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In today’s market of 2024 two key aspects standout when comparing curtains and shower curtains other than their primary functionality.

1. Curtains usually come in two panels whereas shower curtains as a single one.
2. Curtains are usually blacked out whereas shower curtains also give privacy while permitting light.

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Now if one would opt for other over the head exercises, specific hand placements on the sandbag can ease the movement and permit more control over the bag.

Cleans, thrusters, jerks, or overhead static holds are easier done with horizontal hand placement whereas triceps extensions are done easier with vertical placement.

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One key information point that is missing is which handles on the sandbag are being used. The mid seem issue can be a problem using the vertical over horizontal handles.

One reason one would opt for the one form over the other is the force trigger point. One can compare this trigger point as in normal over fist push ups.

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Additionally, one should consider using gloves, especially regarding the fingers being caught in the mid seem, which can cause tearing of the skin.

Gloves with also reduce some friction between the sandbag material and the skin.

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One downside of overpacking a #goruck #sandbag is that one cannot complete a clean as expected. Since the fingers won’t be able to rotate over without being caught in the mid seem.

One option to overcome this hindrance is to use less fingers, so either 3 or 2 instead of the standard 4.

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Most #fitness trackers use METs to calulate calorie expediture. This makes it fairly difficult to calculate the MET for #rucking, since it varies on #ruck weight, movement speed, and incline percentage.

As an estimate one can use hiking cross country[^1] at 6.0 MET and taking the difference of hiking hills, 12 lb pack[^1] and hiking up hill[^1] one sees that every 2 lbs adds 0.1 MET.

\[MET = 6.0 + (extra weight in lbs) / 20\]

For example, let a person carry a 45 lbs ruck, then the MET is

\[MET = 6.0 + 45 / 20 = 6.0 + 2.25 = 8.25\]

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#Caffeine in large amounts can put one’s #sleep cycle in chaos especially when using them on the weekends. Either one falls into a 8h backwards shift or a 8h forward shift, thereby almost staying 24h awake.

This is fine if one does not have any weekly responsibilities, though can just as well be a carrier suicide. So before one decides to drink another caffeine shot, one should question if one really needs put the next days into a jet lag state.

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#TIL that while making rendering a #GIF if some colors are blotched it is due to the color palette limit of 256 colors.

A simple solution is to render it as a #WEBP instead.

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There is the concept of pre-loading an exercise to make it more difficult. The idea is to fatigue the muscles just enough to make it strenuous to achieve the set without adjusting the load and/or rep count per set.

For example one takes the #exercise sit-up and can easily do 100 reps without any rest between each rep. Firstly, in this scenario the exercise would fall into cardio than strength. Secondly, although going up in reps would be an option, it wouldn’t directly bring back the exercise back to a strength building one (depending on what one’s goal is). Thirdly, dropping the rep count and adding weight would also be an option if one has the equipment. (There are more options like slow exercising or altering the specific form variant).

Or one can pre-load the exercise with similar exercises that target the same muscle groups and thereby tiring them out. To name a few, either flutter kicks or bicycle crunches. This might not reduce the total rep count of all exercises combined, though it mostly will target a larger range of muscles.

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Always took a back seat in the debate if a #Linux user should use #Snapcraft or #Flatpak or build from source.

Now after my system has been complaining about too little storage on root after upgrading, I took it upon myself to figure out the culprit.

Long-story-short; snapcraft was hogging up more than 50% of the storage with packages that haven’t been used in years. And decided to build packages from source over using snapcraft.

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When doing any #exercise the first mistake one observes is bad form.

Then once form is in place, one observes half reps (unless this was the intention) instead of full range of motion.

Once that is resolved, next is time under tension. One can do the one rep quick but not controlled.

And all this is excluding weight, if adding weight prior to the third resolve is a disaster waiting to happen.

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Why is it that it is easier to watch content over just listen to it?

Is it due to the fact that we are engaging more senses. Or does the context of the information also matter like story vs a talk.

Let’s assume that providing content as a story is the easiest way to fathom information, then with today’s technology it wouldn’t be that far fetched to convert every boring matter into an exciting story.

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There are two extended versions of BRAT: BRATT (Banana, Rice, Apple, Toast, Tea) and BRATTY (Banana, Rice, Apple, Toast, Tea, Yoghurt).

The extension with tea is understandable as an introduction of hydration and micro nutrients. Whereas with yoghurt one is introducing a probiotic to reduce the duration of the symptoms.

The additional benefit of yoghurt is that one can produce a complete diet especially considering vitamin B12 and protein. Though these both depend on the base for the yoghurt and if its fortified.

Protein quantity wise one is usually better off with toast which on average has 4g per slice (25g). In comparison yoghurt has a quarter of it for the same amount.

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A revisited version is the CRAM diet which consists of Cereal, Rice, Apples, Milk. This one covers the dehydration issue and with fortification of both milk and cereal can also create a complete diet.

Obviously if one is not accustomed to milk, then one should avoid it.

And it is quite questionable if cereal is the best option, because of its typical ultra-processed nature. Also it is quite difficult to minimize the various options out there.

Additionally, if muesli is permitted as a cereal, then this opens the gate to basically all fruits and vegetables, which would equate to almost eating plant-based.

Although CRAM is generally considered better as BRAT, one should question if any of these diets choices work.