http://www.aemind.com

http://www.aemind.com

https://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12368246/charts-explain-obesity

https://www.vox.com/2016/8/31/12368246/charts-explain-obesity

http://nautil.us/issue/55/trust/the-resulting-fallacy-is-ruining-your-decisions

http://nautil.us/issue/55/trust/the-resulting-fallacy-is-ruining-your-decisions

https://www.runnersworld.com/5k/10-reasons-the-5k-is-freaking-awesome

https://www.runnersworld.com/5k/10-reasons-the-5k-is-freaking-awesome

https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=899851

https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=899851

Chocolate making

https://www.askinosie.com/learn/chocolate-making.html

https://toirokitchen.com/blogs/recipes

TG176 couchtop

Good talk
http://www.aapm.org/education/vl/vl.asp?id=3232
http://www.aapm.org/education/vl/vl.asp?id=3232

https://www.fastcompany.com/40500514/this-brain-hack-will-help-reframe-your-interpretation-of-reality

https://www.fastcompany.com/40500514/this-brain-hack-will-help-reframe-your-interpretation-of-reality

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4319131.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4319131.htm

https://www.cubeshield.com/most-popular

https://www.cubeshield.com/most-popular

https://jeremykinnick.com/tag/btwb/

https://jeremykinnick.com/tag/btwb/

Advanced 5-k

http://running.competitor.com/2011/06/training/the-10-week-advanced-5k-training-plan_31348/2

Otis Redding: An unfinished life

I have been reading this excellent book since Memorial Day. I stop frequently to listen to songs that are listed in the book from various artists. I will use this post to make a list of all the songs listed in the book. That way i can actually finish the book sometime soon instead of stopping to listen to every song.

https://www.bobbymaximus.com/category/daily-workouts/

https://www.bobbymaximus.com/category/daily-workouts/

https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html

https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/opinion/sunday/why-i-taught-myself-to-procrastinate.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/opinion/sunday/why-i-taught-myself-to-procrastinate.html

Jazz samba album of interest.

https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-samba-mw0000594010
Heard the song
Samba de uma Nota So
In a curated playlist.. This sounds great, so will check out the whole album.

https://www.precisionnutrition.com/eat-well-on-the-go-infographic

https://www.precisionnutrition.com/eat-well-on-the-go-infographic

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/16006011-this-is-the-most-important-thing-you-can-do-each-morning

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/16006011-this-is-the-most-important-thing-you-can-do-each-morning

Oxidative Priority, Meal Frequency, and the Energy Economy of Food and Activity: Implications for Longevity, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Disease

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5326984/

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-secret-to-using-coffee-effectively-2014-2

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-secret-to-using-coffee-effectively-2014-2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_optimization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_optimization

https://www.strongerbyscience.com/concurrent-training/

https://www.strongerbyscience.com/concurrent-training/

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/gut-check-why-and-how-i-worked-off-mybelly/article34616954/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/gut-check-why-and-how-i-worked-off-mybelly/article34616954/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/video-want-to-lose-that-gut-the-globes-dave/video9cdd2cbe-50a1-4043-9e26-76ca25c2a9dc/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/video-want-to-lose-that-gut-the-globes-dave/video9cdd2cbe-50a1-4043-9e26-76ca25c2a9dc/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitness/gelatin-the-sports-worlds-newest-superfood/article36668026/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitness/gelatin-the-sports-worlds-newest-superfood/article36668026/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

https://radiationknowledge.org/

https://radiationknowledge.org/

http://hiconsumption.com/2015/04/best-pour-over-coffee-makers/

http://hiconsumption.com/2015/04/best-pour-over-coffee-makers/

We need to read more....

Good WSJ journal article on how we need to read more.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-need-to-read-1480083086?mod=djmc_gtceng_ema2_stud

Incremental progress thoughts part 2

Incremental progress thoughts part 2

As I mentioned in my introductory post, the time challenges of those who travel are what originally prompted me to investigate the concept of incremental progress.

