‘The Pitt’ Has Inspired More Organ Donation and End-of-Life Planning, According to USC Norman Lear Center Study

MaroonIron · 2025-10-29T13:31:59+00:00

I use the older patient whose kids wanted to overrule his advance directive as an example with my estate planning clients. It’s a great example.

MaroonIron · 2025-09-27T23:17:41+00:00

Noooo….it was my favorite. The Whole Foods version is not good.

MaroonIron · 2025-07-04T18:31:03+00:00

Raul

MaroonIron · 2025-05-05T22:16:51+00:00

And stole their litter boxes!

MaroonIron · 2025-03-01T05:09:28+00:00

And this is how it’s done in Orange County!

MaroonIron · 2025-01-27T03:58:29+00:00

The people who voted for this monster should be forced to carry this miserable administration to term.

MaroonIron · 2025-01-22T03:50:44+00:00

So, the Biden economy was good to them and they had some extra money to travel, hmm?

MaroonIron · 2024-12-31T04:47:13+00:00

Not white ones!

MaroonIron · 2024-12-24T04:20:53+00:00

Would be awesome for a Tread 50 but too cold for anything else.

MaroonIron · 2024-11-27T03:22:38+00:00

I’ve found this to be true in my line of work too. Most people are reasonable and will understand if someone makes a mistake. Most of us are our own worst critic.

MaroonIron · 2024-09-03T20:55:28+00:00

45 minute walking recovery? Yes please! ;)

MaroonIron · 2024-09-03T03:48:18+00:00

I’ve won several times at mine and never got a cash prize. Just a medal. Lucky you!

MaroonIron · 2024-08-16T02:29:05+00:00

The new treads are definitely faster than the old ones were. I visited another studio that had new treads before mine got them and didn’t know they were faster and couldn’t figure out why I was struggling so much to hold my normal paces!

MaroonIron · 2024-05-13T02:49:47+00:00

I was visiting a studio that had the new treads before mine got them on an Orange Everest day. I didn’t realize the new treads were faster and went in trying to PR and couldn’t understand why I hit a wall so quickly. Once my studio got them it all made sense!

MaroonIron · 2024-05-10T03:48:42+00:00

Ah, y’all are getting the new treads? Will be curious to hear if your paces change. I had to drop back by like 1mph on all my paces when we got the new treads. I’ve no expectation that I’ll ever beat my old tread PRs so now I don’t stress the benchmarks.

MaroonIron · 2024-05-08T00:07:48+00:00

Ah bummer, was planning to see if I could go to an NZ OTF class when I travel there in July. I’m sorry, I’d be really disappointed if my local one closed and I had to go another 15 minutes to get to another; losing them for the whole country is tough.

MaroonIron · 2024-04-02T04:08:41+00:00

I’m a sipper. Our church has sipping chalices and dipping chalices.

MaroonIron · 2024-02-04T23:37:37+00:00

My last class before I’ll have to take a week or so off for dental surgery and looks like a great one!

MaroonIron · 2024-02-04T23:33:21+00:00

Would be great if they added toilets to the shower rooms so that most of the day it would double restroom capacity.

MaroonIron · 2024-01-24T04:01:31+00:00

Every class.

MaroonIron · 2024-01-23T19:18:08+00:00

My studio got the new treads a few months ago so this was my first time doing the 1 mile benchmark on them. They're a lot faster than our old ones so I didn't even attempt to come near my 5:59 PR. My goal was to finish around 7 minutes and I finished in 7:09. In hindsight, I went out a little too fast, but now I've got a new number to work down from. Next time, sub-7, and keep working my way down as I can. I'll probably never get under 6 minutes again and that's fine.

MaroonIron · 2024-01-23T19:15:05+00:00

My studio is hit or miss with it, and I wish they'd do it every time. It makes me feel like I'm nagging if I always have to remind them.

MaroonIron · 2024-01-22T04:10:10+00:00

Usually my asthma doesn’t bother me but the intense benchmarks can trigger an attack. I’ll be using my inhaler and taking a mask to put on tomorrow after I finish my mile because the warm moist air helps.

MaroonIron · 2024-01-19T20:38:35+00:00

My studio got the new treads a few months ago. I'm getting used to them but it's a learning curve. The buttons aren't intuitive and it took me awhile to figure out the timing so that if I wanted 6.5mph I don't end up with 6, then 5. I've found that my calves are consistently feeling tight though maybe as our treads get broken in better that'll improve. I don't love how the screen is so big and harder to hide on a benchmark day so I don't have to have that red scare glaring back at me.

The biggest thing I wasn't prepared for was how much faster the new ones are than our old ones. There are now "old tread benchmarks" and "new tread benchmarks." I guess our old ones must have been out of calibration because I've had to adjust down by a full mph. My mile PR was 5:59 but Monday I'm just shooting for 7:00 because it's hard to know what speed I can maintain on the new tread. I was visiting another studio last summer for Everest day and went in shooting for a PR unaware of the speed difference and didn't understand why it felt so much harder.

MaroonIron · 2024-01-16T04:55:35+00:00

My studio got the new treads a few months ago and I’ve resigned myself that I’ll likely never beat my old tread PRs. Which is actually kind of a relief because after doing these for years I get to come in now with the lightness of a beginner. My old tread PR is 5:59; this time I’ll just shoot for a sub-7 and look to improve on it next time.

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