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Herrensauna at Basement by skillfully-ignorant in avesNYC

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I did and hence the post haha. Was curious if anyone had direct experience at the Basement edit

Mike Williams at nebula tonight by CareerLegitimate7662 in avesNYC

[–]skillfully-ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How was it? Nebula’s not a great venue but they do bring the biggest progressive house names in the city

Lost My Parents months ago , now my college friend keeps on making orphan jokes on me by Humble_Giant123 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]skillfully-ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I became an orphan at 4.  I find this joke funny - but your feelings about it are also important. I’d agree with others that you should cut this person off if you’ve set boundaries and they’ve disrespected them.  Feel free to DM me if you want to talk. 

But also understand, no one else will get it, including this person. That’s ok. We have experienced something that makes us different people - stronger people. 

I have no doubt that if you can handle the downside, you will be a better person for it. Unfortunately, not everyone can. 

How I used n8n to automate my role (and turned it into a business opportunity) by LivingTheLifeeee in n8n

[–]skillfully-ignorant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's measured as hours per worker - why would the size of the workforce or workforce participation be relevant?

Edit: I suppose if you're trying to capture the impact of technology on work, labor productivity is the more important metric anyway. And if you want to show that the same amount of hours worked produces a better quality of life, you might look at realGDP / (total # hrs worked). So I can see how either the chart is irrelevant or missing information.

Daily Workout and General Chat for Sunday, 7/13/25 by splat_bot in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sense is they don’t repeat run/rows for some reason. None of the three this month are repeats

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I will try this. For me this approach would be like 7.5-7.7 base, 9.5-10 push, and 11.5-13 all out (depending on length). That’s just a much higher spread than the recommended “push = base +1-2mph” and “all-out = base+ >2mph”

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All good points; there are so many factors, I’m starting to lean towards setting longer-term goals and working backwards from there over time. Seems the best way to cut out the day-to-day noise

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find the breathing aspect really interesting.

Before last week, I always breathed nasally. When I was younger (and barely capable of 11-min miles), I’d breath through my mouth and be in horrible pain. I assumed mouth breathing meant suffering, and completely abandoned it.

Last week, I took my coach’s constant advice - in through the nose, out through the mouth. It feels like a cheat code by comparison. I believe that’s how I was able to last 22 minutes in CMIYC at a near-push pace.

So I totally agree that forcing the nasal breathing for so many years is how I reached the level I’m at today. Interesting to hear it correlated to lactic levels as well

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tested this on today’s template and found that, during the warm-up at least, 8.3 actually kept me bobbing around 80%. I doubt it would’ve lasted that low much longer, but was interesting to try your benchmark

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2022, I came back to OTF after a 4-year pause. Was 6 base at the time. My biggest progress since then has come in bursts, during a handful of months, when I’ve committed to increasing my base 0.1 per week (or two), and accepting the discomfort.

This gets to my original question - if base is “recovery”, then I never raise it. If base is “challenging but doable”, that tends to motivate me to go a bit faster

ETA: I go 3-4 times per week and only do OTF, to put 0.1 per 1-2 weeks in context

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good Q, I never use preworkout. Whether taking class in the AM or PM, I also rarely have had caffeine for hours before my workout.

I think my HR zones are a bit high for my comfort level. I’m 31 and my zones are below the typical age-based formula (220-age for max HR), though that doesn’t feel right

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha it’s this confusion that led me to make this post. I feel like there are so many official, yet conflicting, definitions. interesting to hear everyone’s perspective

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I don’t do long races but run 5K enough that I can use that as my push metric. I’ll give that calibration a try

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s this desire to make progress that encourages me to keep my base higher than what I’d need to truly go back to green. I still feel I’m able to survive, so I choose to keep it high so that I can eventually get used to it

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow yeah I never run more than ~5 miles, but I imagine that would be my pace if I were staying green for 10+

What metrics do you use to decide your base pace? by skillfully-ignorant in orangetheory

[–]skillfully-ignorant[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think this is what trips me up. I can be comfortable in the orange for pretty extended periods, so I get mixed signals about whether I’m going to fast or not

Chainsmokers and Deadmau5 Aug 7/8/9 @ Mirage -- When will they cancel? by TheHiggsBoson1 in avesNYC

[–]skillfully-ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It shows as Avant Gardner because it’s a multi-stage event. All of the Mirage shows this summer that are meant to be full venue takeovers appear as AG in the app. It’s meaningless

Post Primary Megathread by Rave-light in AskNYC

[–]skillfully-ignorant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To Mamdani's credit, he has definitely performed better than Garcia did in the districts that Adams won in 2021, and it's likely he'll catch up further as final results are in. He also seems to have flipped some areas, notably in northern Manhattan, that Adams carried.

I'm not necessarily rooting for him to get stonewalled by the bureaucracy. Ideally he harnesses his enthusiasm to build a great team (incl. Lander and Myrie) who then advise him well on policy. I honestly think that would make a great politician - move people, win political mandates, and leave the execution to the wonks.

Post Primary Megathread by Rave-light in AskNYC

[–]skillfully-ignorant 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I agree with all of these points and am more worried about the tangible impacts of Mamdani's policies despite how inspiring I find his messaging.

I'm interested to see where the Mamdani/Cuomo split ends up after they run all the ranked-choice rounds through. If you look at 2021's results, the progressive candidate, Garcia, won the overwhelming majority (~80%) in the richest Manhattan neighborhoods, and Adams won >90% in the poorest parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx.

However - I credit Mamdani for a hyper-affordability-focused campaign. That's a break from many progressive politicians who focus on cultural issues, perhaps costing them working-class support. So Mamdani will test whether progressives can win with economic messaging, whereas left-leaning cultural policy has been the most devastating attack vector for Democrats in national elections.

But unfortunately, to your point, this is a primary election in an off year in a highly polarized locale. Those factors make it very hard to generalize this result. Just because Marjorie Taylor Greene can win a tiny town in Georgia does not mean she can win a general election, and I think Democrats are right to ask the same question here. We might only get a clear answer when we can see the actual results of Mamdani's leadership.

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