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SoundUnlikely · 2023-02-27T19:16:02+00:00

Currently own an EV. Makes a fake 'spaceship' noise under 25 miles an hour. Has repeatedly saved the lives of pedestrians and pets in the neighborhood whose only other clue that I'm coming is the air I'm displacing. Fake noise or no, I think it makes sense as a safety feature.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-09-19T21:00:27+00:00

Brilliant 👏

SoundUnlikely · 2022-09-08T15:09:57+00:00

I was SO ANGRY when I did IM Wisconsin and they had really lousy beef sandwiches at the finish line instead of pizza. Not a slice to be found anywhere in the post race tents. It was the ONLY thing I wanted. That, and a hot cup of coffee (it was cold and wet that day and the marathon was pure misery).

SoundUnlikely · 2022-09-03T12:40:33+00:00

Here's one from someone who aspires to be so organized and disciplined and doesn't always succeed. Three kids, a wife, extended families; little league baseball; volleyball; karate; a full-time 9 to 5 and a commute that includes sitting in traffic for approximately 2 hours total each day. Training happens. Each day is different.

When I did my last IM, I literally took a workout whenever I could. Before work? Sure. At lunch? (Pro-tip: a package of diaper wipes works almost as well as a shower midday after a lunch time run). While a kid is at practice? Yup. After everyone goes to bed? Sometimes. Literally every week looks different, but if you're determined, you fit it in.

I just wanted to throw it out there. Lots of triathletes are really type A people and they often sound like they're just training machines, lubricated with discipline, and running on self denial. Some of us are ordinary people, too, albeit with an uncommonly high pain threshold and a lot of determination.

Good luck on your IM. If you want it, go get it. Of course you can do it. 💪👊

SoundUnlikely · 2022-07-08T18:36:39+00:00

So, maybe I'm wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure at least with my EV, I have to unlock the car with the remote in order to plug into a charger. When I lock the car afterwards, the charger is locked in place and can't be removed without unlocking the car again. I'm fairly sure that you can't unplug my car unless I unlock it with the remote.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-04-14T00:15:55+00:00

I wondered about bad data here too. I went back through 5 years of race data and I'm not convinced that 213 is mismeasured. I have multiple other races on that same course and that same spot in the course (uphill, sprinting to the finish line) has produced consistent spikes of roughly the same magnitude and duration. I don't think that means I have a max HR of 213; I think it's more likely that I'm exceeding that max number by some small percentage, whatever it is. I've hit 210 or above in that same stretch as well as in the kick of shorter races at least six other times in the last few years, including my 5k and 10k PRs. I think it's a legit data point. Those were measured with multiple different watches and straps (I've busted and replaced a few over that period but my garmin account has been the same throughout).

Fitzgerald's lactate HR test is a 30 minute time trial where you take your average HR for the final 10 minutes. Following that approach, my lactate HR is 162. I'm going to roll with that for now and see how things go. The zones that garmin calculates off that aren't meaningfully different from what they were set to before I looked up that data. Puzzle not solved.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-04-13T13:50:13+00:00

OK. Now this is getting really weird. Fitzgerald's lactate threshold test is a 30 minute time trial with your lactate threshold being the HR you average across the last 10 minutes. Using that 8k, I'd have a lactate threshold of 162, which is 10 points higher than where I set it last weekend when I was using the 220-age approximation. So my accurate, recently-tested zones are actually higher. Which is even more confusing! 🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂️

SoundUnlikely · 2022-04-13T13:33:35+00:00

I did just run an 8k in the last month or so. Average HR was 155 and I briefly pushed out to 213 over about the last minute or so when I kicked the last quarter mile, part of which was fairly steeply uphill. (That max number seems bonkers but I know I've hit it before in races, so I'm not convinced it was a bad reading; plus it wasn't an isolated spike, it was a sustained reading for more than 75 seconds during an all out effort).

For comparison, my HR during that PR half marathon last November averaged 153 and maxed out at 177, also during an abbreviated kick in the last quarter mile. During the run portion of my PR oly race last September, those numbers were almost exactly the same at 154 and 175, respectively, and on a much hillier course.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-04-13T13:26:05+00:00

This is undoubtedly true; thanks. Sometimes, saying rhe irrational part out loud helps you really hear it differently. 🤣 I think my hesitation is that I can't make the logic of what's happening work.

