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@hercrazierhalf A number of years back when I realized I needed a change, was right about the time that a paper came out saying that the wisdom about 20 minutes of exercise a day was not exactly right (though the secret is that doctors would rather it be more like 40 minutes but you can't just...

@grace_mercy I use chewable vitamin d because every time I see the bottle I remember I haven’t had any today, and I can just pop one in my mouth without having to find a cup and water. Which means I’m more likely to stay on top of it.

@gavreel Yes, I know, and the density of points is above that hypothesis line and at a shallower slope. It’s already inaccurate at age 30 and gets worse. The slope of a real fit line would be more like 218 - 3/4 x There were maybe three kids in my high school who knew what their max heart...

@gavreel If I put that line on a physics lab assignment I’d get a C at best. That is not the trend line for that data. It’s off by 15%.

@mikeb34 The link I provided claims it can be off by more than 20 bpm. It seems to me that the older you get, the odds that it’s the very first time someone cared about your max heart rate has declines considerably.

Today I was doing a balanced distance/speed walk. I was trying out a new blister prevention regimen and things were going well so I was moving pretty fast and added some distance. There’s a point on my return route where I will pick up the pace if I’m feeling good and today I was feeling very...