Good Idea: Gym at the Airport

Double standards in physical culture

Why do people criticize the person who asks for a side salad instead of fries or goes out for jog after the party?  The guy is just trying to take personal resposibility for their health and future well being.

Why are people with cancer and diabetics treated like random victims? Do we not realize there is an association between the sleep/diet/exercise choices we make NOW will affect us in the FUTURE?

The Secret to Good Health PT.2: The Data - BOOZE is GOOD?

...Continued from part 1.

I then graphed the relationship between the variables and the output and found these conclusions.

Figure 4 Correlation Study: Hours of Sleep Effect on Change in BF%

Figure 4 illustrates that as you get more sleep bodyfat percentage goes up.  Coefficient of T-Statistics is -.0046, R2 is 1.9%, R value is 0.137.  Therefore the data supports that sleep is bad for you. This is not true and illustrates how data can be corrupt.

Figure 5 Correlation Study: Exercise Effect on Change in BF%

Figure 5 illustrates that as you get more exercise bodyfat percentage goes down.  Coefficient of T-Statistics is -3E-.06, R2 is 0.15%, and R value is 0.039.  The data supports that exercise is good for you.  However there factor in this relationship seems to be a flat line correlation (Y=-3E=06x+.0029) therefore there is no evidence to suggest any correlation.

Figure 6 Correlation Study: Booze Effect on Change in BF%

Figure 6 illustrates that as you drink more alcohol your bodyfat percentage goes down.  Coefficient of T-Statistics is -0.0003, R2 is 0.25%, R value is 0.5.  Therefore the alcohol is good for you.  As much as this study spits in the face of common logic I personally believe that the driver between this correlation is how alcohol is accompanied with peer bonding and other moral builders which could explain the positive benefits.

The Secret to Good Health (Pt. 1)

I attempt to answer the age old question what is best for my health using myself as (N=1) experiment.  In other words what is better: Sleep or exercise or diet?  The output that I wish to measure is “bodyfat percentage”.  The main reason I select this aspect to measure is how it strongly correlates to longevity a due to a good profile in lean body mass and linkage to good insulin sensitivity.  I the test subject being of moderate bodyfat (male 10-15%) is therefore a perfect candidate to test (since having a 4% bodyfat and losing bodyfat would be considered unhealthy).  I am not a medical professional… I just attempt to read the scientific numbers and this report is purely to illustrate the demonstration of using statistics.

Variables:  As stated before bodyfat change will be the measured output.  An increase will be seen as a negative mark against my health and a decrease will be viewed as positive event.  The three measures that have been recorded is 1) hours of sleep averaged in a month, 2) amount of exercise I average each day (measured in calories) and, 3) Alcoholic Beverages consumed in a total month (measured as a unit of 12oz beer, 8oz wine, 1.5oz hard liquor).

The change in bodyfat percentage was put on a chart to analyze the validity or the data and the distribution.

Block number	Cell boundaries	Frequency
1	-1.057%	3
2	-0.563%	2
3	-0.070%	7
4	0.424%	3
5	0.918%	3
6	1.412%
block size	0.494%

Figure 1 Chart of Changes in Bodyfat Change

Figure 2 Chart of Changes in Bodyfat Change

Figure 2 illustrates a normal distribution evenly centered about the median of the date.  Most of the measurements were in the 3^rd block which represented data of -0.070% to 0.424% change in bodyfat.

Month Sampled	30-day Sleeping average	Estimated amount of Exercise (Calories)	Alcoholic Beverages	Change in Body Fat
Sum	143.2	6454.3	455.3	0.0314
Standard deviation	0.2	84.2	11.4	0.0071
Sample mean	8.0	358.6	25.3	0.0017
Median	7.9	358.3	25.0	0.0021
Coefficient of Variation	2.7	23.5	45.1	407.1271

Figure 3 Analysis of Variables and Output

I then graphed the relationship between the variables and the output and found these conclusions.

Stay tuned for the data...