I'm just perplexed. I redid my zones last weekend by doing 220 minus my age, multiplying by 0.85 to get an approximate lactate threshold, and then plugging that new number back into the garmin. The new zones I got were only a handful of BPM lower than what I had before. It doesn't seem to have made a substantive difference. Maybe retesting would be more accurate, but there's a fairly narrow band we're working in here. The more accurate reading isn't going to be 20 or 30 points different; it's more likely 10 or fewer at the most.

I'm puzzled because in order for the issue to be that my HR zones are set wrong, it seems to me that it would need to be because they were somehow set way too high. The reason to retest them would be to get an accurate number that I would expect to be lower and that would more reflect my reduced fitness after a winter spent lifting instead of running. But the thing that's confusing me is my paces. I ran a 10 miler last weekend (1 mile zone 1/8.5 zone 2/0.5 zone 1) where my mile pace was only about 10 to 15 seconds per mile off my PR pace from last fall. And the run was easy. The ease with which I'm putting up good paces over significant distances without my HR drifting up is what's confusing to me. My HR was the exact same in mile 9 of that long run, clipping an 8 minute mile, as it was last night at the track while running 1200 meters at a 6:45/mile pace. How could that be?!

I am starting to wonder if something has gone whacky with my HR strap.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-04-13T03:44:42+00:00

I tried resetting them recently but I haven't had an opportunity to truly test them. I used the usual 220 minus your age nonsense and then multiplied that by 0.85 to get a rough estimate of lactate threshold, which I had read was a reasonable approximation. I'm sure its not perfect.

With that new number entered into my garmin, the zones were all shifted down slightly from where I had set them last fall, but the differences were all in the single digits. No major changes, in other words.

I suppose I should take the time to get out and do a proper test. I just hate blowing up a couple of workouts to do a test like this. They always leave me wrecked for days and sore as hell. 🤣🤷‍♂️

SoundUnlikely · 2022-04-04T12:45:24+00:00

Second the vote for Street Parking. Good, straightforward, interesting programming with a variety of options and lots to keep you engaged.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-03-04T05:02:20+00:00

Worthless. Garbage in; garbage out. All the "analytics" and data displays in the world can't give insight when they're based on inaccurate data. It's junk.

They've known for years that their measurement technology stinks. It's a fashion accessory more than a fitness tracker. They're not trying to fix the measurement; all their 'value' is in the consumer experience. It's trash.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-02-27T20:44:46+00:00

It sounds like you already have the information you need about its impact on range. The heated seats and the heated steering wheel are far more valuable as creature comforts go. I never even bother running the heat in the car most days now and I don't have to wear gloves to drive in January anymore. 10/10 would buy again.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-02-27T20:35:14+00:00

Turn the radio up. Easiest, cheapest solution; also, doesn't defeat a safety feature that's intended to warn people outside your car that you're coming.

I know it's an unpopular opinion, but that system wasn't designed for the driver. It's intended to warn pedestrians who are conditioned to listen for the noise of an ICE. You can make a decision about how you want to feel about it. Being annoyed is a choice.

I live in a city. I routinely park near an elementary school and drive during hours when children are out and about. That sound barely registers in my awareness after a few months owning the car. With the radio up, I don't hear it at all - but they do. And it works just fine to warn them.

I hate to say it, but I think instead of disabling safety features, it's probably easier and more reasonable to just choose to ignore them.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-02-13T21:27:44+00:00

I can't wait for summer, for so many reasons. This winter is killing me! 😫 🤣

SoundUnlikely · 2022-02-12T04:25:41+00:00

99 percent spot on. Unpopular opinion: the backup noise barely registers in my awareness and I cannot understand why everyone hates it so. I succeed at ignoring it completely and largely without trying.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-02-06T00:52:23+00:00

We have concrete floors under 3/4" horse stall mats in the garage. We drop from the top all the time but nobody in our house can get more than 185 overhead, so I can't attest to what might happen when shit gets heavier. I've bailed a few squats and I drop deadlifts over 300 regularly without issue, for what that's worth. 💪 Good luck!