At its simplest level, if you neglect a skill or hobby, over time that skill will decrease. Even memory falls to the same prey. A German psychologist named Ebbinhaus conducted studies that show that given time, the power of a memory decreases. However his studies also show that with repetition at intervals of increasing length, a person may continue to learn and improve their memory of facts. He created a forgetting curve that was fairly interesting and will be the subject of another post.

However deliberate practice of a skill is important. Repetition of the same fact is good for purposes of trivia, but progress requires new information or challenges. The work of Anders Ericsson in his latest book Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise covers this in great and fascinating detail.

As I write this before work, one of the skills I want to work on is writing. I enjoy reading, however I've never felt my writing skills were great. It's understandable since I rarely practice long form writing.

There are so many areas of life to work on, I'll try to discuss some of the areas i'm most interested in within the next several posts.

------Dave

My thoughts on incremental progress

Incremental progress to me is defined as a measurable improvement in a metric within a certain amount of time.

My interest in this dates back to my time in an engineering job with a moderate travel schedule. I experienced the same challenges as many of my colleagues at this firm; with a busy travel schedule time for other activities and hobbies becomes limited rather quickly.

On the road for example, it was difficult to keep up with my guitar hobby. I am sure I could have brought a guitar on the flight but decided it wasn't worth the hassle. If anything one major issue was my distrust of baggage handlers. Since I only had one electric guitar and one acoustic, I couldn't afford to take the risk of them damaging them.

My exercise schedule was another issue. Since I preferred to lift weights and use running as my cardio, I was limited to using hotel gyms. Hotel gyms leave a dedicated exerciser wanton in many ways. First the dumbbells they have are fairly light. That is probably ok given the fact that the machines in many hotel gyms are worse. A sales guy I worked with told a story of using the lat pull down machine at one hotel. The cable snapped, and as that happened during the pulldown he cranked the bar into his neck.

Hotel gyms have stepped up their game since the 90's but still aren't the best. If you aren't a member of a large chain with reciprocity, your options seemed limited. Bodyweight exercise regimes didn't seem to be as popular. I suppose at the time I would have thought to do pushups and situps, but wasn't creative enough to do anything more. Now bodyweight workouts seem to be popular and a search for a good workout is just a click on a smartphone app away.

In a series of posts I intend to write (because practicing my writing will be a form of incremental progress in itself), I want to explore incremental progress and how I hope to apply it in my life.

----
Dave

Incremental progress

https://medium.com/the-mission/10x-your-results-one-tiny-action-at-a-time-the-power-of-incremental-progress-cda9ed3ff36e

https://www.thebestbrainpossible.com/how-to-optimize-your-mitochondria-for-a-healthier-brain/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/lawn-garden/how-to/a8031/fall-lawn-care-6-steps-to-take-right-now-12437723/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/lawn-garden/how-to/a8031/fall-lawn-care-6-steps-to-take-right-now-12437723/

Quitting caffeine

https://www.mamanatural.com/6-tips-to-help-you-kick-coffee-caffeine/

TG-51 update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mju3YvS31s

TG-51 summary review MD Anderson

http://rpc.mdanderson.org/rpc/Research_tg51/TG-51/TG%2051%20SWAAPM.pdf

Coffee chemistry

https://www.coffeechemistry.com/

Caffeine tolerance reset

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/heres-how-to-undo-a-caffeine-tolerance.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/17/they-could-destroy-the-album-how-spotify-playlists-have-changed-music-for-ever?curator=MediaREDEF

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/17/they-could-destroy-the-album-how-spotify-playlists-have-changed-music-for-ever?curator=MediaREDEF

Spotify playlist

George cahill, ketosis research

http://ltc-ead.nutes.ufrj.br/constructore/objetos/Art%206-M%F3dulo%201.pdf

https://enki.org/2017/08/13/quitting-caffeine/

https://enki.org/2017/08/13/quitting-caffeine/

http://news.mit.edu/2017/blocking-key-enzyme-may-reverse-memory-loss-0808

http://news.mit.edu/2017/blocking-key-enzyme-may-reverse-memory-loss-0808

Book review website

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/

Steinway piano facts

http://www.steinwaypianos.com/159-facts-about-steinway-and-the-pianos-they-build

Understanding of music

http://www.understandingofmusic.com/uoms_site/uoms-files/uploads/2013/09/musiclesson.pdf

