A four-day weekend is more than reason enough for this crew to binge drink. So, I’m guessing no one wants to hear about working out. But you might be interested in getting your brain working again. Let’s revisit Nootropics.
Nootropics, commonly called smart drugs, are claimed to make you smarter or boost cognitive performance. In reality, none of them are going to make you a genius. Good ones can make you feel more like yourself on a good day.
We will start with the unsexy ones. Depending on how you eat, you may or may not be getting enough necessary vitamins and minerals. Getting enough can have a profound affect on how you feel and function.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D boosts your testosterone and improves sleep. We have sort of beaten it to death here but getting enough high quality sleep is hugely beneficial.
Zinc
Zinc benefits brain plasticity.
Magnesium
Magnesium benefits sleep and brain plasticity.
B Complex
B complex is a precursor to many neurotransmitters and improves blood flow to brain.
Omega 3
Omega 3 improves cell membrane permeability in the brain and testosterone production.
Creatine
Creatine allows your body to recycle ADP. This allows you to get more energy out of the ADP stored in your body. In your brain, it gives your neurons more energy. There are studies showing higher scores on IQ tests by those taking it.
Caffeine
Caffeine works by blocking adenosine receptors in your brain, making you feel less tired.
A low to moderate caffeine intake increases your alertness and attention and decreases your reaction time.
Everything above is well studied and shouldn’t be controversial. Take them or don’t. As R.J. reminds us, everything is voluntary.
Now let’s get to some of the more esoteric stuff.
Bacopa Monnieri
Bacopa monnieri is an ancient herb used in Ayurvedic medicine to enhance brain function.
Several studies have found that Bacopa monnieri supplements can speed up information processing in your brain, reduce reaction times and improve memory.
Rhodiola Rosea
Rhodiola rosea is an adaptogenic herb that helps your body handle stress more effectively. Several studies have found that Rhodiola rosea supplements can improve mood and decrease feelings of burnout in both anxious and highly stressed individuals. Taking small daily doses of Rhodiola rosea has been shown to reduce mental fatigue and increase feelings of well-being.
Nicotine
Nicotine is a naturally occurring chemical found in many plants, especially tobacco. It’s one of the compounds that make cigarettes so addictive. It can also be consumed through nicotine gum or absorbed through your skin via a nicotine patch.
Studies show that nicotine can have nootropic effects, such as improved alertness and attention, especially in people with naturally poor attention spans. It has also been found to improve motor function.
I was a bit surprised to learn how effective nicotine is. I don’t want to understate the effects of addiction, but I can’t help but wonder if it deserves further study. I would think a safe delivery method with some sort of monitoring could be quite beneficial.
Modafinil (Provigil)
Commonly sold under the brand name Provigil, modafinil is a prescription drug that is often used to treat narcolepsy, a condition that causes uncontrollable drowsiness. Its stimulating effects are similar to those of amphetamines or cocaine. Yet, animal studies suggest it has a lower risk of dependence.
Several studies have shown that modafinil significantly reduces feelings of fatigue and improves memory in sleep-deprived adults. It also enhances the ability to properly manage your time and resources to accomplish your goals.
I am putting on my tinfoil hat while speculating the military must be testing to see if this would be useful for pilots, special forces operators, and possibly other personnel.
A four-day weekend is more than reason enough for this crew to binge drink.
Moi?
Yes… AC/DC
My weight went up thanks to my binging on baked goods over the last week or two. That doesn’t bode well for hitting the end of year goal of being less heavy than when I got back from FreedomFest. On the other hand, I’m confident I’ll meet the strength goals (beat my pre-disc herniation flare up 1RM for bench press and deadlift).
sorta-OT, but I’m posting it because I didn’t realize the last thread had died, Critique of “Died Suddenly” and a possible explanation for post-Covid vaccination clots.
Nice work on the lifts!
Also, thanks for the link – a very interesting article.
Thanks!
This aside caught my attention:
My cholesterol levels have been tending borderline high at my annual check-ups, and my doc has made noise about putting me on meds, but I do NOT want to go there. Side note to the side note: I’ve stopped taking ibuprofen daily, and I’m wondering if that may somehow lower my cholesterol levels.
I’m pretty sure our ancestors understood more about diet than modern research nutritionists.
Dunno ’bout cholesterol, but I stopped daily ibuprofen a couple of months ago and my guts are much more “well-behaved” than they used to be.
It’s a “special occasion” analgesic from now on.