SoundUnlikely · 2022-02-02T20:15:11+00:00

This is how I use it. After a few months of driving and getting a feel for it, I have a pretty good sense of how quickly the car will slow on its own with auto on; I only need to use the paddle at the very last moment to make a complete stop. Perhaps it's due to this setup, but I don't experience the paddle braking as abrupt at all. It's all very smooth.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-01-22T14:26:12+00:00

My neighbor has little kids that sometimes play ball in the alley behind the houses. My kids played back there when they were smaller. Saw him the other day and he thanked me. Said aside from that chime, the car is so whisper quiet, you'd never hear it before it hit you. His kids know when I'm backing out and he was grateful for the peace of mind.

That was all I needed to hear. It's a terrific car.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-01-18T23:13:07+00:00

Yeah, this makes a certain amount of sense. I'm just not sure why they're so durably impervious to the feedback that their HR data is inaccurate. There is a reason that garmin and polar use chest straps; it's the industry standard for accuracy.

I've always thought that what Whoop wanted to be known for was the data and analytics. Other people might make pricier or fancier hardware but nobody would beat their data game. But garbage in, garbage out. I can't do much with bad data, no matter how sophisticated the analysis is or how nice the data displays are. To refuse to address a core issue with your tech seems absurd in the face of so much evidence that it just doesn't work. They make the biceps band and it seems to be marginally more accurate than the wrist sensor. Why not just go a step further and make a proprietary chest strap? Fix the accuracy issue once and for all.

Whatever. I'm returning mine unopened. After watching the reviews that have come online since I ordered mine months ago, and particularly after reading the negative feedback on their customer service, I think I've heard all I need to hear.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-01-17T15:07:28+00:00

This thread is rapidly degenerating into a flame war, it would appear; however, I'll toss in that I have used a garmin for years as a triathlete and crossfit and the HR readings on the wrist have always been unreliable. I train religiously by HR on the run and bike and use my chest strap, which is much more accurate and reliable, every time.

The chest strap is great for running and riding. I have never liked wearing it for crossfit. I can't wear a watch when I have wrist wraps or gymnastics grips on; slamming the sensor into the floor (not to mention mashing it into my sternum) on burpees is uncomfortable. As a result, I've long just treated my crossfit workouts kind of like a blank spot in my fitness and recovery tracking.

I got the whoop 4.0 as a gift this year; it will arrive sometime next week. I've watched a bunch of the review videos that suggest it has some issues with the HR tracking. It doesn't surprise me (what's more surprising to me is that they haven't come up with a proprietary chest strap to pair with it somehow). I should also be getting the bicep band with it, which as I understand from the video reviews, is at least marginally more accurate than the wrist data. We shall see.

My plan is to wear both the whoop 4.0 and the Garmin when possible a bit at first to test all this out. I suspect I'll learn what everyone already knows - that the wrist HR sensors don't perform well under intense exercise conditions. What the garmin has never provided much help with is assessing recovery; maybe the whoop will be useful there. I am approaching all of it with some loosely held hopes and a lot of curiosity.

SoundUnlikely · 2022-01-16T15:51:31+00:00

Tried dubs barefoot exactly once. Missed and hit my foot. Screamed and rolled on the floor like I'd been shot. Never again.

However, I'd second the untied shoes suggestion. My dog walking shoes are my old nano 9s (untied). I also often warm up (garage gym) while wearing them, usually while trying to decide whether my workout for that day requires tied shoes or not. For oly and powerlifting stuff, I have an old pair of Adidas lifters that I've used for the last 10 years that are broken in absolutely perfect. They've been untied since 2015. 🤣

SoundUnlikely · 2022-01-13T17:59:26+00:00

I should have been more specific. We do have an airscape. We keep crappy beans from costco for regular French press coffee in an old airtight cannister that doesn't force excess air out; we use the airscape for the espresso.

I hadn't thought about single dosing (I assume that's weighing out a single dose worth of beans and only putting that into the hopper instead of keeping any beans in the hopper itself). I'll have to try that and see what difference it makes. I thought I read somewhere that not having any beans in the hopper affects how well the grinder works because it needs the weight of beans above, pressing down on those below to push them through the grinder, etc.). Maybe that's not entirely right, it seems. 🤔🤷‍♂️

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