Absolute pitch

http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~creel/COGS160/COGS160_files/MiyazakiAPLEARN.pdf

Despacito

https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/pasito-a-pasito-despacito-lyrics-and-meaning

Guitar practice schedule

http://theaspiringguitarist.net/guitar-practice-schedule-create/

https://www.muscleforlife.com/female-muscle-growth/

https://www.muscleforlife.com/female-muscle-growth/

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/scheduling-time-blocks.html

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/scheduling-time-blocks.html

Bannister and others interval training

http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/training-regimens-from-racing-greats

Kamado grill on a budget

https://medium.com/@clarklab/a-beginners-guide-to-kamado-cooking-big-egg-style-on-a-budget-c26eb06b9810

https://www.medicalphysics.org/SimpleCMS.php?content=flashcardfu.php

https://www.medicalphysics.org/SimpleCMS.php?content=flashcardfu.php

MOC info

http://seniorresident.com/2017/02/online-longitudinal-assessment-abr-moc-update-illumedati/

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/04/the-speedy-workout-that-changes-your-brain.html?mid=twitter-share-scienceofus

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/04/the-speedy-workout-that-changes-your-brain.html?mid=twitter-share-scienceofus

Automation

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170522-how-automation-will-affect-you-the-experts-viewhttp://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170522-how-automation-will-affect-you-the-experts-view

Sprinting towards fitness

Sprinting towards fitness

Brew Methods

http://brewmethods.com/

How to biohack without nootropics

Podcast notes

http://podcastnotes.org/2016/04/07/joe-rogan-experience-773-dr-rhonda-patrick/

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/cost-of-getting-lean

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/cost-of-getting-lean

John Berardi intermittent fasting

http://danjohn.net/wp-content/uploads/Intermittent-Fasting_Precision-Nutrition.pdf

Ideal Breakfast

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/eat/what-to-eat-for-breakfast-if-you-want-to-have-a-productive-day/news-story/cd87cc537cf1ed6b9acdc9488b8e62d2

https://main.poliquingroup.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/PrinterFriendly.aspx?ID=1136&lang=EN

https://main.poliquingroup.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/PrinterFriendly.aspx?ID=1136&lang=EN

30 seconds on, 4 minutes rest

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002604951000017X

Eclipse

https://blog.proknowsystems.com/videos/qads-qa-for-eclipse-users/

60 second workouts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GckOynwJ5GY

Breathing

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/03/30/deep-breathing-calms-brain-cell-spy-breath/

weightology

http://weightology.net/free-content/

Proper rowing technique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkMzEXChLc

Productivity 52-17

http://www.bulletproofmusician.com/how-to-intensify-your-focus-and-be-more-productive-with-the-5217-split/

https://chriskresser.com/pills-or-paleo-reversing-heartburn-and-gerd/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/23/purging-the-body-of-retired-cells-could-reverse-ageing-study-shows

carb back loading

http://www.schwarzenegger.com/fitness/post/carb-back-loading-whats-old-is-new

When did Italian replace Latin

http://www.historyextra.com/article/premium/qa-when-did-italian-replace-latin-language-italy

Note taking

http://tim.blog/2007/12/05/how-to-take-notes-like-an-alpha-geek-plus-my-2600-date-challenge/

Dual n back

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/can-you-make-yourself-smarter.html

Soros and Thailand

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-george-soros-broke-the-bank-of-thailand-2016-9

Tea

http://www.bodybuilding.com/content/5-hot-drinks-to-help-build-a-better-body-this-winter.html

The Barbell Coffee drinking strategy

http://coffeetheory.com/2012/12/27/the-barbell-coffee-drinking-strategy/

https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/2017/02/364-becoming-super-ager-internet-food-get-lots-stuff-done-every-day-much/

News in Slow

https://www.newsinslowspanish.com/latino/

Cancer metabolism article

CILTEP

http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/51732-chemically-induced-ltp/

Books from 2016

http://andrewelsass.com/42-things-i-learned-from-21-books-in-2016/?utm_content=bufferb89d3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer