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| bio | website | code.google.com/p/… |
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| location | San Diego, CA | |
| age | 28 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 2 months |
| seen | May 13 at 2:55 | |
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I'm passionate about coding and researching the history of technology as well as exploring where technology is leading.
I used to work in flight simulation doing both hardware implementation (electrical design, wiring), web development (design, development, webmaster), as well as software development (desktop development in C#).
I'm a big fan of both using and contributing to Open source projects.
I am the creator of the pypreprocessor library that can be found on PYPI as well as Google code.
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Jul 15 |
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Recommended amount of cardio exercise Intensity and duration depend on your goals. If you want endurance, jogging (or other aerobic exercises) for long distance/duration is what you're looking for. Basically, aerobic exercise (moderate heart rate) forces your body to adjust itself to maximize it's resources. If you want sheer power and/or ability to more quickly recover from hard short bursts then an anaerobic (which is still considered cardio) workout is what you're looking for. Ie. 'hard exercise' like sprinting, running stairs, etc but not lifting weights (that's a different class of exercise altogether). |
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Jul 15 |
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Recommended amount of cardio exercise +1 good answer. The word 'fitness' itself is just a simplified term for VO2 Max; which is basically your body's max threshold for oxygen utilization during strenuous effort. It's counterproductive to try do any other sort of strenuous exercise without building cardio first. It's like going to war without first establishing a supply chain. |
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Jul 15 |
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Tips to lose fat without running, jogging etc (have bad knee) @Berin So you're saying it's reasonable to expect that a person can maintain their BMR even on a severe calorie deficit as long as there's enough protein intake? I'm not saying I don't believe you but I'd be very interested to see a study that proves the direct protein->muscle mass->BMR relationship. The point of my comment was to prove that thermodynamics alone isn't sufficient enough to explain the relationship between exercise and weight loss. See fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/644/… for a more detailed breakdown. |
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Jul 6 |
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Jul 6 |
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Exercise for six pack abs @michael Yea... I wish somebody would finally do a conclusive study on the relationship between consumption of dietary fat and body fat%. Especially since the conventional stance toward cholesterol has been dis-proved. Unfortunately, no such study exists (that I know of). I say lean protein to play it safe and because it has worked for me in the past. |
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Jul 6 |
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Exercise for six pack abs @michael Let me clear that up. I'm not saying all fat is bad. Fat is a great source of energy and healthy fats are good for the heart and circulatory system. I was only trying to say that lean protein works better for cutting down your fat%. Personally, I would have a nice six pack right now (without any crunches) but I recently switched to consuming more whole cottage cheese and whole milk to maintain my fat%. Why? because it's easier to build muscle when you have a little fat. I don't like the energy troughs from cutting too much. |
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Jul 6 |
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Tips to lose fat without running, jogging etc (have bad knee) @VPeric Not really. It isn't a motivation factor. Your metabolism (daily caloric expenditure) will actually go down. So, if you had a 2000 kcal BMR before it may drop to 1600. Basically, once you go off of the diet you'll get fat again much faster. That's why most calorie cutting diets fail miserably. The law of thermodynamics is not the only factor to dieting. |
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Jul 6 |
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Tips to lose fat without running, jogging etc (have bad knee) @VPeric A 1000 deficit is too much. Too much of a drop in caloric intake and you tank your metabolism into 'survival' mode. A very low metabolism will make you gain fat not lose fat. |
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Jul 6 |
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Exercise for six pack abs @Chris The key is finding sources of lean protein. Eggs, tuna, edamame, beans (not refried), chicken. The key I use is to look at the fat/protein ratio. You can also cut fat out of otherwise fatty foods. For instance, with beef, drain off the fat after browning hamburger and make your own beef jerky by dehydrating lean cuts. Of course, you also need to consider cutting carbs and processed food out of your diet as much as possible. A high carb diet will set you back more than anything. |
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Jul 6 |
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Jun 24 |
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How to stay fit with lowest possible calorie burn? The term is called catabolism (muscle is metabolized for energy). Your body will also start to lose mass if you're not consuming enough protein (as protein is essential to maintain your body). Where carbs can be completely replaced by other sources of energy in the diet, protein can't. Considering that most POWs are malnourished, I seriously doubt that exercising while imprisoned would be a good idea. |
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Jun 24 |
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Slow Pulse Question I went in for a physical last week and the nurses gave me the 'ol double take after checking my pulse. After telling them what types of activities I do throughout the week (surfing, rock climbing, high intensity runs) they were like "ooooh you're just really healthy, we're not used to seeing that". BTW the first nurse measured my resting heart rate at 35, the second nurse got 54 (which was probably more accurate as she was the more experienced of the two). |
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Jun 22 |
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How to replace the post-workout protein shake? It's not really an alternative but grab one of those small handheld coolers and some re-freezable ice packs to store the milk during your workout. |
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Jun 21 |
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What can I do to start gaining weight? There's really no point in cutting out all of the fat. If you're trying to gain weight then fat is not a bad thing. It's actually much easier to gain muscle mass if you have a decent store of fat (not like a beer gut though). Instead of egg whites only, eat the whole egg, change the milk to whole milk, and yogurt to regular yogurt (but real yogurt not yoplait as that's mostly made of sugar). |
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Jun 20 |
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Does duration or intensity or both affect how many calories are burned in a cardio workout. @JoJo Cardio Includes both aerobic and anaerobic exercises targeted to increase fitness so, no. The important factor for increasing sheer calorie burning power is to workout at a high intensity (whether it's doing cardio or weight/resistance training). If you read the post from the hypermuscles.com link above it seems especially true for women. |
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Jun 17 |
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Does duration or intensity or both affect how many calories are burned in a cardio workout. added 2 characters in body |
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Jun 17 |
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Jun 17 |
answered | Does duration or intensity or both affect how many calories are burned in a cardio workout. |
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Jun 17 |
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Does duration or intensity or both affect how many calories are burned in a cardio workout. -1 Sorry to break it to ya but, not only is this answer an oversimplification but it's flat out wrong. See ptonthenet.com/… |
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Jun 16 |
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How to overcome lack of willpower when not having access to a personal trainer or training buddy? added 289 characters in body |
