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Wednesday Feb 17, 2016 #
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There's nothing like a good study. Some people will ask: "How can you be so interested in all these good studies?" In answer to that, there is the fallback observation that "if you've seen one good study, you haven't seen them all."
A good example was the study reported in disparate sources this week about research looking into the effects of various types of exercise on the brain at the cellular level. Since there are obvious problems in extracting cellular brain material from human subjects using the usual chainsaw or tomahawk laboratory methods, rosstophers were substituted in as the test subjects. This is considered to be scientifically valid because the main difference between rosstophers and humans is the noted tendency of rosstophers to engage in clustering behaviors when in the presence of certain catalysts such as the vuvuzela; otherwise, the rosstopher genome and the human genome are essentially identical.
In the study, rosstophers were split into test groups which underwent different exercise regimes of: distance running, weight lifting, intense interval training, and time trialing. A control group was set aside and fed sweets and equipped with powerful head lights which made them look oddly alienish.
The time trialing group ultimately had to be dropped from the study because unfortunately the test subjects wisened up, realizing their craniums were going to be subjected to tomahawking, and would dash off into nearby wet marshes and hide behind scattered pine trees.
The results derived from the remaining groups were quite surprising. The weight lifting group showed almost no observable changes at the cellular level, though, while it was not specifically part of the study, researchers were able to anecdotally note that vocalizations within this group devolved into increasingly frequent amounts of non-verbal grunts and moans.
The interval training group also didn't show any cellular level changes, but intriguingly they became highly focused on distances and their stop watches, to the point where all of the test subjects lost interest in eating, which raised hopes of the possibility of a promising new weight loss technique. However, enthusiasm for the technique waned considerably as the test subjects one after another went on to die of emaciation.
The distance running group, however, exhibited profound changes at the cellular level, which researchers related to dramatic improvements such as the ability to manage resources and develop sophisticated tactical scheming in games of skill such as Seven Wonders.
Fascinating stuff indeed!
A good example was the study reported in disparate sources this week about research looking into the effects of various types of exercise on the brain at the cellular level. Since there are obvious problems in extracting cellular brain material from human subjects using the usual chainsaw or tomahawk laboratory methods, rosstophers were substituted in as the test subjects. This is considered to be scientifically valid because the main difference between rosstophers and humans is the noted tendency of rosstophers to engage in clustering behaviors when in the presence of certain catalysts such as the vuvuzela; otherwise, the rosstopher genome and the human genome are essentially identical.
In the study, rosstophers were split into test groups which underwent different exercise regimes of: distance running, weight lifting, intense interval training, and time trialing. A control group was set aside and fed sweets and equipped with powerful head lights which made them look oddly alienish.
The time trialing group ultimately had to be dropped from the study because unfortunately the test subjects wisened up, realizing their craniums were going to be subjected to tomahawking, and would dash off into nearby wet marshes and hide behind scattered pine trees.
The results derived from the remaining groups were quite surprising. The weight lifting group showed almost no observable changes at the cellular level, though, while it was not specifically part of the study, researchers were able to anecdotally note that vocalizations within this group devolved into increasingly frequent amounts of non-verbal grunts and moans.
The interval training group also didn't show any cellular level changes, but intriguingly they became highly focused on distances and their stop watches, to the point where all of the test subjects lost interest in eating, which raised hopes of the possibility of a promising new weight loss technique. However, enthusiasm for the technique waned considerably as the test subjects one after another went on to die of emaciation.
The distance running group, however, exhibited profound changes at the cellular level, which researchers related to dramatic improvements such as the ability to manage resources and develop sophisticated tactical scheming in games of skill such as Seven Wonders.
Fascinating stuff indeed!
Monday Feb 15, 2016 #
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Very windy today. While biking, I came across a tree that had been blown into a road in the middle of town. Police were arriving on the scene, so I did not feel compelled to hop off my bike and move the tree myself. Not that I could have moved the tree myself anyway.
Up top, many more trees blew down. Once again, I did not move any of them myself. I think that was the right call. I was happy they fell on trails and not on me!
Up top, many more trees blew down. Once again, I did not move any of them myself. I think that was the right call. I was happy they fell on trails and not on me!
Sunday Feb 14, 2016 #
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Went up to Happy Jack with Kris at what I reckoned would be about the time racing activities would be over. They weren't over entirely, but most racers were starting to head back to the very full parking lot when we got up there.
Saw racer X8A7's car, but no sign of X8A7 himself. Later, while I was running back at home, I realized I should have tried to put myself in X8A7's boots and ask myself what would he be doing post-race. Then the answer was so obvious: double pole intervals on Summit Loop! I have no idea why I didn't think of that while I was up top.
Suitably windy, and the wind got stronger as the sun got lower.
Saw racer X8A7's car, but no sign of X8A7 himself. Later, while I was running back at home, I realized I should have tried to put myself in X8A7's boots and ask myself what would he be doing post-race. Then the answer was so obvious: double pole intervals on Summit Loop! I have no idea why I didn't think of that while I was up top.
Suitably windy, and the wind got stronger as the sun got lower.
Thursday Feb 11, 2016 #
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Another day of balminess--temps in the high 40s. Much winter in and around town was melting and heading quickly downstream, bound for Louisiana and laden with winter fines. Conditions at Happy Jack were transformed and re-frozen fast. Running wasn't bad either, though the highlight of the day was a two hour ride on the bike back home. No signs of any presidential nominees yet, so situation remains overall normal.