System Wars Lounge v51: Where's my BF Bunduru?! Edition

@parkurtommo: that's better than using some stupid bmi chart

They use that too, in combination with the other tests.

well, VO2max is a predictor of aerobic performance, and VO2max is mostly genetically determined. seems that fitnessgram uses the 'pacer' 20m shuttle run. http://www.nova.edu/projectrise/pacer_manual_42309_jk.pdf

According to Mahar et al Your VO2 peak could be predicted from this equation: VO2peak = 47.438 + (PACER*0.142) + (Gender[m=1, f=0]*5.134) – (body mass [kg]*0.197), R = .65, SEE = 6.38 ml·kg–1·min–1.

47.438 + (61 * 0.142) + (1*5.134) - body mass (kg) * 0.197) <-- I'm gonna use a body mass of 60 kg as a guess but obviously you would measure your body mass and pop that value in the equation. The VO2peak would be 49mL/kg/min which I can tell you now is very good.

Much of your 'fitness' probably comes from your youth (VO2max declines with age), and I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume you're not carrying unwanted excess fat - not having this will really help with that mL/kg/min value and of course fat's just a metabolically inactive energy storage you've gotta carry around which would decrease the number of shuttles a person would do. Yes the fitness tests are supposed to be relative to age but of course some people will be training and will decline slower (or even enhance their fitness), and other people will be totally sedentary and suffer a more rapid decline in fitness.

Lol Portuguese stuff.

I work night shifts stocking at a grocery store (turned down a safety manager position for a private contractor at a oil company so I could go back to school), was 202 pounds when I started earlier this month and now I'm at 192 pounds.

Ugh... Math. :P Well if I remember correctly I'm around 70 kg. And yeah, I'm not fat, but the problem is I'm super skinny, like unhealthy skinny (because of my sedentary lifestyle). Also, now I was able to do 61 in that test but just last year I could only do maybe 40. It's just weird man. I shouldn't be able to do that.

@CrownKingArthur: Btw, can I have your steam? Trying to add more people from here!

@parkurtommo: sure thing man it is psymon100.

70kg, that would make a vo2peak of 47mL/kg/min, which is still very good.

right so let me see if i understand, in a year you've improved from 40 to 61 shuttles without doing any training?

the only possibility that comes to mind is perhaps you used to have an iron deficiency anaemia the last time you did the test, and now you don't. a year without training - you're right, fitness shouldn't improve. but if iron status was really poor last time, and this time its 'normal' - that could elicit an improved performance.

uncommon in males though. idk really i'm not convinced it was an iron deficiency but its an explanation that might fit.

edit: shit post

hmm

Very possible, I've always had an unhealthy diet. I also had (and still have to a certain degree) sleep deprivation that year.

@parkurtommo: yeah with those field based tests the tester can't tell the reason why a testee stopped. hopefully it was volitional fatigue (achieved their max). in a lab, measuring the metabolic gases it is possible to determine whether or not their effort was really truly maximal.

haha, but mate - whatever you're doing is clearly working! why change a winning formula? next year - +50% aerobic capacity again, let's see you go bro. let's see you go.

Looks like this kitty wasn't so smart. But it paid off. I bought into the AC Unity thing and even bought the season pass. Well now that its free (the dlc), I'm getting a free game from Ubi. I'll probably choose Far Cry 4.

@parkurtommo: Shit forgot to add you lol, has been a hectic week at work cause of black friday is coming up so I'll add you on Steam

Working retail will do that for you.

No comment on your music selection right now, but I used Google Images to find out who your new avy was. It took me to her Twitter which had bewbs. #firstworldsolutions Down with Sharpie; Bring back Coffey.

Persona Q is fun. Lots to do in terms of grinding, though. I want my entire party to be capable of kicking butt, not just my main group. Said group being Minato, Souji, Mitsuru, Yukari and Yukiko.

Also, early Thanksgiving to everyone. Friends, family, blah blah blah. I'm going shopping after dinner tomorrow.

Still a weaboo, mmmwksil? :P

Just teasing, don't get mad :x

First of all, it's spelled "weeaboo". Second of all, by definition I cannot be a weeaboo as I do not think of myself as Japanese and never have wanted to be Japanese. Third, you have some nerve showing up out of the blue to drop insults. Go back to the hole you crawled out of.

I am also kidding. Mostly. First two points are true.

Haha, fair enough :P.

How've you been? I've recently made the transition into university and I'm getting my first semester done soon (exams coming up). Everything's going smoothly here ;). I just can't stand the cold :-/. The weather here literally ranges from -19 to 13 degrees in the span of a week. Pick a season, Canada!

Swag for the display case!

Ah can't wait for tonight, get to write up my Manager XD. Hopefully she learns not to give me shit for her mistakes.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

@LegatoSkyheart: Happy thanksgiving to you too Legato ;)

And everyone in the lounge.

Finally saw Guardians of the Galaxy. It was a lot better than I thought it would be

Happy Thanksgiving! After a rather shit year things have finally been great; I have a lot to be thankful for and I'm hoping everyone else does too!

Anyone have any big plans? Biggest plans for me are having Thanksgiving with just my wife and puppy this year in our new home, and then going out at 6 pm to hopefully nab Shadow of Mordor and inFamous: Second Son, plus some other movies and TV shows for cheap.

Aww, thanks Guardian :). Nice to see you guys are still here too ;).

Oh lord, I'm jealous.

I played Bayonetta 2 at a friends place who owns a Wii U and it's just phenomenal. It's the only reason I want one at the moment (still not enough to make me get one though). I wish it was a multi plat release so that I could pick it up too. Meanwhile, PS4's game list is a desert. What's up with all the flops recently man? Far Cry 4, Destiny, Drive Club, Assassins Creed Unity (I expected this one), all of these games missed the mark. I don't even see any quality games coming out at least for another few months, it's a shame.

So much fresh snow out there this morning.

@speedfreak48t5p: Wish we'd get some around here. Do not feel like going into work tomorrow.

just started playing diablo 3 and im surprised that im actually having fun with it.

So happy to be able to sleep in my own bed tonight.

Happy gorging day to our southern neighbours.

-Canada.

• that feel after having stuffed your face all night

guys... help me feel better.

@Cheleman: stuffing your face shows how much you love America! If you don't overeat, ISIS wins!

Happy Thanksgiving! :)

Also happy Black Friday. ;)

The Pikmin Short Movies are so charming and funny!

Worked

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Something about that teaser seemed kind of... underwhelming.

I really want to go out and do something like buy something for Black Friday... I'll probably just be a hermit and play Inquisition all day again. :(