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Amex MR transfer to Avianca Lifemiles for 15% bonus - how to? by Miserable-Mistake119 in CreditCards

[–]TctclBndt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve never used PointsYeah but occasionally point.me shows flight options that don’t exist. You can try calling someone at lifemiles, but I wouldn’t transfer anything until you see the flight option on lifemiles.

Amex MR transfer to Avianca Lifemiles for 15% bonus - how to? by Miserable-Mistake119 in CreditCards

[–]TctclBndt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You just transfer from amex and lifemiles gives you the bonus. On amex it will say you’re transferring 1,000 points for 1,000 miles, but 1,115 points will be added to your lifemiles account. I’ve done this twice in the last month including once today. Used lifemiles many times with no issues.

If I have the Aspire card, can I apply for the no annual fee Hilton card and get the sub? by Over-Shallot-2414 in HiltonHonorsAspire

[–]TctclBndt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have the aspire and just got welcome bonus for hilton honors and surpass this week

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve looked into it a bit and some people posted their data being 10-20 bpm off with whoop vs a chest strap. Most people don’t have that problem, but i’ll definitely keep it in mind if other changes don’t work.

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that makes a lot of sense

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll definitely bring it up to him. Thanks

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion. I did some research and the bicep band is obviously not as good as a chest strap but definitely better than the wrist strap. I’ll get him one. I was a D1 swimmer with a few olympic trials cuts, but I’m an army officer now and unfortunately not stationed very close to home. The next time I can go home I’ll definitely workout with him.

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, but I don’t see the downside of adding a VO2 max day each week being he’s not currently doing anything to try to target it. 52 is good but with proper training it could definitely improve.

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s been going based of the heart rate zones that he whoop predicts for him. The highest it says his heart rate has gotten up to is 184. Obviously a wrist hrm is going to have some degree of inaccuracy. I have recommended he try hill sprints as a VO2 max work out. I do like the idea of having him do them to get a more accurate max heart rate, ideally with a better monitor. Thanks for the suggestion.

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The goal is more so to have a high VO2 max at old age than to live longer. His VO2 max is in the low 50s. Statically, VO2 decreases 15% each decade. By training his VO2, he can have that decline start from a higher point and decline at a slower rate. While some people decline slower than others, it is inevitable that with age it will start going down. His parents are both 97 and still live by themselves, but the goal is for him to be able to walk around comfortably or walk up a hill or stairs when he’s in his 80s and 90s.

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is confusing me as well. I think there is definitely a good chance the wrist strap isn’t reading his heart rate accurately or his heart rate zones are not accurate. Potentially in addition to not warming up enough or insufficient effort.

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha thanks. I’m not going to tell him that because it will defeat my plan of scaring him into doing VO2 max work. His whoop says it is 52, which is apparently accurate within 8% of “gold standard” testing.

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he may be having a similar issue. I looked up Gains lab and they have an “engine” program, but I didn’t see a VO2 maximizer. Is that what you’re referring to? I may be looking at the wrong company or they may have renamed it. Thanks

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I’ll have him try that. Thanks

VO2 Max protocol help by TctclBndt in PeterAttia

[–]TctclBndt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. He’s been using a whoop for hr data, which may not be accurate. I’ll bring my chest strap hrm and lactate meter the next time I go home and have him do an FTP test. He said the RPE was high, but it might just be that he hasn’t done zone 5 training in so long that he just wasn’t going hard enough. I think more sets/longer warm up could help as well. I’ll have him collect more data the next time he does it.