I’ve mentioned it before but ibuprofen can exacerbate colon problems. Even x-ray techs told me to knock it off so I did.
All the NSAIDs are hard on the digestive tract. I wound up in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer & down 2+ pints of blood after a lifetime of ‘excessive’ aspirin use, with ibuprofen thrown into the regimen for bad headaches. (Not mixing the 2, at least.)
Before you go on meds you need to have a much more detailed lipid workup.
I was just reading this quick thread about enduring heart myths:
https://twitter.com/ifixhearts/status/1596176783409549313
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….. especially in people with naturally poor attention spans.
Wut?
LOOK, A SQUIRREL!
Ohh, shiny!
These always drop around sunday mealtime. Not sure if it’s breakfast, lunch, or dinner, but I hate the guilt.
That’s the point.
What in this article makes you feel guilty? Serious question.
It’s not this article in particular. It’s the reminder that I’m not doing as much as I can.
Got it.
Inconsolable weeping
In a New York Times guest essay, MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes claimed that “in under a month” all of his “worst fears have been realized” in regard to how new Twitter owner Elon Musk has run his new social media platform.
Hayes claimed that Musk “courted some of the worst trolls” on Twitter, has scared off advertisers and cut staff that handle the basic functions of the platforms.
Hayes also expressed worry that under Musk, the platform may “break down and stop working altogether.”
Hayes began his guest essay by describing Musk’s handling of Twitter as a “near-death experience,” if not the end of it entirely. He wrote, “If Twitter survives — and I fervently hope it does — its near-death experience has revealed something fundamental about our online lives: the digital spaces of civic life, the ‘public town square’ as Mr. Musk deemed Twitter, have been privatized, to our collective detriment.”
He criticized the world’s richest man for taking the company private, contrary to the wishes of its previous owner, Jack Dorsey. He said, “Before Mr. Musk bought Twitter, its co-founder and former C.E.O. Jack Dorsey said of the platform that no one should own it, that it ‘wants to be a public good at a protocol level.’”
The world’s greatest tragedy.
What a maroon.
If Dorsey felt so strongly about that, he certainly could have done something about it before he became a millionaire selling off his control interest.
😂🤣
Yeah, he could have open-sourced Twitter for the good of humanity or something, instead of, you know, making shit-piles of money off it.
“…under Musk, the platform may “break down and stop working altogether.”
Potentially a world w/o Twitter? I bet this guy cant sleep at night.
The world just literally ends.
I have a terrible problem focusing. I agree it would be great to see more studies on this. I wonder if I should try some nicotine gum. I really hesitate to do that as I’ve been nicotine free for 5 years and 313 days.
In some mildly embarrassing, slightly humorous GlibFit news; I recently have been making an effort to improve my posture. It’s been atrocious for as long as I can remember. My comfortable normal is a full on slouch when I’m sitting in an office chair. Which I do for probably 70+ hours a week. So last Monday morning I started trying to always sit up straight. I even stuck a Post-It™ note on my desk saying “SIT UP STRAIGHT”. By the end of Monday my lower back muscles were very sore, and still are a week later. I have such poor posture, I’m exercising my muscles just by sitting up straight!
If anyone has advice on breaking a 50 year bad habit of poor posture, I’m aching to hear it.
Why wouldn’t you consider low dose amphetamines over nicotine?
Look, if I’m going to do amphetamines, it’s high dose or not at all. I’m no pussy.
Well then big boy, step it up to methamphetamine.
Lack of access? I don’t know who the local dealer is.
Rite Aid. CVS.
I’m sure you have good insurance.
Yeah, but no one’s going to write me a script.
I’m having trouble with my sarc-o-meter…are you serious about the low dose amphetamines? If so, why would they be better than nicotine?
No sarcasm.
Low dose, slow release capsules. No jitters, better focus.
Low addiction issues afaik, and ime.
So, what are we talking about here? Getting an ADHD diagnosis and getting an Adderall scrip? I’m not at all familiar with low dose amphetamines.
Yes.
Adderall xr. Extended release over 12 hours.
1. Hang from a pullup bar every day.
2. Do pullups (core)
3. Do the balance exercises Chafed outlined a couple weeks ago.
4. Stand up desk.
5. Daily sex.
So what do you do when your upper body strength is insufficient for items 1 and 2?
Keep at it. Even if you can only hang for a few seconds, keep doing it. You’ll be shocked at how quickly it improves.
Here’s an article.
Pullups are challenging. You can use bands or even a chair in front of you to assist as your strength improves.
