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Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-11-24, 07:07 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 526
Posted By MoAlpha

I thought I posted a link to the free full text....

I thought I posted a link to the free full text. PM if you want me to send it to you.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-11-24, 05:59 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 526
Posted By MoAlpha

Yep. That is the current theory and Hall’s focus...

Yep. That is the current theory and Hall’s focus is now ultra-processed foods.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-11-24, 01:34 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 526
Posted By MoAlpha

Here is a nice review of the carbohydrate-insulin...

Here is a nice review of the carbohydrate-insulin hypothesis of obesity from Kevin Hall, a giant in this field, who does actual research on people, showing why it is very unlikely to be correct.
...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-10-24, 05:07 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 946
Posted By MoAlpha

Yeah, I think that’s what my watch does too. Not...

Yeah, I think that’s what my watch does too. Not very useful. I agree a joule is a joule is a joule and I’m pretty certain baseline energy requirement goes up with training.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-10-24, 11:51 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 946
Posted By MoAlpha

Yes, but per kg, it’s controlled by metabolic...

Yes, but per kg, it’s controlled by metabolic demand and endocrine signaling (thyroid, adrenal, sex hormones, etc.).
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-10-24, 10:29 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 946
Posted By MoAlpha

If your resting heart rate is reduced due to high...

If your resting heart rate is reduced due to high fitness and your watch is using RHR to estimate basal metabolic rate, it's going to be very confused. BMR should increase with activity level.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-09-24, 12:31 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 317
Posted By MoAlpha

I have read that T2DM is a risk, so might be...

I have read that T2DM is a risk, so might be right.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-09-24, 12:04 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 317
Posted By MoAlpha

Seed oils!

Seed oils!
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-09-24, 11:59 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 317
Posted By MoAlpha

I don't really think the argument is okay....

I don't really think the argument is okay. There's a "motte and bailey" thing going on where the carnivore diet folks say "Eating nothing but meat is the healthiest thing in the world" and then, when...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-09-24, 10:45 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 317
Posted By MoAlpha

If this had been a balanced and scholarly...

If this had been a balanced and scholarly presentation from a disinterested presenter, rather than a hyperbolic piece of advocacy from a guy who profits from his viewpoint, I might agree.

Again,...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-09-24, 10:07 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 317
Posted By MoAlpha

We'll have to disagree on that and on the...

We'll have to disagree on that and on the integrity of his message. I am a "message" guy in real, peer-reviewed, life and I believe it is crucial to maintain a rigorously ethical approach in order to...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-09-24, 09:55 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 317
Posted By MoAlpha

Ohhh ho ho no, my friend! There is a definite...

Ohhh ho ho no, my friend! There is a definite need for physicians to attack guys like this who drag the whole profession down.

Incidentally, I do like the message on saturated fats. I just don't...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-09-24, 09:13 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 317
Posted By MoAlpha

Here is the meta-analysis mentioned in the video....

Here is the meta-analysis mentioned in the video.

https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.077

It's more balanced and informative than this sleazebag who has been disciplined by the...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-08-24, 06:15 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 540
Posted By MoAlpha

I think that’s the one, mis-remembered.

I think that’s the one, mis-remembered.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-08-24, 02:20 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 540
Posted By MoAlpha

Does the association with mortality take body...

Does the association with mortality take body mass into account? My recollection is that it’s just absolute VO2 max.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-08-24, 07:55 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 540
Posted By MoAlpha

From what I remember, no one has actually found...

From what I remember, no one has actually found one, which is one reason people are so excited about it.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
05-07-24, 06:32 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 540
Posted By MoAlpha

If VO2max is all that, why do women outlive men? ...

If VO2max is all that, why do women outlive men?

Seriously, though, it’s clearly a marker of something important and presumably correlates with a whole batch of other health parameters, but I’m...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-07-24, 01:42 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

It was a good reminder to cancel for the summer!

It was a good reminder to cancel for the summer!
Forum: Road Cycling
05-07-24, 01:41 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Someone inverted my bike while I was replacing a...

Someone inverted my bike while I was replacing a punctured tube this a.m. I didn't like doing that even before hydraulic brakes. Fortunately, I'm pretty compulsive about filling my reservoirs.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-30-24, 07:35 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 2,951
Posted By MoAlpha

Your EF is fine. The usual way to find out your...

Your EF is fine. The usual way to find out your stroke volume is to get studied in a physiology lab or start going down the tubes in the ICU.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-30-24, 07:15 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 946
Posted By MoAlpha

Training Stress Score. It represents the...

Training Stress Score. It represents the theoretical exercise stress of a ride and is a function of intensity (expressed relative to FTP) and duration. Sixty min. at FTP is arbitrarily assigned a TSS...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-30-24, 07:08 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 2,951
Posted By MoAlpha

Don’t confuse stroke volume with ejection...

Don’t confuse stroke volume with ejection fraction, which is what you cite above.
Forum: Road Cycling
04-30-24, 06:08 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

They admit patients who require inpatient care...

They admit patients who require inpatient care and consult to other services on patients with rheumatological issues. Virtually all hospitals in the US have rheumatologists on staff. However, just...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-29-24, 07:28 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

I used to be one of those guys before mostly...

I used to be one of those guys before mostly giving up the seeing patients thing, and have gotten a bit cynical over the years, but I have to endorse this suggestion.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-29-24, 07:02 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 946
Posted By MoAlpha

Yeah, Herman Pontzer, who authored the first...

