Everyday Systems

I was skeptical until that last sentence, now it makes sense!

Up to 3 drinks At least 1 day off before next drink Allows for a slightly bigger release, tempered by dry spells. One problem with normal GC for me was I felt more addicted to alcohol in many ways as I began waiting for my daily medication like one of Pavlov's mutts. Felt quite cranky if I missed o...

Following in on from Reinhard's mention of the Born to Run book (which I have also read) - would you say we were Born to Walk or to Run? I feel that I am born to walk as I could do this for hours most days without rest periods and without feeling the need to overeat when I get back - a very importan...

Then go for 'two' or 'three' or whatever else! I'm sticking with the 'One' experiment. Wife approves as well, strangely enough.

I knew someone else must share my affliction! Down to one bike, no fancy shoes and able to road or off-road. Compromised compared to specific bikes of course, but no where near as much as you'd imagine and in some ways more flexible - able to ride in near-normal clothes on a road bike that can take ...

Well, here is the update. I haven't sold all my extra bikes and guitars (yet), but I have mentally put them beyond use. I thought I would give myself easy access to a quality acoustic and an all-round, all-weather bike. Result is I feel less pressured to use either because I 'am' something (i.e. I '...

Everyone seems to latch on to the 3 minutes thing, however the main points were as follows: - Long walks had a remarkable effect on the blood saturated fat levels, perhaps more striking than the 3 minute burst thing - The importance of warming up shouldn't be underestimated - the presenter injured h...

What about investing in a HRM? All you then need to do is follow a low heart rate program (such as by Stu Mittleman or Phil Maffetone) and you can run/walk injury free. Usually 180 - age will be your max heart rate. Personally, I find that I can only really walk with some running on downhill stretch...

http://philmaffetone.com/jumpstart2012.cfm Read this, mainly the bit halfway down 'Jumpstart your fitness'. Personally I don't buy his carb-restriction diet but the walking thing is spot on. I used to cycle and run to high heart rate exhaustion (like most people do) and this is so refreshing. I've s...

Been thinking of sneaking an SG into the room whilst working away, but feel I might look like some kind of axe fiend - too weird.

Anyone get creative in the abscence of having an SG to hand?

I like it. One thing I'm experimenting with is to just do the exercise, and not push too much. That could be running or cycling, but just do half an hour run or 1 to 2 hours cycling as often as possible - but no more. No fartleks, no intervals, just do it. The aim is to 'train' by doing the exercise...

Thank you so much for posting this. It got me reading up on the Muller System http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Muller/muller.htm#system which suits me far more than SG. I love these old books, apart some obvious quackery, there are some fundamental principles that seem to have been lost by th...

That certainly would add to the challenge! However, such things are taken care of by repeating the phrase from the op:

'Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler'

So underwear is exempt!

Well, I'm getting there. I am allowing a bit of leeway by having one bike and 2 sets of wheels (on and off road). Selling mountains of 'just this once' impulse purchase bits that amount to a frightening amount in the PayPal account. Struggling with guitars - maybe I need to be brutal and just sell t...

Hi all, first post - here is a proposal: 'One' You are allowed to own one of anything. - 1 bicycle (I had a racer, a fixie a randonneur, a MTB - result was I spent more time looking after them than riding them). Solution - buy a 'Cross bike that does just about anything, sell the rest. - 1 guitar (I...