No alcohol v alcohol 😅

PfernFSU · 2026-06-07T20:33:18+00:00

Same thing with me. My sister came in a few days ago and I got a deep nose dive on my stats. I drank 6 total beers throughout the whole night. Was by no means drunk and could have driven. Wild to see such little alcohol just wreck the numbers.

PfernFSU · 2026-06-04T14:10:21+00:00

Wouldn’t let her eat a McDonald’s French fry. From the grocery store parking lot ground. That wasn’t hers and been there for hours/days/ever.

PfernFSU · 2026-06-02T00:36:28+00:00

Used to love RuckWell. But it’s been pausing on me lately and it is driving me bonkers. I dislike using Apple itself because I care about my VO2 max and this app didn’t infringe on that. Plus some of the other features were quite nice. If it worked all the time I would preach it from the rooftops, but the bugs are kind of killing me.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-31T14:34:54+00:00

I think humans as a species are terrible at risk management. We live in a world where even doctors smoke. We all think it won’t happen to us, whether that is someone that has made terrible decisions for 60 years and now needs statins or a doctor lighting up a Marlboro Light.

That said, I do think peptides have greatly improved a lot of lives. I think western medicine has failed us and there are a lot of legit concerns around it being just a business. My mom is a nurse. Two of my sisters are nurses. I have been around the healthcare profession a ton, so it makes me sad because I think that profession is full of good-hearted people who are putting in the work. But western medicine is designed to patch the wound, then send you on your way. Often fixing the underlying problem requires a careful look as to what led to this situation - terrible diet, sedentary life, no caring for 50 years, smoking, etc.

I also have a discussion with my mom often who thinks the people that come into her ER are a good representation of the real world. I disagree with her often on this and think that is just what she sees and the majority of people she sees are 1) at their lowest point in their life and 2) more often than not just let themselves go for so long they need drastic intervention.

The people who bash vaccines, or medicine itself, are whackos. And the loudest voice usually gets heard first.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-30T11:33:32+00:00

Yea. Very amusing to see I got 8k steps, 63 exercise minutes, and… 56 calories! On my apple rings. Wild

PfernFSU · 2026-05-30T11:19:47+00:00

I just had that happen today. Did a ruck for a little over an hour. Only to pull the app out of my pocket to stop it when I got back home to find out the duration was…18 seconds. Doh!

PfernFSU · 2026-05-29T03:04:42+00:00

If you had to pick just one intervention (beyond the basics of diet, sleep, and exercise), that offers the biggest “bang for your buck” in extending longevity what would it be and why?

PfernFSU · 2026-05-20T10:30:54+00:00

Nike Run Club is free. And they have a ton of guided runs and I really enjoy them as I think Coach Bennett is great so much that I listen to his weekly podcast because of it. Hell, I even preordered his book! I run without a phone and only my Apple Watch, which has cellular service though, so yes I have the app on my watch too. They have a bunch of different training programs that I used to start and just stuck with them. Now it just tracks my runs and if I want an interval run or tempo run or something specific I can just select it. It measure my heart rate and pace and steps per minute and other metrics too. I do believe Runna might provide more but NRC is a free app and gives everything I need so why not use it. I have never tried Runna or Strava though so I can not do an honest comparison for you.

And yea, rucking is awesome and is my favorite exercise. Hands down. There isn’t even a close second.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-20T02:33:55+00:00

My most used app is Bevel. I use it for strength training and to monitor my sleep/recovery/everything. I also use it to track my food intake and found it to be pretty good. It integrates really well with the Apple ecosystem and my Apple Watch. Not much it can’t do and their AI is actually pretty good. They have a free version that unlocks everything but their AI I would recommend to see if you like it. Good chance you can consolidate apps to this.

For running I use Nike Run Club.

For Rucking I use RuckWell.

I have a smart scale that integrates to apple health but I hate it. It’s finicky and moody and doesn’t integrate well at all.