Yeah, Herman Pontzer, who authored the first cited study, and is an anthropologist, not a nutrition or exercise guy, has lots of striking data from hunter-gatherers supporting this idea. However,...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-27-24, 03:19 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

The V1 had a range of about 150 mi. and the V2...

The V1 had a range of about 150 mi. and the V2 could fly only a little further. They did land sabotage crews on the East coast and actually had an airworthy prototype for a transatlantic bomber, but...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-27-24, 12:19 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Oh, man. Sorry to hear. So hard.

Oh, man. Sorry to hear. So hard.
Forum: Road Cycling
04-27-24, 12:15 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

I used to buy those ‘cause the service manual...

I used to buy those ‘cause the service manual said to.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-27-24, 12:11 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,103
Posted By MoAlpha

LAJ posted the following joke, which I love,...

LAJ posted the following joke, which I love, because it combines two of my passionate interests, cycling and behavioral economics: A bike racer was asked, “would you accept the following deal: You...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-26-24, 05:05 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,159
Posted By MoAlpha

K salts do taste horrible. I think there’s a lot...

K salts do taste horrible. I think there’s a lot of that in bowel prep.

Yes, huge variation in sweat rates and Na content, but the Na replacement issue is really the large intake of hypo-osmotic...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-26-24, 05:00 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,159
Posted By MoAlpha

Yeah, hunger isn’t all about energy metabolism...

Yeah, hunger isn’t all about energy metabolism and on those long events you gotta do what gets you through it. Chapeau! There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with protein bars and I eat an embarrassing...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-26-24, 04:39 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,159
Posted By MoAlpha

The ‘lytes on my bike come from my skin, so it’s...

The ‘lytes on my bike come from my skin, so it’s just recycling when I lick off the top tube at the end of a ride. (Yum) Incidentally, sweat contains a little higher proportion of K than plasma, for...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-26-24, 02:48 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

That image is from 5th Ave and 79th St in NYC,...

That image is from 5th Ave and 79th St in NYC, sometime during my youth. Those pretzels, whose sensory qualities I can imagine vividly after 40 or 50 years, were heated over charcoal or something and...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-26-24, 02:31 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,159
Posted By MoAlpha

I am saving the remains of a box of cherry...

I am saving the remains of a box of cherry caffeine ones for true ordeals.
Forum: Road Cycling
04-26-24, 11:21 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Thinking about getting spacers with some kind of...

Thinking about getting spacers with some kind of wacky anodizing on them.
Forum: Road Cycling
04-26-24, 08:16 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Thank you! I'll try to fashion a feeler out of...

Thank you! I'll try to fashion a feeler out of wire. I don't think my old valve gap things will work. I've never seen a star nut tool with a depth stop, but I could also make one with a hose...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-26-24, 07:37 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Most likely and, fortunately, the insurance co....

Most likely and, fortunately, the insurance co. agreed. I don't remember doing anything at all like that since we got the boat in 2007, and the previous owners were manifest idiots. On the other...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-26-24, 07:31 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,159
Posted By MoAlpha

As others have noted, protein and fat are...

As others have noted, protein and fat are metabolically useless during exercise and protein actually requires calories and some excess blood flow to the gut to digest. They may taste good, but rarely...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-26-24, 07:25 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Yes, it is a Cervélo and yes, I assume it's...

Yes, it is a Cervélo and yes, I assume it's epoxied.
Forum: Road Cycling
04-26-24, 06:39 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

In other fiber-reinforced composite news: ...

In other fiber-reinforced composite news:

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Forum: Road Cycling
04-26-24, 06:37 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Re the smokestack on the road bike, I forgot the...

Re the smokestack on the road bike, I forgot the steerer tube has a metal insert and a star nut. A good system, but not the most flexible. The nut position would allow me to take off a cm, but...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-25-24, 07:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,013
Posted By MoAlpha

Type 3 diabetes is a bad term with two totally...

Type 3 diabetes is a bad term with two totally different meanings. The term is most commonly used to refer (with questionable accuracy) to the disorder of brain energy metabolism which accompanies...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-25-24, 08:10 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Pfffft. How's yer road tubeless now?

Pfffft. How's yer road tubeless now?
Forum: Road Cycling
04-25-24, 08:09 AM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

That's a world of suck, right there.

That's a world of suck, right there.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-25-24, 08:02 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,103
Posted By MoAlpha

As others have pointed out, weights aren't...

As others have pointed out, weights aren't "rest," and endurance training interferes with strength gains. So, unless there's a lot of slack in your training schedule, you're going to have to give...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-23-24, 03:50 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Ah, so he raises the partial pressure of CO2, or...

Ah, so he raises the partial pressure of CO2, or methane and H2S as well?
Forum: Road Cycling
04-23-24, 03:47 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Only quantitatively. Have you tried it?

Only quantitatively. Have you tried it?
Forum: Road Cycling
04-23-24, 03:02 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

No. That was a bad joke for genejockey . You need...

No. That was a bad joke for genejockey . You need to decrease the absolute oxygen pressure in order to get altitude adaptation. The relative pressures of the gases don’t change as the atmospheric...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-23-24, 02:54 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

Meh. I can sleep at altitude by putting a block...

Meh. I can sleep at altitude by putting a block of dry ice by the bed and closing the window.
Forum: Road Cycling
04-23-24, 02:42 PM
Replies: 2,510
Views: 53,724
Posted By MoAlpha

That’s why I’m still a virgin.

That’s why I’m still a virgin.
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