same sentence pasted to about 100 different sites all I really found was that a very few other people do seem to get this. Did though find Arthur Lydiard saying that anerobic exercise can lead to insomnia. That and many, many other negative things he claimed.
He caught my attention with that and furthermore in that he said anerobic (interval) training only needed to be added about 4 weeks before a race. That's all it took to get it to about as good as it was going to get while one can slowly improve for years and years by doing aerobic activity daily.
This does actually seem to be largely true. Looking at lifting weights for example. Strength to body weight ratios hardly change at all beyond the first few months (barring drugs). So I'm chucking my interval training and going to steady speed runs on as many days as I can manage. Possibly might try to do 40 miles per week... And once a week, a single 1 mile time trial. Not quite what he advocated but we'll see how it goes.
Supposedly exercise is good for sperm but only if it's "moderate". I don't know how moderate is defined. Apparently 100 miles per week is beyond moderate. Is 30/40 miles a week? I don't know. I have noticed in the past that with daily steady runs I feel increased libido, perhaps that will tell me.
Nostalgia
Was looking for info on exercise induced insomnia and other than the same sentence pasted to about 100 different sites all I really found was that a very few other people do seem to get this. Did though find Arthur Lydiard saying that anerobic exercise can lead to insomnia. That and many, many other negative things he claimed.
He caught my attention with that and furthermore in that he said anerobic (interval) training only needed to be added about 4 weeks before a race. That's all it took to get it to about as good as it was going to get while one can slowly improve for years and years by doing aerobic activity daily.
This does actually seem to be largely true. Looking at lifting weights for example. Strength to body weight ratios hardly change at all beyond the first few months (barring drugs). So I'm chucking my interval training and going to steady speed runs on as many days as I can manage. Possibly might try to do 40 miles per week... And once a week, a single 1 mile time trial. Not quite what he advocated but we'll see how it goes.
Supposedly exercise is good for sperm but only if it's "moderate". I don't know how moderate is defined. Apparently 100 miles per week is beyond moderate. Is 30/40 miles a week? I don't know. I have noticed in the past that with daily steady runs I feel increased libido, perhaps that will tell me.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Started exercise bike last monday. Tried it a second time on Wednesday. Crashed and burned on Friday run. Perhaps in part becuase not used to hitting legs three times a week. But then, perhaps also because it was just slower continuous biking for 40 minutes.
Friday run was 4/2 for 10 miles in 93:40. Previous was 92:20. Felt awful rest of Friday and into Saturday. Pullups on Friday were a half effort. Just did 9.
This Monday got back down to a 92:44. Then 2/2's on bike. Trying to go fast to teach my body to move faster. Just did 4 first time. Then overhead press-19. Dips 16. Although they hurt more. And a fast set of sit-ups. 35 done as fast as possible. Again, teach body to move fast. Arms at side.
Friday run was 4/2 for 10 miles in 93:40. Previous was 92:20. Felt awful rest of Friday and into Saturday. Pullups on Friday were a half effort. Just did 9.
This Monday got back down to a 92:44. Then 2/2's on bike. Trying to go fast to teach my body to move faster. Just did 4 first time. Then overhead press-19. Dips 16. Although they hurt more. And a fast set of sit-ups. 35 done as fast as possible. Again, teach body to move fast. Arms at side.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Overhead presses, Standing 13,15,17. Seated 15, 18 (70bls)
Dips 6, 9, 12, 14
Added set up situps (20 today with hands behind head) and exercise bike. Back when I last got down to 3:02 for half a mile I was working hard on the exercise bike. Now I'm well short of that speed.
Today 4/2 for 10 miles in 92:20. First mile I was 10 seconds slower in 3:40 (pitiful), at 3 miles I was 30 seconds slower. At 6 miles I was only 15 seconds slower. At 7 miles I was 5 seconds faster and at 10 I finished 38 seconds faster. I wasn't trying to pace myself better. My body just did so on it's own.