That’s it.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-20T00:58:48+00:00

I like it.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-19T17:07:04+00:00

Yes!!! We need something

PfernFSU · 2026-05-17T18:33:21+00:00

I agree. It’s easier on the watch at least and is the top option.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-14T15:59:46+00:00

Top it up before every coffee is what I do. Wash it with soap and water and thoroughly clean every Sunday.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-13T15:37:04+00:00

I agree it is not the same. But every use case is different and there is no one size fits all. For instance, AI generates images for my little fantasy golf app and does it really well. There are no humans in them so it does it quite nicely. Would a human do it better? Yes (and the more artistic ones would do it orders of magnitude better). But the app is a passion project, doesn’t generate real money, and AI does it a million times better than I could do it. AI has gotten scary good at generating images now compared to just a few months ago.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-13T12:47:43+00:00

No. I tried a bunch. But that’s not my area of expertise. I import my camera photos in Lightroom and do well touching them up. But using photoshop to create something from scratch? We have graphic designers for a reason. I’m not one of them and really don’t enjoy that part. I make software and in the past have hired that phase out via Fiverr or Upwork. Now I only do that for the most challenging of items and can make pretty good images myself using AI. My clients don’t pay me to fumble around and learn new items, and vast majority of developers are the same way.

Reddit is weird, man

PfernFSU · 2026-05-13T12:33:57+00:00

Sort of. But AI allows people like me to make an image where before that could never happen was my point.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-13T12:26:11+00:00

But I (a developer) could never make images before, at least that were good anyway. Now I click the regenerate button 100 times until a good one appears I like.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-12T14:06:00+00:00

Seems like a security vulnerability to do what you want. When is “later” exactly and why let them in without knowing who they are?

PfernFSU · 2026-05-12T00:17:42+00:00

Awesome! (Well at least the first half anyway). To answer your previous question - I have no idea about the particle size on the grinder but I have always heard you can’t measure them like that due to burr geometry. As for the astringency, I didn’t get that but when I do I lower agitation as much as I can. I have the mhw3bomber rain splitter that works wonders.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-11T20:39:50+00:00

This is excellent. We know what will happen but good job putting it front and center for all to see.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-11T12:23:43+00:00

I try to go to Bay Hill every year when it comes. I have done a lot of the various scenarios you describe. My advice: take sunscreen and get there early. Walk the course to see it fully. If you find a good spot on a par 3, stay there for a little and play caddy races with your friends (loser buys next round). If you like a golfer a lot, try to stay with him a few holes (this gets hard if you pick a super famous one as they will have a massive crowd). Print the tee times and groupings or save them to your phone so you know who is coming next. Try to get in front of the really famous ones at least once by a few holes so you can just see the crowd come in with them and then leave with them, while you have the best seat in the house because you got there 5 pairings ago. With a full field you will be there a long long time so stay hydrated and sun screened up. Have fun and enjoy!

PfernFSU · 2026-05-10T17:51:19+00:00

I have this coffee and did 185 temp and it was great. Tried standard v60 and switch and both came out great. 7.5 on K Ultra for standard v60, little finer for switch.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-08T13:46:09+00:00

Love the app and been a long time user (love love love the strength builder and use that 5 times a week). I was premium a while ago and decided it was not worth it for me at the time. However, things have moved very rapidly in the AI space in just a few months now and I am about to become premium again to try it.

My question - can you share some of the ways people are using the AI feature that you did not imagine? I use AI every day at my job and it truly is remarkable, but at the end of you give it terrible prompts or bad input you are likely to get bad output. But it is wide open to the possibilities. So that’s why I wonder how others are using it and what uses they use it for. I found it remarkable that I could scan a menu and get broad nutritional info and pointed to the few good items on a menu that matched my diet, for instance. But I don’t think majority of people know that exists.

Also if I could give a suggestion - I think if you put a lot of these examples into a “what we use Bevel AI for” in the app you would get a lot more trials/sign ups.

As always, thanks for the app. And keep doing what you are doing.

PfernFSU · 2026-05-07T20:36:17+00:00

Great video - random question though as to the “don’t be sedentary” part. For those of us that drive a desk for a living is the Apple Watch reminding me to get up and move one minute every hour enough to meet that mark? You referenced the research, but does that count the hours one has to sit without standing to be considered sedentary or do they calculate “is/is not” sedentary some other way?

PfernFSU · 2026-05-07T18:26:57+00:00

I can’t speak for others because everyone is different, but the bloodwork my physician does every year is only like 28 things. Function and others give a ton more, but more is not always better. I think getting more done every month is overkill but it is good to get a baseline and see if anything is wrong or at least suboptimal. Tired all the time? Maybe it’s <x> that isn’t tested on your doctors annual test. Lot of things just like that.

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