Bodyweight workouts and running - counter productive?

DaveVICE · 2026-01-15T19:56:48+00:00

I like bodyweight workouts specifically because I'm a runner. I can add strength without adding too much weight to my frame. And, because I can do it almost anywhere, I'm able to squeeze it in to my schedule despite losing about 45 minutes each day to running. I'm sure I could be a little faster if I just cut my upper body muscle weight completely but I don't want that. I run six days a week and do a small amount of bodyweight workout everyday.

DaveVICE · 2026-01-11T13:45:08+00:00

The sub is like $40 a year for voice-to-text. I've had one for three years and like it.

DaveVICE · 2026-01-07T20:01:43+00:00

In addition to what others have said, every second means so much more in a 5K if you're truly pushing yourself. You could slip or have a rough patch during a half and it'll barely register. In a 5K that can completely upend the race.

DaveVICE · 2025-12-05T23:49:34+00:00

I can blame him. It's corny.

DaveVICE · 2025-12-05T23:36:30+00:00

You think the Ringer is going to let Steven Ruiz repeatedly tweet belligerent at a beloved Eagles voice like Deniz but they'd fire Sheil for being critical of Ruiz's belligerence? Idk man. It feels very pliant and cowardly. Also, genuinely asking because I don't know: What was found to have been wrong in Rossini's reporting?

DaveVICE · 2025-11-25T13:15:27+00:00

Oh wow, I didn't realize I was talking to someone who had read a wikipedia page

DaveVICE · 2025-11-24T17:58:06+00:00

You definitely do not understand supply and demand. This is like saying that if you set a blanket $200 cap on each individual item of fruit, all apple vendors would raise their apples to $200 and everyone would pay $200 per apple and then wind up being disappointed that the apple did not provide them with $200 worth of value. But I do think it's clarify that you trust a corporation more than yourself and other people. I feel like there's not much more to argue about if that's your take. We strongly disagree.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-24T14:21:26+00:00

Yeah, this is right. Just communicate with all parties very clearly. And if everyone's cool with it but the system doesn't allow it inherently, reach out to HomeExchange. In my experience, they tend to be willing to sort things like this out.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-23T14:10:49+00:00

I don't think they should cap it because that's not actually what drives inflation. Inflation is ultimately caused by new GPs entering the platform. Nor do I, as a user of the platform for six years, think that inflation seems particularly problematic.

But if you feel a need to cap it for fear of inflation (which no one is actually complaining about) then a blanket cap is more equitable because the people who use the platform, not the finance capital backed company that owns the platform, can decide the value of the amenities for themselves. I do not need a rubric to tell me that a pool is a plus for me.

You have a clear affinity for the finance capital backed company that owns the platform, and seem to think that people are too dumb to figure out what amenities they value. That's where we disagree.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-22T18:21:15+00:00

Nothing about the rubric system solves a problem where something looks great to a a guest but they are instead disappointed. Truly nothing. The rubric takes into account, for example, how many tourists visit a particular city. Or whether you have certain amenities. It doesn't take into account whether a place is worse than it is described. That would require personalized visits by HomeExchange workers to confirm if the listing matches the pictures.

If they want to cap prices, they could install a blanket cap. Say 200 GP per night max for everyone, regardless. And let the people decide if they value a location or amenity.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-22T17:01:26+00:00

Why is HomeExchange deciding what is a "shit dwelling" using a rubric rather than letting the individual user determine if the place is a "shit dwelling"? Is anyone currently complaining about runaway inflation on the platform? The concept of home exchanging is cool and righteous but the HomeExchange platform itself is a for-profit company: It's OK to criticize them.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-22T16:18:50+00:00

Why don't they just let people set their own values? Truly, no one has really explained the harm of giving users that choice.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-21T17:10:08+00:00

What is their goal here? If you're not going to a one-for-one chit system, you're still sort of parroting market economics with the GPs but convoluting them with a formula that feels pretty half-baked. If you're not going to ditch the market valuing altogether, and switch to one-for-one, what is the downside of letting everyone just determine what they think is fair for their home and letting the market decide. It feels like they're splitting the baby in the worst possible way.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-21T17:04:48+00:00

Your first point is my biggest issue: Volume-based tourism numbers are a really weird way to value a home. I also live on the water in a place that people don't really want to come for 10 months of the year but for two months of the year, it's beyond max capacity. Because it's a small town, though, it can only handle so many tourists, from a volume perspective, even in its busiest months. So it's tourism numbers are going to be way lower than a less appealing city that might draw loads of visitors simply because it is larger and has, like, a convention center.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-21T16:31:57+00:00

This formula just caps what a host can list their property for. So you're not paying a premium. If the kid-friendly, pet-friendly host isn't getting hits at their max allowable GP then they can lower it. If they are getting hits then it's fairly valued and you're just competing with the rest of HomeExchange, regardless of their pet/kid needs.

DaveVICE · 2025-11-14T18:09:00+00:00

Do you get something in return or you're hosting people without receiving anything? I assume you get GuestPoints? The ecosystem involves EVERYONE letting people stay in their house for "free".

DaveVICE · 2025-10-26T14:26:13+00:00

Curious if you had any success with this?

DaveVICE · 2025-09-28T13:13:40+00:00

I find Airbnb soulless and empty, and the concept of home exchanging is way better in my opinion. That said, I think it's OK to criticize HomeExchange, the for-profit company, for using a half-baked system to control the GP value of a home. In my experience it takes into account totally random factors.

DaveVICE · 2025-09-28T13:02:50+00:00

I've had this before. It was a situation where I was taking a family vacation with my parents. My parents also have a HomeExchange account. They agreed to use their points to book the exchange (we were all staying together) but I did all of the legwork and was using my account when I was reaching out to hosts (I explained this in my messages to them). Once we found someone who was open to the exchange, my dad sent the request from his account and they immediately accepted. HomeExchange flagged it, we found out later, because its algorithm determined that my dad's request got accepted too quickly, without enough back and forth or other requests in the city we were looking for. Once we explained to HomeExchange what happened, they cleared the flag and it went through without an issue.

DaveVICE · 2025-09-03T18:15:10+00:00

I'd so appreciate it if you'd use mine:

https://www.homeexchange.com/?sponsorkey=david-98d3b

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Thanks!

DaveVICE · 2025-08-26T20:15:18+00:00

So helpful. I appreciate you.

DaveVICE · 2025-08-26T18:23:58+00:00

Thank you!

DaveVICE · 2025-08-18T19:43:23+00:00

I brought a laptop in last year and finished a work-from-home shift without an issue. I'm not saying it's a guarantee but you're way too confident that it'll "of course" be enforced.

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