Another two months of dots for the record:
The eyeballometric slope continues at 1 lb/month.
I started low-key upper-body strength training in June with encouraging results: my biceps no longer require exotic instrumentation for detection and my abs may soon transition from “throw pillow” to “two-pack”.
This is, however, the season of bounteous garden harvests, including delicious corn-on-the-cob and summer squash …
#1 by Olli on 2019-09-01 - 08:48
I quit working out 30 years / kgs ago.
“How Much Energy Does the Brain Use?”
https://www.brainfacts.org/brain-anatomy-and-function/anatomy/2019/how-much-energy-does-the-brain-use-020119
#2 by Ed on 2019-09-01 - 11:15
Certified Olde Fartes™ need strength training exercises to maintain bone density, which is a particular problem for bicyclists, and I’ve finally gotten with the program after our more-or-less daily bicycling.
Enough weight to reach overload in less than a dozen reps, one set, only the key muscles, and that’s entirely enough. So far, so good!
#3 by Olli on 2019-09-02 - 12:10
“bone density”
I take vitamin D3 daily 100ug from September to May.
#4 by Ed on 2019-09-02 - 21:01
Apparently, that’s necessary but not sufficient: ya gotta do weight-bearing exercise. It’s particularly true for bicyclists with great legs and nothing else.