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Thanks for pointing that out @Freakyuser

Though you could/should simply flag it

And then tell me to deal with it, so you get a badge :P

Freakyuser

11:04 AM

already I flagged the question. Also I flagged one of the answers, which was a first post.

3 hours later…

2:10 PM

lol:

my new scales arrived today

they show me as some kilos lighter than I previously thought

Hurray!

but they also put my bf% as 30

Perhaps its not properly calibrated

I thought that but I have set all the things I can set

I'll try it again first thing in the morning: it does warn of giving funny results at different times of day

oh no, you're right: it had me down as female

down to a more plausible 21.5% now

lol, good for you

2:28 PM

I stopped using that feature, it's too unreliable

I needed new scales anyway, and these were on sale, so I figured it was a good buy even if I don't use it

it's not like I need to know my bf %age every day anyway :-)

Yeah those scales are really cheap, probably more expensive to get one without

I suppose there's significant market incentive to produce scales that underestimate both weight and bf %age

these ones also claim to measure your visceral fat, but they just report a unitless number, which is not very useful to me

4 hours later…

6:20 PM

I guess my legs hate me

100km bike race on Sunday, yesterday squats, today some kilometers of running and another 50km of cycling

Squats were a bad idea though, was only able to complete 3 of 5 sets

freiheit

6:51 PM

@Informaficker And then tomorrow through friday just some light cycling sub-50km cycling?

I finally started back with swimming, though my shoulder already hurts again

Perhaps if I also start cycling to the swimming pool, I can train for a quarter triathlon

> Intermediate (or Standard) distance; commonly referred to as the "Olympic distance": 1.5 kilometer (.93 mi) swim, 40 kilometer (25 mi) bike, 10 kilometer (6.2 mi) run

Something like that should be fairly 'easy'

7:19 PM

@freiheit I have no idea, my mountain bike came back from the workshop, so it's possible that I'll take another ride

Not sure about the next few days though, have a wisdom tooth that has to go… first date with the surgeon is tomorrow, not sure when the operation will be, but after that I'm probably not able to cycle for some time

@IvoFlipse sounds like a nice plan. If my swimming style wasn't that bad (I wouldn't even call that style) I would plan on doing something like that, too.

@Informaficker Yeah, all I need are exercises to stabilize my shoulder and actually do them regularly

Else I'll probably get injured before I get back into shape

I've never been injured, that's probably why I am extremely sloppy with doing stabilization work or even warmups

You're probably not overweight either :P

depends on whom you ask ;)

but no, not really …

Q: Rotator cuff strengthening for shoulder overuse injury

7:38 PM

I don't dare asking a question about shoulder exercises, because it'll probably get closed as a medical question :P

I like to do a lot of swimming, and recently my left shoulder had been giving me some minor pain and occasional clicking noises. I went to an orthopedic doctor and I was diagnosed with "Left AC Synovitis". The doctor recommended a home rehabilitation program, specifically to strengthen my rotato...

pain swimming shoulders

Plus its probably a dupe of this

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Interesting exercises you posted @Informaficker

7:54 PM

What did I post where?

you can always ask medical questions here, I doubt someone will kick you

talking about medical questions … I had funny cramps doing that race

picture the globe from space and all the thunderstorms flickering, my cramps felt pretty much the same in my calfs, just small areas with mini cramps, flickering and disappearing, always with the feeling that if I didn't reduce the load on my calf they will grow to full blown cramps.

I know the feeling

I've had that in my foot/calf when swimming, where you can just feel it starting to cramp

where I needed someone to stretch my foot to get it out

You posted a link to that somewhere

I recognize the video, just wasn't sure where you found it :)

Q: Is it normal to crave for lemons after running

8:25 PM

About 1-2 hours after running yesterday evening, I was cooking some salsa in my kitchen. When adding some lemon juice to the salsa I suddenly had a craving for the lemon and basically ate half a lemon. Is this craving caused by the running? If so, does it indicate that my body was missing som...

running nutrition

I would totally close that question, but I have no idea why …

Well there might be a plausible explanation, but I don't understand the practical value of it

3 hours later…

11:20 PM

well, the answer might be something along the lines of, "no, it's a symptom of very low potassium levels, you should go see a doctor right away", which would be practical

freiheit

This article claims that craving acidic things is a sign of low magnesium.

Which could easily also simply be "not enough electrolytes" (magnesium being one of them).

yeah, I just pulled potassium out of thin air as an example

and yeah, if you run a lot and sweat, and then drink filtered water or similar, you might not be replenishing your electrolytes

sounds like we have a practical answer right there!

freiheit

11:41 PM

I suppose I could write that up as an answer...