Frosty 5 November 09 (am)

Workout notes 500 warm up (8:52), 10 x (25 drill, 25 swim) with fins, 5 x 100 (alt side/free) on the 2 (1:46-1:53 each), 10 x (25 free, 25 back) on the 1:05 (53-55 each).

Then yoga with a substitute teacher; she was tall; wore black spandex, had the typical “sand dune” butt, spoke with a lisp and spouted off pseudo-scientific nonsense. She fit every stereotype of a younger yoga teacher…but I did leave the class all stretched out which was the point.

Injury: the right calf hurt last night (seized up?) but felt better in the morning; not sure if this is a delayed reaction to the ultra or to the stepper workout.

Posts:

Yes, many people don’t lose weight when they start exercising if they don’t change their eating. It really isn’t that hard to see why:

“The message of our work is really simple,” although not agreeable to hear, Melanson said. “It all comes down to energy balance,” or, as you might have guessed, calories in and calories out. People “are only burning 200 or 300 calories” in a typical 30-minute exercise session, Melanson points out. “You replace that with one bottle of Gatorade.”

Mind you, this stuff came from a controlled study. Many people “work out” by going to the pool and floating on a water noodle. I still don’t understand what that is supposed to be doing.

Science
Maybe I’ll watch this video this evening? This is a Jerry Conye lecture on evolution.

Speaking of evolution, there are limits on how fast change can take place. Here is an attempt to find out what these limits are.

When pseudo-science causes harm In Iraq, dowsing is being used to “discover” mines! As it is often said, you can’t make this stuff up.

Puzzle: can you solve this puzzle?

Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?

A) Yes.

B) No.

C) Cannot be determined.

For the answer and a discussion, surf here.

Academia In a previous post, I pointed to a link in which community college professors admitted to passing students who deserved to fail because they wanted to keep their jobs. Here are some responses.

Politics: Our right wing Representative had a health care town hall; it turned into a tea party (I didn’t go, but this is the second time I’ve heard this).