Mustang a while back linked, I think in a past GlibFit, to some Marine Corps documents/programs for pull-ups. There were four.
Doc 1
Doc 2
Doc 3
Doc 4
Another thing that helps – be less fat. That’s something I’m struggling with.
Easily said, less easily done.
2. pullups or situps?
Pullups. One of the best core exercises ever. Situps for us old guys are no bueno.
My diastasis rectii concurs.
Planks are also good for core.
Situps are horrible at any age.
Mike, also consider weighted carries – both farmer’s walks and suitcase carries.
Also back extensions and hanging leg raises.
Walking lunges are pretty cool too.
MikeS is married. #5 is right out.
I did not specify a partner, counselor.
49 minutes until someone commented on #5. Things have really turned to shit here.
Too obvious.
We were all afraid it was a trap.
It was the long hair and lipstick.
Hey! I resemble that remark.
Too Jewish?
(Don’t ask me why my brain went there)
Me: I’m frying my veggies in schmaltz.
Dragon Lady: Too Jewish for me.
Me: …allrightythen.
She’s missing out.
Yes. She’s dead.
That too.
He can always find a younger girlfriend.
I’ll add to the other advice above, strengthen your back. All of it. I’ll bet at this point you have a serious imbalance and need to build back strength so you can maintain a normal posture.
You can check out the AthleanX YT channel. Among them are (free) floor exercises.
Thanks to all for the replies. And thanks, Chafed for the link. Already found a video of theirs for fixing bad posture.
No love for maca root?
Hunter S. Thompson on Jimson:
“Last Christmas somebody gave me a whole Jimson weed – the root must have weighed two pound; enough for a year – but I ate the whole goddamn thiung in about twenty minutes.” The slightest hesitation made me want to grab him by the throat and force him to talk faster. “Right!” I said eagerly. “Jimson weed! What happened?”
“Luckily, I vomited most of it right back up,” he said. “But even so, I went blind for three days. Christ I couldn’t even walk! My whole body turned to wax. I was such a mess that they had to haul me back to the ranch house in a wheelbarrow… they said I was trying to talk, but I sounded like a raccoon.”
That doesn’t speak much to the efficacy of proper doses.
I’m completely unfamiliar with it.
https://www.forbes.com/health/body/maca-root-benefits/
https://draxe.com/nutrition/maca-root-benefits/
He concluded his essay on a negative note, “The world’s most successful capitalist, by at least one measure, has made the most definitive case for rejecting private ownership of the public sphere that we’ve seen in a very long time.” He then mocked Musk, using his own catchphrase: “Let that sink in.”
Ooh, sick burn, dude.
“Private ownership of the public sphere”? What the fuck does that even mean?
I think it means “All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
Un-ironically and utterly un-self-aware. It’s a wonder he doesn’t brush his teeth with his own shit.
Modafinil is a favorite drug among the Astral Codex Ten set.
I have such poor posture, I’m exercising my muscles just by sitting up straight!
If anyone has advice on breaking a 50 year bad habit of poor posture, I’m aching to hear it.
Strengthen lower lower abs. Maybe try planks.
And- get a stand-up desk.
Yeah, I’ve thought about this. I have one at work (that I don’t use enough) but I now work from home 4 days a week.
The Spousal Unit loves, loves, LOVES hers, especially since it came as just the powered legs and I made her a custom desktop for it; she uses it everyday for hours at a time and probably switches between sitting and standing a couple of times a day.
She won’t go back to a regular desk, ever.
I have been doing ‘way more of that (sitting on my ass) in the past year or two than I ever have before, and I’m definitely feeling it it. I’m trying to get myself back on a regular stretching routine to free up my hips.
Stretching. That’s another thing I need to start doing in earnest.
Chafed!
Getting enough can have a profound affect on how you feel and function.
100%. Tracking food and nutrients is tedious, but short of blood tests it’s the only way to estimate your intake. I like this one: https://cronometer.com/
Those last four are interesting. I haven’t even heard of the herbs.
How do y’all use supplements? Test and adjust, or just seat of the pants?
I supplement D/K3, Zinc, Mag, Creatine and I do a mellow one-a-day. But I’m kind of operating blind.
Terrible GlibFit week until yesterday. Fucked up my foot again and could barely put weight on it a week ago. I was able to hike yesterday, so hopefully that bullshit is in the rear-view.
Fuck getting old.
Have a great week, Glibfitters!
Terrible GlibFit week until yesterday. Fucked up my foot again and could barely put weight on it a week ago. I was able to hike yesterday, so hopefully that bullshit is in the rear-view.
Sorry, good that you’re hiking again.
Cronometer is a great app.
Tundra, I take 1 500mg Rhodiola root extract (Solaray brand) daily, before breakfast. It’s subtle, in that you need to take it for 2 to 6 weeks before noticing any effect. Stopping it tapers off the effect over a comparable period of time. It does good things for my memory, in particular, but also focus, energy, and stress reduction/improved handling of stress. I stopped it for a couple of months a few years ago as my Dr, was antsy about it. I didn’t like how I felt, started back up and will likely take until the day I die. I’d say it’s worth giving a try. If nothing feels different after 2 months, stop.
Thanks, SK! I’ll give it a look!
Thanks for sharing, SK. I’m looking into it and leaning towards getting a bottle and giving it a shot. It sounds very promising.
I take SAMe. It’s a cocktail supplement supposed to be good for joint pain, mood, and liver health.
Strange combo, but I need help with all, so why not?
Interesting stuff. Another I wasn’t familiar with. The effectiveness for osteoarthritis is particularly promising. Seems like a lot gentler solution than NAISDs.
I am sure it wasn’t just MA violating your privacy rights to “protect” others from Da VID.
https://spectator.org/big-tech-government-administrative-state-can-put-a-bug-in-your-phone/
Wow.
I would expect as much from Massachusetts but even I didn’t believe Google was that evil.
“thus, the app robs users not only of an expectation of privacy but also of data usage they did not anticipate. Sheng called that a “taking” — the government seizing property without compensation. ”
I like that angle of the argument. The gov’t has no idea what plans their user is on- they could easily be burning up someone’s data.
“Secretly” is a poor choice of words – it wasn’t some secret app, but it did just show up one morning (and was promptly deleted). It was certainly a shitty, heavy-handed move.
I hope that lawsuit is successful.
Huh.
Why am I not surprised?
I received Lil Rona notifications whenever I went into certain Blue states – “Install our contact tracing app so you know if you were exposed!”. I never bothered and ignored the notification.
I don’t remember receiving one whenever I went into Massachusetts. I wonder if this why?
I remember the full screen pop up the first time I drove into NY since the ‘vid started. I declined to install their app to warn me if I was in close contact with a positive ‘vid case.
Now I feel left out. I’ve never seen any such thing.
Yeah, missed that one when I was there.
Not that, as a resident, I haven’t witnessed the city and state attempt every other trick in the book to push this shit but I can report that it is pretty easy to avoid most of the theater. Medical settings aside, but that is not just NY.
Meant to add that, as bad as it can get here, we’ve got nothing on actual totalitarian shitholes so yay!
Give them time.
Minnesota tried that on me more than once.
Speaking of short attention spans and lack of focus…
There was an article the other day about how “telehealth” outfits are passing out Adderall prescriptions like crazy. I’m tempted. I could definitely use some sort of focus enhancement.
Otis is a very dirty doggy.
Lol. Otis is riding home in the back of the truck!
“I’m heah! doo eet! Kill me, do it now! Cahmahn!”
😀
My late Weimaraner loved going to the lake. Love water retrieving, etc. Come out of the water and head for nearest pile of cow shit, the fresher the better.
Then had to carefully take her back to the lake for a bath before she could get in the car.
head for nearest pile of cow shit
GSPs too – you can tell they are a German breed I guess.
Lol
The Jacksonville QB looks like a high school kid. It’s like they suited up the towel boy.
Trevor has always looked 12.
After yesterday, has anyone checked on Sloop?
Is he on suicide watch or just sitting in the corner in a foetal position, mumbling and drooling?
At least Ohio’s (officially) pro players have redeemed our fair state’s reputation somewhat today.
And the Ravens lost by a point. It’s an early Festivus miracle.
Tho it has no effect on how work is going to go for me tonight, Im always happy to see the BEN-girls get a W.
And I dont get Steve Van Gorder’s love of orange, but Im really tired of his SVG Motors commercials.
/fun fact- I met him briefly when he was at Jeff Schmitt. Comes across as a self-important douche. YMMV
Probably can’t type since his hands are sore from punching things.
The last two may be true, but he appears to have unrolled.
And go BROWNS! Chubb and Coop to win it against Brady!
I learned today the Broncos still suck. I caught the end of the game and am glad I tuned in at the end.
