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Cleaner [klee-ner] adj
1. characteristic valued by a programmer's personal preference for something that cannot otherwise be justified using accepted Software Engineering principles: This approach increases cyclomatic complexity and reduces encapsulation. It's cleaner, do it.

(Dear haters,
No, I don't think I'm smarter than Robert C. Martin. I think that people who write the kind of code Mr Martin preaches don't need to resort to using "cleaner" as a bludgeon. They can explain naturally and fluidly how a particular solution follows the practices, patterns and principles that make for 'clean code.')

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Nov 23	comment	Why would someone do Pilates as their main fitness activity? It can. As I tried to allude in my second footnote, saying "Pilates" doesn't communicate much. It is not a trademarked term, control of the name was lost in court back when it took off around when the south beach diet was hot, etc. Anybody who wants to make a buck selling feel-good DVDs and pink dumbbells can put "Pilates" on their packaging, commercial gyms can offer "Pilates" classes taught by personal trainers with no actual training specifically in the Pilates method, etc. Being marketed as "Pilates" doesn't mean it's the exercise methods developed by Joseph Pilates and his students.
Nov 22	revised	Why would someone do Pilates as their main fitness activity? forgot the number one reason :)
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Nov 22	revised	Why would someone do Pilates as their main fitness activity? added 360 characters in body
Nov 22	answered	Why would someone do Pilates as their main fitness activity?
Nov 21	comment	Why would someone do Pilates as their main fitness activity? It is somewhat relevant to understand if you mean study pilates in a fully equipped studio under a good teacher, or doing mat-work only watching a DVD at home.
Nov 21	comment	Using a rowing machine for abdominal muscles It is also possible to modify your stroke on a rowing machine to recover using your core and hip fold instead of hauling yourself in with your hamstrings and momentum. Works great if you're just doing it for exercise and not practicing to actually race a boat.
Nov 17	comment	Seated shoulder press vs standing press If your goals are aesthetic and you want to isolate the front shoulder for greater volume, then that is a valid reason to do a seated press instead of standing.
Nov 14	comment	Gym without barbells. How do I get close to Starting Strength? You don't say how strong you are already. I would grab a big dumbbell and do goblet squats before resorting to the leg press machine, unless you're already so strong 10 reps with the biggest dumbbell the gym has is too easy. You lose all that hip and core stability training on the machine.
Nov 7	answered	Loosening tight muscles?
Nov 2	answered	Correct shoulder position when doing hanging leg raises
Oct 23	comment	This Exercise Enough for me in a day? " And we don't get a time for anything else." Make Time. If you're even marginally capable, you can write your own check in today's job market as a programmer. Your current employer is not worth decades of poor health.
Oct 15	comment	Should I do cardio if I want to gain muscle weight and lose fat? The answer to your question lies in picking which one of those three competing goals is most important to you. If there were a program that maximized all three, we'd all be on it ;)
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Oct 12	answered	Safe progressions to a full bodyweight squat
Oct 10	comment	Can you overuse a foam roller? Anecdotally I've been using it minimum 3 times/week for over two years and have not developed any problems. The extent to which a particular muscle is worked can be over done. If you get to the point where it is too tired or too painful to relax the bone into the roller and you're just riding around on top of a hard/contracted muscle, that is backward progress.
Sep 26	comment	Is working out localized muscle going to help burn fat in that area more than building up overall muscle mass? There is absolutely nothing mandatory about "cardio" as it is traditionally understood for losing body fat :)
Sep 17	comment	My in-apartment gym lacks barbells. Should I join a new gym or buy my own barbell? +10,000 just get out there and move! You can get plenty strong with dumbbell workouts and will understand your own body and goals better to be able to make a decision after reaching a basic level of fitness anyway.
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