Dips 6, 9, 12, 14
Added set up situps (20 today with hands behind head) and exercise bike. Back when I last got down to 3:02 for half a mile I was working hard on the exercise bike. Now I'm well short of that speed.
Today 4/2 for 10 miles in 92:20. First mile I was 10 seconds slower in 3:40 (pitiful), at 3 miles I was 30 seconds slower. At 6 miles I was only 15 seconds slower. At 7 miles I was 5 seconds faster and at 10 I finished 38 seconds faster. I wasn't trying to pace myself better. My body just did so on it's own.
Friday, February 10, 2012
My ten mile 2:30/2:00 twice a week interval run: 99:50, 98:40, 96:00. Wasn't expecting such an improvement. Once a week overhead presses (70lbs) followed by dips, then three days later pullups and shrugs. 13, 15, 17 (but bothers my back a bit, will try doing them seated) 6, 9 (dips). 6, 8, 9 (pullups). Just 120 lbs for the shrugs yesterday and feeling it in my back a bit today during run. Will do the same next week though as I ought to get the back strength back at least to handle that much weight.
Monday, October 3, 2011
First time running a continous 6 miles. Did it in 50:31. Then did another 6 miles as 3/2's. Total time for 12 miles was 1:49:46. Want to get up to 15 miles so I can run a nicer route, which unfortunately doesn't have correct mile markers but is supposedly 7.5 miles long. Not so sure I like spending quite this much time though, even with it only being twice a week... Maybe I should just do a 10 and 15 each week...
Closegrip benched 110 pounds for ten reps. Wide grip pulldowns 120x17. Shoulder raises and curls/tri extensions done with no real intensity. Really dislike lifting weights anymore.
50 partial one legged squats. Not leaning forward anymore. Which makes it harder and also makes it more useful and possibly is better for my knees?
Forgot to do sit-ups. Shall do them now.
Health has been great though. No insomnia. No headaches. Decent energy level. Feel pretty good.
Closegrip benched 110 pounds for ten reps. Wide grip pulldowns 120x17. Shoulder raises and curls/tri extensions done with no real intensity. Really dislike lifting weights anymore.
50 partial one legged squats. Not leaning forward anymore. Which makes it harder and also makes it more useful and possibly is better for my knees?
Forgot to do sit-ups. Shall do them now.
Health has been great though. No insomnia. No headaches. Decent energy level. Feel pretty good.
Monday, September 12, 2011
A 3/2 for 9 miles. First 6 in 56:04. PR by almost a minute. Finished in 86:55. Which was a 2 minute PR I think. Partial one legged squats played a big role I think. Maybe also the jolt of adrenaline at work on Saturday dealing with the pseudoseizure crazy lady. So that's one good thing about that. Thanks crazy lady!
Weight holding at 200 pounds. Considering adding a single set of chins and benchs... in with the overhead presses, curls and tri pushdowns. Maybe on Wednesday (off W, Th, F). Worried about getting insomnia.
Also bought a punching bag. Had one years ago. This way if I ever have to punch someone I'll hurt them so bad I'll go to jail for years.... Bought it because....? Maybe feeling wimply down here at 200 pounds.
Weight holding at 200 pounds. Considering adding a single set of chins and benchs... in with the overhead presses, curls and tri pushdowns. Maybe on Wednesday (off W, Th, F). Worried about getting insomnia.
Also bought a punching bag. Had one years ago. This way if I ever have to punch someone I'll hurt them so bad I'll go to jail for years.... Bought it because....? Maybe feeling wimply down here at 200 pounds.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Ran a 2/1 for 6 in 55:31 on Monday. Very enjoyable run. Had a couple of relaxed, happy, short interactions along the way. One with my piano teacher 20+ years ago. Another with an oriental family. As they were relaxed and happy interactions, they were a bit surreal.