Elway is still known as the devil here.
They really are awful. Good thing they have Wilson a 20 year contract.
My exact words when I heard they signed Wilson: “I thought he retired”
I am out of mayo for my salad dressing. Time to renew the supply:
1 C avocado oil
Lime juice
T or so dijon mustard
Salt
1 egg
Immersion blend until thick.
Throw away your store bought mayo folks. It is poison.
That homemade crap never emulsifies.
Homemade mayo absolutely blows any of the store bought shit out of the water. Homemade salad dressing as well. I go through about a dozen anchovy paste tubes per year, and a lot of that goes in salad dressings. I like whole yogurt and sour cream as additions when making creamy dressings. A classic Cesar dressing is always nice too..
When does the Vit D kick in for the testosterone? I would have thought 30 years would have been long enough. Maybe tomorrow, I’ll just keep hoping.
So, speaking of sleep and narcolepsy and modafinil, this happened earlier today before this dropped: Started with a tweet by Travis Corcoran (@MorlockP) saying ADHD is made up (my sarcometer may be down), but his tweets are protected, so I couldn’t copy. https://twitter.com/st_rev/status/1596521932295241729?s=21
Let me know where I can get modafinil without a prescription and I’ll try it.
I’m already on an amphetamine (Vyvanse) and upped my caffeine to 800 mg a day. I have to take Benadryl to get to sleep, but I sleep all night. (But sleep well? Don’t know.) But then I can sit down in my recliner and fall into a doze nearly immediately. Probably time for another sleep study.
I got scared straight on osteoporosis and realized my calcium intake is lacking. And vitamin D (aids in the absorption of calcium). And magnesium. So I got them in gelcaps. I don’t expect to see any change, but I am getting to That Age where women’s bone health is of utmost importance. Mind you, I’m 54 and have never broken a bone in my life, but my mom—her arm breaks if you look at her wrong.
You’re spoiling the boy.
😜
I’m sure Q can answer your prescription question.
Don’t forget some sort of weight bearing exercise for your bones. All the supplements won’t help if your bones aren’t put under some sort of stress.
Yeah, I need to get back into lifting.
I put some links above for maca root. Supposed to help with bone strength too.
Also Vitamin K2. Without it, D3 has a harder time depositing calcium into the bones (more ends up in soft tissues, where you really don’t want it; think “kidney stones”). Best K2 is sourced from Japanese natto (“MK-7”).
I just realized my annual self-assessment is due tomorrow.
As usual, I couldn’t tell you what I actually did this year, despite being constantly busy.
Time to skim a year’s worth of e-mails and tickets…
Ugh shitty timing.
Ours are in April IIRC.
I _think_ my manager will actually tell me “don’t actually worry about it yet” tomorrow, but I may as well just start noting some highlights – I’ll need them sooner or later.
“I kicked fucking ass and kept this company running.”
“Where’s my raise?”
“Congratulations you got 4% this year!”
“Um —“
This summer we got an early (wage increases are normally in Dec/Jan) 2% raise. We were told that due to the volatile economy, they’d try, but there was no guarantee that there’d be more coming in January. Neither the 2%, nor the warning were well received.
The early 2% was a sincere attempt by the company to help, but the optics weren’t good when the news was reporting 8% inflation.
Annual self assessments are one of the stupider things. Your supervisor should know if you are on the right track, and if not they are gonna have that noted too, and have talked to you or more if necessary. Your boss, the guy who can promote you, should have heard everything from the supervisor, and, again, if there is an issue they will already know.
Anything else is a waste of time.
I hate them. I’ve been shoved onto a project that has no hope of succeeding – like, clear your calendar of everything else (I can’t) and work on this – with little help and no requirements completed. At least my boss is well aware of that fact.
I agree and my supervisor/boss is largely on the same page – I think I stress about it more than I need to. The downside of growing to > 10,000 employees is that it comes with a bunch of increased management overhead, whether it’s needed or not.
We already meet regularly and he is well aware of how things are going.
Reviewing things for the last year is a depressing reminder on how hard it has become to make forward progress. We’ll well past the “move fast and break things” stage. Sadly.
I always fought (and lost) HQ about this. Granted, I only had one person who needed it, as the rest were union, but it is still so dumb.
I can’t imagine letting employees self assess.
I’ll assess their work. I had to get serious with the nicest employee recently. It felt like kicking a puppy. 😒
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My second guess was a better move order, imo.
I take Keppra for my temporal lobe epilepsy, to prevent seizures.
