@freiheit Bulking and cutting. You can't (reasonably) gain muscle with a consistent calorie deficit. So if you plan on making decent muscle gains, you have to have a calorie surplus, within reason, each day. I'm in a bulk phase, so I'm gaining both muscle mass and fat.
@freiheit Once I've gained an amount of strength that I want for this cycle, I'm going to cut and have a calorie deficit for a few months, while I try hard to keep the muscle gains. A "cut"
@Wesley That might restrict you to shorter (under 30 or 40 miles?) bike rides. I know I can't operate on a Calorie deficit and ride over 50 or 60 miles in a day (or over 150 to 200 in a week).
@Wesley don't worry, if you don't eat enough, it's really easy to tell. "bonking" or "hitting the wall" they call it. Somewhere between having no energy and feeling like dying.
I didn't have audio, but you have to make sure to bend your elbows, and it helps to have a spotter because a lot of times it takes someone else to tell you your form is off, or you might be doing too much weight for your ligaments
muscle strengthens much faster then the ligaments do
@MattBear Hmm... depends on how you look at it. I've had three major lifting sprees in my life that lasted multiple years. I'm back at it for about a year now.
Seems like I last about two and a half years and then something big happens to get me off track for a couple years, then I get back.
Really wanted pizza - but still trying to lose weight. Instead of ordering a small pizza from a pizza place, I went to the store and bought one of the tiny DiGiorno pizzas.
Still not good for me, but gets rid of the craving
My main work machines get reimaged pretty much every time the desktop-mgmt-dude builds a new image. Since I'm a limited user it forced me, long ago, to package all the additional software I need.
Yeah... in my opinion, OS installs need to be disposable and transient. I want to be able to reimage at any time with no second thoughts as to what I might lose. Everything I have that's worth keeping is backed up with backups of backups.
I probably already told this story here, but a few weeks ago me and a coworker were having a phone conversation with some auditors, when some of our old RRAS servers came into question... they asked what methods of authentications they use, and when I mentioned MS-CHAP, my coworker instant-messaged me at the same time with "That'll MS-CHAP their asses."
@Wesley: someday, someone's gonna get fed up, and chain up a bike to your front door, and drop the key in your mailbox. YOU WILL RUE THE DAY. RUE RUEFULLY I TELL YOU!
@RyanRies We need MCSE: SI 2012 for a competency but I might not be the one to take it since I'm being used for gold datacenter management I can't be used as a resource for another gold competency
My boss is trying to figure out if we can keep gold management without me and use me toward gold on something else
So even though I'll only be two tests away from MCSE: SI 2012 someone else will probably take all 5 tests for it
Would the following covert letter get me considered?
I am interested in the Linux Administrator position you have an opening for within your company. High performance computing is something I've always wanted the opportunity to learn. While I don't have previous experience with HPC, I am an expert in Linux, servers, and related technology, and I'm sure I'd be able to ramp-up my knowledge of HPC and become a valuable asset to your company in a timely manner.
@RyJones Work will cover what we need to maintain/grow competencies, which is typically quite a bit. So I don't push it if someone else needs to get one instead of me, since the whole competency system is whack
I am interested in the Linux Administrator position you are advertising.
While I don't have any experience with HPC, I am extremely interested in learning it; I think my expertise in Linux servers and related technologies will help me ramp up quickly.