Ran a 4/1 for 6 in 55:43 on Wednesday. Unexpectedly slow. Really prefer a 2/1. But also I moved a ton of stuff at my dad's hoarderish office on Tuesday which may have taken it out of me a bit. OTOH, had so much energy with which to clean out dad's office though in part because of all this running. After this run I moved another ton of stuff on Wednesday; bricks for my enclosed raised bed garden. Very, very tired. Cello playing suffering.
Ran a 4/1 for 6 in 55:43 on Wednesday. Unexpectedly slow. Really prefer a 2/1. But also I moved a ton of stuff at my dad's hoarderish office on Tuesday which may have taken it out of me a bit. OTOH, had so much energy with which to clean out dad's office though in part because of all this running. After this run I moved another ton of stuff on Wednesday; bricks for my enclosed raised bed garden. Very, very tired. Cello playing suffering.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Early this morning I did a 3/1 for 6 miles in 55:09. Felt very slow, could have kept going at same pace for a few more miles. But felt like if I speeded up just a bit I would very quickly crash and burn. Which is to say I was trying to keep under control/keep good form. A bit faster and my form would have started getting sloppy today. Although I was faster that first run (5 days ago 2/1 for 6 miles) with very good form.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Childhood, in the last instant.
Love that frog. But also yesterday saw three baby fish. Which is nice. Although before after a few years it started getting crowded...
Got an adjustable cello chair. Finally my 6'5" frame fits comfortably. Thanks to this chair and removing the pegs on the left. Which, BTW, today I measured myself and I seem to have grown another half inch in the last couple years. Two years ago I went to my cousin's wedding. He's a few years younger than me and I hadn't seen him in maybe 5 years. Previously he had been taller. But at the wedding he was now shorter than me. I then went home and measured myself and found that I was still growing in my mid 30's. At 36 I was up to 6' 4" and 5/8th inches.
Now at 38 I'm 6'5" and 1/4th inches.
Perhaps that's not normal. Certainly would not seem to be normal. And certainly seems in general that I'm really not normal in so many ways. By some miracle I haven't been burned at the stake. I've even been allowed to have a job and so on, with money left over for things beyond mere survival. But what I've been through, who I've been, what I think = not normal. How it relates to still growing in my late 30's I couldn't say. Perhaps that is normal for a vegan? Perhaps the acidity of meat causes continous leaching of calcium from bones and otherwise growing a bit in to one's late 30's would be normal.
But I can think of another possibility that there's no point really in writing down.
Bought a silky shirt for running and this morning's six mile 2/1 interval run didn't hurt my nipples at all. Did run it 40 seconds slower (57:25). But that was expected. Body will have to adjust to increased mileage.
Love that frog. But also yesterday saw three baby fish. Which is nice. Although before after a few years it started getting crowded...
Got an adjustable cello chair. Finally my 6'5" frame fits comfortably. Thanks to this chair and removing the pegs on the left. Which, BTW, today I measured myself and I seem to have grown another half inch in the last couple years. Two years ago I went to my cousin's wedding. He's a few years younger than me and I hadn't seen him in maybe 5 years. Previously he had been taller. But at the wedding he was now shorter than me. I then went home and measured myself and found that I was still growing in my mid 30's. At 36 I was up to 6' 4" and 5/8th inches.
Now at 38 I'm 6'5" and 1/4th inches.
Perhaps that's not normal. Certainly would not seem to be normal. And certainly seems in general that I'm really not normal in so many ways. By some miracle I haven't been burned at the stake. I've even been allowed to have a job and so on, with money left over for things beyond mere survival. But what I've been through, who I've been, what I think = not normal. How it relates to still growing in my late 30's I couldn't say. Perhaps that is normal for a vegan? Perhaps the acidity of meat causes continous leaching of calcium from bones and otherwise growing a bit in to one's late 30's would be normal.
But I can think of another possibility that there's no point really in writing down.
Bought a silky shirt for running and this morning's six mile 2/1 interval run didn't hurt my nipples at all. Did run it 40 seconds slower (57:25). But that was expected. Body will have to adjust to increased mileage.
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