It really is an amazing drug. So glad I had a good epileptoligist (yeah, it’s a thing) instead of a generic neurologist who would be more likely to prescribe medications that more-or-less sedate you and slow you down.
Seriously, if any of you folks (looking at you, Evan) need to take anti-epilepsy drugs, insist on Keppra. Start slow, like 259 mg twice a day. Then work your way up (with doc consent) until all the seizures, including “auras” are gone.
Keppra won’t tranquilize you like depakote or lamictal. And you will have trippy dreams every time you increase the dose.
I don’t feel like I’ve missed a step at all with Keppra—quite the opposite.
It truly is a nootropic.
The Spousal Unit’s brother’s wife is on Keppra (and has been for about a decade now), and it’s been a Godsend for her.
Better living through chemistry.
I don’t know what it means but that is my dog’s anti-seizure medication.
I’ve been on vacation for the last two weeks, and I have discovered that the website will not send me an email to change my password. My profile dies have my active email address, yet nothing shows up in any folder when I check. Can one of TPTB send a confirmation email manually?
Modafinil is the bombdiggity, all of the advantages of amphetamines with none of the drawbacks unless you way overdo it on the dose. Just amazing stuff.
I’m in the Zoom, but by myself. Does that mean i’m in the wrong Zoom? Let me know if one is ongoing somewhere else.
It’s the right one. Nobody’s used to going to Zoom on Sunday. I personally am exhausted.
Ok. Thanks for the reply.
I’m alone except for my cats. But Sunday Night Football will pop up soon enough.
So you’ve become a cat lady.
Yeah, that’s what happens.
I’m ok though: good books!!
This should be a good one.
I don’t recall having seen Philly yet.
Seen enough of the Packers already 🙄
That first drive was pretty solid. Could be a long night for the Pack.
Interception. LOL yup.
How can that be? The pregame dorks said ARog is “fired up.”
Which, come to think of it, they say every weekend.
They do seem “fired up” 😮
Dumb question – sorry if this was mentioned. Did we lose the Private Message function in the forum? Can’t see my old ones or find a link to message someone.
Thanks,
Yes. It’s been out for a while. I don’t think anybody knows how to get it back.
Holy shit.
This is a bad day.
LOL
They really stuck the landing there. 10/10
Somebody managed to do a bad and a dumb at the same time.
Both occupants removed safely.
Chafed – do you have any good links on how these sorts of vitamins and supplements are best taken (as in, pill or liquid form? with specific foods?) as well as companies to avoid? I take in a fair amount of the nutrition-related content that guys like Rogan, Mark Sisson and Andrew Huberman put out, and I get the sense there’s a lot of crap to sort through in this area. It’s not something I’ve done a deep dive into, though. I’m not looking to optimize what I’m taking and become an Olympic athlete or anything like that – I basically just want to know what sort of multi-vitamin or supplement(s) I ought to be taking regularly for general good health.
As far as glib fit, I listened to one of Andrew Huberman’s podcasts where he and his guest talked about some basic benchmarks for men, and they discussed a few specific things – being able to dead hang, walk with your body weight (half in each hand in the form of a dumbbell) and sit in a body-weight squat, each for two minutes. I thought I was in fairly good shape, and yet the only one of these three I can do is the last one. So my goal over the next few months is to get to two minutes in all three.
Dr. Cate is a terrific resource for supplements:
https://drcate.com/recommended-supplements/
She isn’t a huge fan of lot of supplementation, but she’s got some good info.
Someone here (Tulip? Toxeth?) linked this awhile back:
https://drcate.com/recommended-supplements/
Idiot. Try this:
https://www.vitacost.com/blog/what-vitamins-should-not-be-taken-together/
Also related to benchmarks, this is a terrific episode:
https://www.artofmanliness.com/health-fitness/fitness/physical-benchmarks-for-men/
Thanks Tundra – I’ll take a look at these. Hope you’re doing well out in CO.
Thanks! CO seems to suit us well.
I hope you and the family are well. C just be just over 8 months, huh? Say hi to J for me and enjoy the holidays!
Sorry ttyrant. I don’t. FWIW, my mother has been a health nut for decades and occasionally shows me articles with citations on those topics. Without fail, it’s pilot studies with small sample sizes or for short duration. I’m not sure there are many good studies addressing these questions.
No dog in this fight, but WOW!
You’re not kidding. This game is cray-cray.
And a second missed PAT as I hit ‘post’. WTF?!
