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Oh good, we're back to excuses and self-pity again.

This sub-thread reminds me of the movie Defending Your Life.

This is only valid if nobody's priorities ever change. Hence the example of having changed priorities regarding commute time. It's just that people don't put a bunch of ridiculous emotion and moral judgments surrounding their commute to work, which is why it makes a better example because it's not clouded by value…

Agreed.

But that's just an opinion. Missing out on something you want/like is also a negative consequence. Just because you put "not being fat" at a higher priority does not mean everyone else does or should.

Let's say I commute to work every day for 5 years. It takes me 30 minutes each way. And then one day I decide that I want to get there in 25 minutes and take steps to shorten my commute. Does that make all my past commutes failures, or my past behavior a failing? I think the "failure" thing requires someone to actually be…

I agree with this. For me though I do not see it as a failing. I did what I wanted to get what I wanted, and now I am doing something different because I want different things. I feel the same way about the 15 years I spent smoking. I got what I wanted out of it, and I quit when I started wanting things that were…

I've had the fitbit One for over two years and I love it. I have easily been able to gain/lose/maintain weight eating over/under/at the number of calories it calculates. It really shows the difference between an active and inactive day, when they don't really "feel" that much different most of the time. (Because the vast…

Robertus eunt domus.

You know those stories where people win millions in the lottery, they take a lump sum payment, and then shortly afterward they're broke again?

It's cute that you think she cares about her health.

So this isn't about getting healthier or anything, it's just about trying to fit into clothes for one day and who cares about all the other days between now and then, or afterward?

Yep, I was also wondering at what point is it still beneficial beyond the "performance" aspect. And if studies were conducted it might even have the appearance of raising the risk of other causes of death, because hey, you gotta die of something and that is no longer your weakest link, right?

Not even once. Growing up is for suckers! :P

Whatever name you want to give it, it's the same thing that keeps me from spending next month's mortgage payment on toys I might want. I don't know what the technical term is for it, I'd probably call it, "giving a crap about the future and not just the moment."

Well at least Shaker's law is still intact.

BUT WHICH TYPE OF CHEERIOS!?!?!?!

Mine did too. But when I started couch to 5K (even with the occasional biking I did) I found there was a lot of room for improvement. And I don't mean the running itself, I mean the actual being able to sustain a high rate of oxygen/energy consumption. I went from wanting to die after 2 minutes, to being able to run at 90%…

Nobody actually said that, nor that it was the hardest thing in the universe, so I'm not sure why people are trying to disagree with things that were never said. What was being talked about was 3DR saying, "I don't necessarily find it more difficult. The hard effort is challenging but it is also short. I find mentally HIIT…

There was that one "anything less than 1rm is pointless" troll a couple years ago. LOL

Her what?

You're saying someone cannot push as hard as they can? Do you live in an alternate universe where tautologies are false?

None of this is even relevant. Someone was talking about the relative difficulty of a 20 minute sustained effort of nearly the same amount as a quick all-out burst of 30 seconds.

Ok but just remember it takes a long time to get to Jupiter, and fuel is expensive.

I think the percentages referenced were HR zones. I don't know about 10-15 times, but when I do 200 meter all-out sprints I get my HR to 100% (or "more") every time.

Yep. I've had them both benefit and interfere with each other. For example squats and deads gave me strength which increased my cruising speed on a bike, and increased my vertical lunge on the diving board.

More effective at what?

I'm a man and I don't do or avoid exercises based on whether I think they are "manly." I wouldn't do any of the above because 1-they sound boring as hell and B-why would I want to be around other people?

My shoes have weight, so running is weight training for my legs.