Fitness and Health

Hi there, for a few months now i own a treadmill for my desk. It does alot for my overall wellbeing, but reliably counting steps there is quite a challenge.

One thing that seems to come close is my old iPhone, but as climate in this room is getting hotter as spring approaches, this is not a fun solution. (phone will annoy in lighter pants)

Things that heavily over and undercount include:

• Garmin HRM Pro (count way too low)
• Fenix 3HR in pants (both directions depending on chosen pants and pockets)
• Fenix 3HR on ankle (way too low)
• Stryd Pod (oh well that exposes no steps at all, darn it)

I read from time to time how at least Apple finds step counting and goals to be a bad and lowprio metric. I see that at least the Athlytic app does not use steps but rather the heart for calculation of target exertion and reached exertion (eventho i wonder sonetimes if exertion is too high on the treadmill).

This leaves me with the question if i should just ignore that a stepcount exists at all. I wont be filling any rings while regularily wearing the Apple Watch at all anyway.

Is there some important metric i might be missing that would suffer?

publicação cruzada de: https://lemmy.pt/post/8298617

Anyone using this app and site?

How does one edit the names of the exercises chosen (among the ones suggested) to be used in a workout?

How do we edit workouts at all (change exercises)?...

Started isometrics where I push against the sides of my heads and resisting it.
And also turning the head side to side.
I think its good. Feels nice, especially after looking at pc/mobile screens for some time.

Are there any exercises for other parts of the body, that we don't normally think about?

How do you clean those heart rate monitor stripes that wrap around your chest?

Do you keep them dirty at all times? 🤣

Or is it a well kept secret of sport entusiasts? 🙁

“Fever feels bad. So we take medication to suppress it – but is this a good idea? It turns out fever is one of the oldest defenses against disease. What exactly is a fever, and how does it make your immune defense stronger? Should you take a pill to combat it?”

Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources%E2%80%A6

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/278444

Why gain muscle?

• "total mortality was significantly lower in the fourth quartile of muscle mass index compared with the first quartile"

How much muscle will I gain?

For men:

• Year one: 20-25lb, 9-11⅓kg
• Year two: 10-12lb, 4½-5½kg
• Year three: 5-6lb, 2½kg
• All subsequent years: minimal amounts

So overall about 14-16kg above baseline

For women: Half the above.

How to gain muscle?

Do three things and you'll gain muscle:

• Eat a caloric surplus
• Eat a protein surplus
• Expose your muscles to high levels of tension (i.e. lift)

How much caloric surplus?

14-16 kcal per pound of bodyweight is your baseline

• Year one: 175 calories/dayover baseline
• Year two: 120 calories/day over baseline
• Year three: 60 calories/day over baseline

Sources: https://bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/calories-for-muscle-gain

How much protein?

2.5-3.0 g per kilogram of bodyweight

Source: https://bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/protein-requirements-growth

How much/what kind of muscle tension?

You need high tension but also the right volume. High tension means 70-85% 1RM. No need to lift more than 85% of 1RM.

doi:10.1249/00005768-197500740-00003 and doi:10.2165/00007256-200737030-00004 are the classic papers on this.

30-60 reps per session: 3 sets of 10, and sometimes two different exercises per bodypart

5×5 is fine too; things like the Madcow or Stronglifts 5×5 give about the same muscle-tension as 3×10, and muscle tension is the whole point.

Train twice per week. The research is clear on this. Three times is not better than twice.

More complicated ways of getting that muscle tension

Heavy negatives (130% of 1RM) work but volume should be very low: 14-16 seconds of tension per session

Isometrics: A study doing 10 seconds of isometrics, three times a day (30s/day), six days a week, had the best gains in bicep size

I said three workouts a week is not better than two, but there might be an exception in the first week of a mesocycle. So a mesocycle would be: train four times a week for one week, train twice a week for five weeks, rest a week, repeat.

How to use ChatGPT to lose weight and get in shape

It's !swimming@discuss.tchncs.de so if you are into swimming, potentially you have followed r/swimming this would be a place in lemmy-land.

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The researchers found that repeat SARS-CoV-2 infections contribute significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ systems.

Such outcomes include hospitalization; disorders affecting the lungs, heart, brain, and the body’s blood, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal systems; and even death. Reinfection also contributes to diabetes, kidney disease and mental health issues.

The findings are published Nov. 10 in Nature Medicine.

Stephen J. Carter, a cardiovascular physiologist at the Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health, said that shorter, more intense workouts are better than longer, less intense workouts at lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease and reducing overall mortality rates.

One of Mr. Howell’s favorite full-body, no-equipment, time-efficient workouts is simple and can be scaled to any fitness level or ability.

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Summary: Based on the criteria set for tobacco addiction, a new study reports that highly-processed foods can be addictive.

Source: University of Michigan

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DiFeliceantonio said the ability of highly processed foods to rapidly deliver unnaturally high doses of refined carbohydrates and fat appear key to their addictive potential.

The researchers focused on one particular fat found in the blood of the mice fed a ketogenic diet: palmitic acid, which is commonly found in animal fats and dairy products. Remarkably, mice fed a normal diet who were injected with palmitic acid also became more susceptible to sepsis.

In this study, Napier and colleagues learned that palmitic acid can trigger trained immunity. The fat acts as a "brief pulse of inflammation" that alters the function of stem cells in the mouse's bone marrow so that they produce more inflammatory innate immune cells in the future. This means that when the innate immune system encounters a second inflammation stimulus later on, it responds much more strongly. Sometimes, as in the case of sepsis, this response is too strong.

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Adding cinnamon to your coffee "doesn't have to be a seasonal tradition," and the benefits may have you making it a common occurrence, she continues. "Cinnamon boosts thermogenesis in the body, which in turn, results in more calories burned," Richards explains.

Patients who took a daily dose of the drug, baxdrostat, were able to reduce their blood pressure substantially, compared to a people who got a placebo, according to the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Heart Association annual meeting on Monday. The new type of oral medication works by targeting a hormone that regulates the amount of salt in the body.

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