Right?!
Husband rooting for Philly because a) it’s Andy Reid’s old team and b) Jason Kelce, brother of Travis Kelce. He listens to a podcast the two do together.
I’m rooting for Philly because the NFL seems to always be rooting for Green Bay.
I wish they could both lose.
Fair ’nuff.
Funny feeling that Eagles will lose unless they get a lot more pressure on Rodgers.
Dolly’s speech impediment is weirder than ever. Hon, don’t pull the skin so tight.
I assume you’re talking about Parton? She really made herself weird looking. As do all of those people who keep chasing youth with a scalpel.
Madonna looks totally normal. If normal means Madam Tussaud did a substandard job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk2F1Rdo5XY
Yeah, they’ve shown her hawking something a couple times on NBC tonight.
I’ve always liked her so I offer my suggestion to lay off the knife in sincerity.
Meow
Woof
Well. I’m drunk and angry, anyone wanna hop the the open holiday zoom?
Also, Somebody made something. Late Night Leak.
A business name towards the end caught my eye, and now I wonder if I missed a bunch of references earlier on. I’ll have to re-watch tomorrow.
Awesome.
#6 LOL
#4 I’m rather proud of my build. No mods.
Not that I’m saying NFL officials suck, BUT there was one play in specific where the Philthypedo right tackle was already pulling and behind the right guard when the ball was snapped.
I’d have been right there with you a few hours ago when I was seething and looking to vent.
But no-one was there so just crushed the rage and sense of injustice into a tiny ball that I shoved into the pit of my stomach.
I don’t know what will happen when all the rage balls hit critical mass. Probably nothing good.
Sweet dreams, friends!
Hey Alaskan and Canadian friends!
We’ve got a geomagnetic storm going on now.
Good aurora viewing. Here’s the map.
https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northern-hemisphere.jpg
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/11/28/australia-lowers-terrorism-threat-level/5481669618658/
The .gov there has a monopoly on terror.
“a number of Australians had joined conflicts in Iraq and Syria and were supporting overseas extremist groups from home.”
Just your standard issue Australians I’m sure.
“He said the attraction of groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaida have degraded in the country, with threats of espionage and foreign interference supplanting terrorism as the nation’s principal security concern.”
It’s almost like not attaching the home country of certain people reduces the risk of terrorism. Though I don’t know how involved Australia ever was in an that.
“However, ideologically motivated violent extremism, particularly nationalist and racist extremism, remains a threat, he said, adding that these groups are more likely focused on recruitment and radicalization than planning attacks for the foreseeable future.”
Finally, the real threat, angry white guys… Who plan to not hurt anyone? Huh.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/southeastern-pa/bucks-county-teen-accused-of-fatally-shooting-girl-claims-it-was-an-accident/article_a811949c-6e80-11ed-8759-6b9d420343f1.html
Nice mugshot.
Wait… ‘he’?
Is this a tranny?
Either way, going to have a hard time in prison….
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/health/suicide-er-visits-kids/
I think I got the link right, and without all the tracking…
“Study finds ‘huge’ increase in children going to the emergency room with suicidal thoughts”
“Hospitalizations for suicidal thoughts increased 57% between fall 2019 and fall 2020.
“It just really highlights how mental health concerns were really a problem before the pandemic. I mean, we saw this huge increase in [emergency department] visits for kids of all ages, honestly, in 2019, and it’s very concerning,” said study co-author Dr. Audrey Brewer.
Mother fucker. So with 3 months before lockdowns and 9 months with lockdowns, surely we saw the massive increase in 2019. Okay doc. Also, throughout they call it a result of the pandemic. No, it was your shitty response to the pandemic and everyone told you this would happen.
Forgot to add this:
“Many of the children who were hospitalized with suicidal thoughts had other mental health problems like anxiety, depression and substance use, she said.”
This doesn’t really explain anything, yes, social people have bad mental health.
“Children also are responding to trauma in their lives and social influences on their health like poverty, historical trauma and marginalization, trouble at school, online bullying and the pressures brought by social media, in addition to a lack of access to counseling and therapy.”
Only one of those things is ‘new’ and it didn’t happen suddenly in 2020. What’s been consistent though is your shitty messaging to kids. They ask think they’re doing to die on a football planet, and whatever other crappy liberal policies you push on them that increases anxiety( like playing up every little bad thing that ever happened to them) without giving any useful tools to deal with real life or the stress you’re inducing. Not to mention just the general atomization of society, breakdown of the family, etc. Poverty had never been lower, it has never been more uncool to be a racist* and historical traumas have never been further in the past. Must be those 3 things causing this.
