admiral33 | 2 years ago | on: DALL·E 3
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admiral33 | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Workout.lol – a web app to easily create a workout routine
OP made a nice site for exploring different types of movements for a muscle group. That being said the simplicity seems geared towards those just starting out with training but the site surfaces too many (in my experience) accessory exercises and movements I wouldn't try without a PT guiding me.
If you are a true beginner and you are drawn to a site like OP's you're probably looking for a training program. You can find many comprehensive programs online [1] but when you're starting out the information is overwhelming. Whichever routine you choose keep in the back of your mind that the CDC recommends that you engage all major muscle groups in a muscle strengthening activity at least twice a week[2].
Targeting every muscle group individually takes too much time, this is why most resistance training programs include a handful of exercises that train many muscles at once. Those are called compound exercises. Look up each exercise listed in your program and determine if it is a compound exercise. Those are the foundation of your program.
You will probably fail your commitment to whatever program you've chosen in the next 2 weeks. Some days you will need to shorten your resistance workout for whatever reason. The compound exercises are the ones that you should still complete on those days. Some days you will skip the workout entirely. Still try to meet the CDC recommendation for the week by adapting your program and then recommit the following week.
Diet is a tangetial topic, but you will need adequate protein in order to progress your training.
Eventually you will notice a difference between the person you are when you're consistent with it and the person you are when you're not. At that point there's no going back. The workouts get more challenging, but regularly challenging yourself is something you look forward to.
[1]: https://thefitness.wiki/routines/strength-training-muscle-bu...
[2]: https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/adults/index.htm
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: Improving Students’ Learning with Effective Learning Techniques
- A short length study period where a large proportion of time is used to create the cards allowing less time to 'test' their knowledge compared to if they had started reviewing right away.
- A medium length study period where the creation period is now a smaller proportion of the total time. Because they created the deck their self testing performance increases at a greater rate compared to testing with a deck given to them.
- A longer length study period where the creation period is now a negligible proportion of the total study time. The benefits of being the one who created the flashcards fade. Whether they created the flashcards or not matters less as knowledge of the deck is complete either way and studying the deck is done only for maintenence.
Either way this is just a question about the most effective way to 'download' knowledge. I'd always choose to make my own cards because I'd be able to make a more targeted deck and know how to use plugins to make the cards more interactive.
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: Improving Students’ Learning with Effective Learning Techniques
Study -> create -> study -> create is effective for us programmers using google but is study -> create -> study -> study ... more effective than study -> study... ?
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: Poll: Are startup founders a minority on HN?
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: Lesser known Apple Watch workouts
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: Lesser known Apple Watch workouts
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020)
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: Reducing methane is the fastest strategy available to reduce warming
It's also true that increasing global average warming can result in reduced warming and temperatures in some geographic areas so it is important to be specific with terminology depending on which aspect of the climate change debate we're talking about. You are right that the title is unintentionally misleading in this regard.
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts (2018)
admiral33 | 3 years ago | on: Snapchat’s product is booming
Weird. If a person is not a bot, you'd expect that when they are making an nth account they are attempting to apply another use case for the service in their life. More time in app.
I'd also expect there are fewer incentives for creating bots on snap versus other platforms. Its a messaging app, people only use it with people they know.
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: U.S. eliminates human controls requirement for fully automated vehicles
https://www.businessinsider.com/jaguar-land-rover-eyes-on-ca...
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: The Hacker's Diet
But something must be done - especially in a cognitively strenuous field. Exercise, nutrition, and 8 hours of sleep are the only consistent 'free-lunch' brain supplements a person can take outside of medication for disabilities and maybe the occasional sideways oriented substance depending on the person.
Most people want to be hot and feel good. A minority of people know how to make that happen safely. I think this is where software can really shine - by telling people exactly what to do, how often, and adjusting based on results. This site touches on the wide context of health in an 'easy to understand' yet shallow way. It leaves a lot to be desired (for example strength training) and will leave people better off but still deep in that sea of noise. Have any HNers had success with any apps or programs that they would recommend?
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: 43 km line of sight with USB WiFi stick (2005)
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: CodeCaptcha - Hide web links behind coding challenges
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: CodeCaptcha - Hide web links behind coding challenges
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: CDC reports increase in human rabies cases linked to bats in the U.S.
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate in Virginia since last night
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: Music is a negative superstimulus for speech (2020)
Or maybe show the original image in addition to similar images (with one key element different in each one) and have the second group select the image that most closely resembles the description.
admiral33 | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Cyber Monday Deals?