C40 wrote:there's nothin' wrong with a big butt.
True, unless you are competing in a pull-up contest and/or trying to qualify for an organ transplant vs some emaciated wrinkled old skinny-shanks slow jogger guy on the basis of your relative VO2 max/kg numbers. Hip fractures are huge risk for older women, so it's very helpful if you tend towards bouncing when you slip and fall. I suggested elsewhere that we might add a twerking contest to the round of forum challenges, but there seemed to be no interest.
jacob wrote:Indeed in a more general sense, it goes for everything and all kinds of capitals whether physiological, mental, or ...
This in turn increases the "low effort" domain of one's WOG geometrically. As such the primary reason for high maxes is not to win some giant race but to make 90% of living much easier. One might say that [high max] has "fractal consequences" in that affects life and living at all scales.
I agree, but isn't it so boring to be stuck in Level Orange with "money" and "fitness" as the factors always being continually measured, maximized and/or maintained? I think of my multi-millionaire friend, his body being eaten up by cancer, still doing his daily calisthenics and checking up on the markets, like some member of a primitive culture making ritual sacrifices to his gods.
OTOH, now that my Crohn's disease is 80% under control, I am finding Excess Pudge to be one of my primary limiting factors to Doing-Whatever-I-Want-To-Do, and I am straight-forwardly addressing the problem, but as with many things, it has been
my experience that the Great is the enemy of the Good in this realm. Much more "healthy" to simply whip myself into reasonable shape with reasonably enjoyable routine I can tolerate than to shoot for the Ideal. There are like 100 bajillion more interesting and enjoyable things I would rather spend my time on than an extra half-hour of high intensity exercise every day. IOW, for the true plate-spinning generalist, manic explorer, multi-multi-dimensional space is prefered over the multi-maxi-dimensional space preferred by the Serial Master.
Scott 2 wrote: agree with the distinction, but I'm not sure how it changes what one does? The 60 year old jogger can't turn back the clock by 40 years.
True, but based on my anecdotal experience with encountering affluent, grim, skinny old jogger guys as being on average the least likely to smile or say "Hello" if you pass them on a trail, they would be best served in expanding their mastery of lifestyle dimension C = Charm. What's the point of keeping all your junk in running order if you never actually make enjoyable use of it? Orgasms achieved per week would probably be a more accurate metric to measure overall functioning after age 50. Especially due to the fact that if you make a habit of achieving your orgasms with companion then there will be somebody there to administer CPR or call 911 in worst case outcome.
mountainFrugal wrote:Great! If you are feeling good then do some more walking or light jogging and see if you can get a better score with that test in a month. In the end we are only in competition with our previous selves.
I am going to join the YMCA and start swimming as soon as I can release my frugal clench from the $50/month membership fee. I do enjoy hiking in nature, my previous routine which I maintained for around 12 years was to do that for one hour/day 6 days per week no matter the weather, but I detest jogging. Crohn's disease is still limiting my ability to hike in nature until/unless I get comfortable with the prospect of shitting in the woods in semi-public setting
I don't know how I got such a high score on the test. I am in terrible shape. I will try to be motivated by Martha Stewart on the cover of Sports Illustrated at 81, but she is so much tougher than me...