*Unless it’s against whites, but they don’t believe that exists, despite actual government policies enacted against white people
Mornin’
Morning. Preemptive good morning to GT and friends.
Good morning, Sean, Proactive Lack, U, and ‘bodru!
Got the pieces cut and pinned together for one of my planned sofa cushion covers. Now it’s time to sew it together. I’m irrationally nervous that I’m going to screw it up. 😳
https://www.kptv.com/2022/11/27/bar-patrons-beatdown-armed-robber-ne-portland-suspect-hospital/
Haha!
How pissed will people be if I call out from work then show up for bowling later?
I just really don’t want to go into the office today.
I should have already left the house. I am not that far along the morning routine. I haven’t even turned on the light yet.
I suppose pissed is the wrong word. They won’t be angry, but it would harm my reputation.
Think of tonight’s bowling as your reward for dragging yourself to the office today. (Assuming, of course, that you find the bowling rewarding.)
But I’m still at my house. So I already failed at that.
I’ll probably call in remote and see how that goes.
Not a failure, a Plan B! 🙂
On the plus side, none of the seven canvasses I got in the past week wanted a cover letter, just the resume.
Conversely, only one described the job it was canvassing for (Operations)
Wonder how many interviews I’ll get from those seven.
Probably none. That’s my luck.
You have this, you have the experience to find the job that’s right for you.
Looking for work is a pain in the ass.
Best wishes, hopefully you get some interviews.
👍
We’ll see. I might get more canvasses too, since it appears a bunch of people got approvals to hire.
How pissed will people be if I call out from work then show up for bowling later?
They will be impressed with your dedication to the cause for showing up despite being under the weather. Make sure to order blackberry brandy for medicinal purposes.
Good Morning all:
I guess i am up early.
The phrase “ramming attack” or “ramming speed”. I know that it comes from a “ram” attached to the prow of a ship.
But i believe a better source is from when a ram hits you from behind, hitting your back and toppling you into the ground, while you are trying to move hay into the barn to feed him.
It hurts.
Owwwwww!!!!! Poor ‘bodru! 🤕
Sorry.
Ouch! Keep that ram away from the dam!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B
Mornin’ all.
I slept in a little bit. And now it is time to get my shit together and get to the gym.
Surprisingly warm here in southern NH. Right around 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Good morning, DEG! Hope you have a good workout! 🏋🏼♂️
Mornin’, reprobates!
Morning Covfefe and pipe FTW!
Good morning, ‘patzie! Hope you and all of yours are well (and warm!) today!
Why, thank you, and hope you and TT are doing well.
I will enjoy the spectacle of professional quarterback play from my Jets for about a week until next Sunday when it will come crashing back to earth in Minnesoda.
Morning All,
Got the fire goin’, coffee cup in hand, weather changes later to cooler but no snow in the forecast.
My package took 3 days to go from Uhersky Brod to Prague, three days from Prague to NYC, and three days from NYC to me.
The combo Czechia Post + USPS was as fast as FedEx and at less than a tenth of the price. WTF FedEX?
Because USPS is subsidized by the taxpayer? FedEx wants to stay in business?
“Cambridge Dean Goes Full Woke, Claims Jesus Could Have Been Transgender”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cambridge-dean-goes-full-woke-claims-jesus-could-have-been-transgender
Based on the vaginal appearance of his wounded side in an old painting. Makes perfect sense…
I thought comparing ladybits to wounds was misogynistic?
Like all of the other stuff that makes these people hyperventilate, you get a pat on the back if you do it for approved reasons.
I thought you were joking about the “vaginal appearance” thing.
It’s just more evidence to buttress the theory that communists infiltrated the seminaries and theological schools. They’ve undermined the intellectual rigor with postmodernist bullshit and can now sit back and wait for it to collapse.
I suppose we need to have a word with the doctor who assigned Jesus’ gender when he was born.
Speaking of Jesus, the pastor yesterday was reading Matthew where genealogists identified 42 generations from Abraham through King David and on to Joseph, thereby establishing the lineage needed to identify the Messiah. But Jesus’ biological father was not Joseph, so shouldn’t the genealogy pass through Mary?
We all ‘could’ have been rich and/or famous, if we’d played our cards differently. Instead we’re stuck here with each other, playing the same hand over and over, not complaining though.