The middle aged triathlete who just happens to be bald

Why are there a lot of 35 year-old triathletes who are bald?  


What is the mechanism at play here... is it the triathlete or the bald person? Here are two arguments...

Cause Bald Person: Their genes adapt their bodies to try to make them faster by making them bald.

Cause Triathlete: The repetitive chronic stress causing premature baldness.

Or is it simply the premature hair lost is creating an early mid life crisis and pursuit of iron-man status.

Dr. Oz

First of all I don't want to this come out as me being an asshole but I don't really care for doctor Oz. He gives everyone really bad advice, I think he told everyone that to get lycopene folks should have 3 tablespoons of Ketchup everyday(HFCS).

Why are all his staff fat in this video? Maybe they are listening to dr oz and following a moderation diet of low fat diet high in multigrains and walking/jogging everyday. go figure. BS flag.

Mint: To Join or Not

Mint.com is a website that aggregates all you financial institutions and keeps track of balances and transactions. A similar competitor is Yodlee.com but they are all the same.

The biggest drawback people see is that if someone hacks your mint your screwed.

Personally: I have confidence that Mint is as secure as it can be and handles data with a high level of security btw is a spinoff from Intuit maker of Quicken and Turbotax. Stealing your identity can be done on many fronts such as your bank, your personal login from the bank, taking you physical mail or credit card, rid swiping, lots of ways. Nothing is 100% safe, in everything there are risks but Mint.com provides an addition safety net. Having all your financial info in one arena seems scary but your biggest and only foolproof method of ID theft is constant monitoring.

Ask yourself how frequent will you login and check every single one of your credit card and bank sites? Then ask your self how frequent will you check Mint.com your one stop shop?

If you check every single one of your credit card and bank sites constantly good for you... consider getting a life or making more money so you wouldn't even have to track your money. But, if your a normal person seriously consider using Mint.com. With Banks and credit cards if you find something funny happening in your account you just have to call them and they will fix it as long as you communicate in a timely matter 7-30 days.

In closure, I love Mint.com and check it on a weekly-bimonthly basis. It gives me peace of mind to double check transactions and I like simplicity and enjoy using the cool tools for entertainment value and it helps you achieve financial goals. It will never replace good old fashion Excel spreadsheets but is a great supplement.

Book Report: Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival

Long days w/o 9.5 hours of sleep => summertime => winter is coming => famine => feast now to store body-fat

Sleep in a pitch dark room.

Read it here

Honey, We Are Shrinking!

Stallone, Arnold, Willis, Van Damme, Steven Segal, pretty much everyone else in the movie "Expendables" are known as big time, big action, big bad ass alpha males. The last action star Vin Diesel fizzled out in the 1990s. Now popular movie action stars consist of the a different breed of males such as Seth Rogan as green lantern, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire. And dudes like Vince Vaughn is getting with Jennifer Aniston in the movie "The Breakup". In the year 2011, Conan the Barbarian once played by the Governator will be played by Jason WTF Momoa.

There is definitely a trend here. Is the male population shrinking, are we having shrinkage? So scratch you head, fit into your skinny jeans, and do some cardio cause a new dawn is upon us.

Shape Ups Shoes

Its not science its you getting off your ass

Sprained ankles > Grabbing Ankles

How to cure sprained ankles:

First 48 hrs Elevate above heart and ice pack for 20 min every 2 hours, Use immobilization boot.
After 48 hours elevate foot with big toe write letters for 10 min 4 times. Also 2 tubs hot and ice, go 5 min in each doing to alphabet in hot then in cold flex foot hold for 8 sec repeat for 6 times, then alternate 30 sec hot and cold dunks for next 4 minutes. do hot/cold 2 more times a day reducing the alphabet 1 minute each time. When Normal do 3 minute balance drills like when brushing teeth.     

Or you can be like the crazy Scandanvians and on day 2 use a ice bucket 4-5 min do small squats/knee flexions, stretch leg for cramps.

Icing an acute ankle sprain from Thames CrossFit on Vimeo.