* Posts by Rolf Carson

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The curious case of a wearables cynic and his enduring fat bastardry

Rolf Carson
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Weights and cardio is best along with getting off your ass in the first place

Each pound of muscle in your body burn about 6 calories per hour VS. a pound of fat which burns about 2 calories per hour.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/256919-how-many-calories-does-muscle-burn-compared-to-fat/

Furthermore, after age 30 we lose about 1% of our muscle mass per year.

http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2012/03/05/stopping_age_related_muscle_loss/

I started ~4 years ago with a regular routine of 4-6 days in gym and I am 53 now. My routine combines relatively even amounts of 75 minutes mixed cardio combining long intervals (3.5/4.5 minutes up and 1.5 minutes down) alternating with low-level steady heart rate/steady medium intensity aerobic 60-80 minutes. By the time my cardio is finished I am completely soaked. Then I do slow strength-training (8-10 reps) circuits.

Since I started, I have gone from 265 pounds to 215 pounds and have never looked this good in my entire life without a shirt. Quite a few of the younger crowd in the gym are doing the 12-15 reps/multiple set body-building routine. Meanwhile, I have built serious solid power-packed muscle mass AND serious aerobic/cardio fitness to such a level that I can wipe the floor with many half my age.

To me, for us ordinary folks, success in losing/keeping off weight consists of just a few simple guidelines.

Establish a long-term stategy. I plan on still doing a form of my current routine 20-30 years in the future.

Look for incremental gains over time. Forget about impressing others and thereby avoid injury by taking small steps toward your goals.

Promise yourself to follow an ironclad rule of proper form no matter the exercise routine you practice. Back off weight/reps/time whatever you need to do to do the exercise right.

Be your own personal trainer. Do a bit of research each week and create your tailored workout routine and adjust it over time as needed.

I contend that you will be far better off in the long-term if you combine cardio and strength training. Keep in mind that those who weight train tend to pay greater attention to what they eat.

If nothing else, at least get up and walk each day.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fitness-walking-idUSKCN0HO0PV20140929

So, what's the best sci-fi film never made?

Rolf Carson

No question

Christopher Walken in Natalie Woods' last movie: Brainstorm

Microsoft promises less-annoying Vista OS early next year

Rolf Carson

Try this with Vista

Moved from AMD XP3200 proc w/2 GB to AM2 X2 4600 w/4GB. Before imaging W2K to new system removed all device in devmgr. Fired it up on new system, recognized devices and loaded drivers and away we go with good old Windows 2000. It even recognizes 3624 of my memory. I doubt Vista would do that smoothly if at all.

I too prefer Linux, but the plain fact is that too many of my customers are using Windows and I know they will be switching to Vista. So I installed Vista 64-bit and after a bit of tweaking I believe it is not half as bad as XP was. Turn off all the fancy visual effects to get some actual work done.