Recent content by Leonidas

Leading up to my competition in June my training was focused on maintaining strength and developing endurance. I took most July off to travel and in August we started a new three month cycle to build a new base of power and strength. It's weigh-lifting centric for sure: 4 week micro cycles...

A lot of factors can cause a higher than accurate reading of bac in breathe tests, and that's why there is always a period of observation - often videotaped - before a breathe test is administered. But something as simple as a burp right before or during the test can cause a higher reading...

So this is not a quote from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. It comes from a 1930 Virginia state Supreme Court ruling regarding a municipal ordinance requiring drivers to have a local permit to drive in that particular city, and whether the revocation of that permit applied to a particular driver...

I haven't encountered that using iPhone 6 Plus and Waze. The music still plays while the Waze voice comes on, but it is slightly muted while the app is speaking. The Waze app far outshines Google maps when it comes to directing me around traffic congestion as it develops. I keep it on "fastest...

I only use my iPhone and the Waze app when driving. Waze is far superior to Google maps and the native Apple map app. When I'm in town I turn the Waze app on, plug the phone into the data/charger cable in the center console storage, and just listen to the voice prompts. If I'm away from home...

We just got back from Europe last week and we used Uber in Paris (we were close to everything in Ibiza so we just walked), and tried to use it in Rome but the app showed no cars available. The rides in Paris were great and even though almost none of the drivers spoke English (most cab drivers...

My father died of natural causes when I was in my early 20's, and he left behind a decent inheritance. The assets were managed by a local bank and I left them there because I didn't have a clue what to do with and the emotional guilt over gaining wealth as a result of my father's early death...

I'm another Houstonian who loves uber. I haven't used a taxi in almost a year since discovering this amazing service. When I go out of town I just uber to the airport and back if I'm going to be gone longer than 2-3 days because it's cheaper than driving and parking at the airport. I also...

Weightlifting has been the cure for all my joint problems Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

I drank at least 3 liters a day of water and usually more. Two of the three will be enhanced with electrolytes, amino energy mix or bcaa's. I'm in training for an athletic event so my needs are different. Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

For me, the quality of the life I have left is more important than how much longer I live. I want to be active as close to the moment I kick the bucket as possible.

Actually, I think hiit's advantage is that it is good for fat burning without much risk of losing muscle mass. You will burn some glucose, and the muscles affected will temporarily increase their sensitivity to insulin, but I don't think it's very significant. Long, slow cardio will burn a...

We eat the same way. I've been eating liking that for years, and was before I worked with the nutritionist. What she did, as best as I can determine, was a metabolism reset diet. It included eating five times a day, no meal closer than one hour to the other, and no meals farther apart than...

Exercise helps with weight loss, but 80% of body composition is a result of what you eat. It will definitely help, but as the saying goes, "you can't out exercise bad nutrition". I dropped weight by eating right, dropped some more by exercising, but when I worked with a nutritionist and ate...

It's helped transform my life. In 2011, everything was going wrong with me physically, and my mental faculties were being impacted negatively as well. I didn't get my testosterone levels checked until 2013, by which time I had been eating right, sleeping better and exercising with an...