AnUser
#147
What are they giving in those clinics?
RPS
#148
How do we know for certain that neither engaged in athletic activities?
They might have been using home gyms for all we/anyone knows.
AnUser
#149
In the CNBC interview, Munger was sipping Diet Coke as well as eating peanut brittle, and he shared his view on exercise: “I’ve done almost no exercise on purpose in my life. If I enjoyed an activity like tennis, I would exercise, but for the first 99 years, I’ve gotten by without doing any exercise at all.”
The only exception to that was when he served in the US Army Air Force for three years and had to exercise, Munger said.
His son, David Kissinger, wrote about his father’s lifestyle and longevity for The Washington Post earlier this year.
He noted that his father had “a diet heavy on bratwurst and Wiener schnitzel, a career of relentlessly stressful decision-making, and a love of sports purely as a spectator, never a participant.”
It plays into one of the funniest hypothesis that exercise is bad for longevity, reminds me of Donald Trump who never exercises too because of his “battery theory of life force”
“After college, after Trump mostly gave up his personal athletic interests, he came to view time spent playing sports as time wasted. Trump believed the human body was like a battery, with a finite amount of energy, which exercise only depleted. So he didn’t work out. When he learned that John O’Donnell, one of his top casino executives, was training for an Ironman triathlon, he admonished him, ‘You are going to die young because of this.’”
The person who popularized jogging, Jim Fixx, died of a heart attack at 52 while jogging.
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RPS
#150
That’s pretty comprehensive, thank you.
Makes you wonder, though I do feel much younger/better for having stepped up my exercise game, so maybe it’s in the genes that exercise is good for some and detrimental for others.
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This is what Zone 2 training looks like.
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Jonas
#155
I take the easy way out by swimming which is one of the better exercises for improving my VO2 max. I think.
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Yea, he nails it. I enjoy several different methods. Lately I’ve started doing incline walking on my treadmill during the winter. I throw on some TV series that I’m binge watching and just enjoy an episode or 2 and target what he’s discussing.
I do my best to hit 4-5 sessions a week when life isn’t getting in the way. Helps keep that good aerobic base.
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Neo
#157
Any update on this @Davin8r i’ve been thinking about getting one
How easy/ comfortable is the chest strap?
Is there any option to use an arm strap?
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Davin8r
#158
Yes, I got it, the chest strap and also bought the only arm strap that works w/it (Scosche Rhythm 24).
I really wish I hadn’t bought the chest strap because the arm band is SO much easier to use and far more comfortable. Ideally I’d have two arm bands – one sitting beside my bed to check my recovery each morning before I get out of bed, and another for my fitness room so it’s right there when I need it for my elliptical training workouts.
I really like how it adjusts target heart rate for Recovery, Conditioning and Overload zones each day based on my Recovery score. It also gives me a total time range to shoot for weekly in each of those zones. There are also a bunch of different interval/HIIT workouts in the app that I haven’t yet played with. So far, seems like a worthwhile investment.
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Neo
#159
This is really helpful @Davin8r
I’ll look into the Scosche Rhythm 24. How accurate do you think it is vs a chest band?
(And I’ll also weigh potentially getting two - that is exactly the optimized, minimum friction type of set-ups I strive for)
Neo
#160
Anyone know what heart rate band Attia is wearing here?
@Davin8r does this look like the Scosche Rhythm 24?
I think it is the Rhythm 24, but it might be the Wahoo, its hard to see well in the video.
I like the lights that show the zone you’re in!
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The PC Mag review notes this:
The Scosche Rhythm24 uses an optical sensor whereas most chest straps use electrical pulse technology, which is typically more accurate and reliable. Optical sensors get the job done, but they may from time to time lose their read on your pulse or report a bad number. If you’re a stickler for flawless performance, a chest strap HRM will be a better match for you.
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Accuracy
I wore the Rhythm24 to the gym and liked being able to glance at my pulse during an interval class, which is designed to put your heart rate through its paces. The class involves burpees, jumping on and off a step, abdominal work, and more. The band slid around a little when I first started to sweat, and I had to stop to tighten it. Other than that, it held up well. I never saw it lose my pulse.
From time to time, I’d peer at my arm and see the light flashing red (zone 5), holding a steady red (zone 4), and in the few moments I had time to catch my breath, glowing green (zone 2). That quick look is better than having to open an app to see my heart rate, but not as useful in some circumstances as seeing a numeric heart rate readout on a watch.
You can view your current heart rate in real time and in numeric form if you open the Rhythm Sync app and connect the HRM to your phone. I did that while at rest to compare the readings with those coming from the Wahoo TickrX chest strap, which is known for its high accuracy. Both were consistently within a few beats of one another, giving me strong confidence in the Rhythm24’s accuracy.
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Jayson Gifford
Here is a corrected version. - A person’s fitness level influences how infeasible tasks of daily living become as they age.#StayFitStayFunctional
Source: https://x.com/JaysonGifford/status/1572279059371151361?s=20
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And if you don’t want to test your Vo2 Max directly, there is the Cooper test:
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AnUser
#165
Yeah that’s pretty persuasive. I don’t want to ruin my joints jogging to try and get that V02Max.
However I think Zone 2 capacity complicates things quite a bit, some of those things can be a person’s Zone 2 exercise. How does zone 2 capacity change with age?
There is always biking, Rucking, elliptical trainers, stair master, rowing machine… Cross country skiing for you, etc
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For the cyclists, this promises to work with Zwift or other trainers using a Ramp Test
https://climbapedia.org/VO2
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