help for the metrically obsessed

[coffeetime]

Stumptuous tweeted this link today, but here it is in case you missed it. Very enjoyable reading.

http://www.pathfindermethod.com/2012/05/25/help-for-the-metrically-obsessed/

PS my lower back is killing me from gardening, of all things, so I took it easy tonight and just did arms and legs and a few sets of incline fly.

Comments

[lyorn]

Heh. I'm the poster child for metrically obsessed. That I will be generating nice lists of numbers motivates me to go to the gym when nothing else does.

Also, for me, APE units pretty much equals vacation days... I always knew that the solution to my fitness issues would be to become independently wealthy. ;-)

[mongrelheart]

Great article, thanks for the link!

*needs to get in more APE units*

[feldman]

Excellent points in that article; most of these measures are borrowed from exercise physiology where they actually serve a purpose (and the folks using those tools have a better idea of what they do and don't purport to measure, either directly or by proxy).

Applied to oneself, though, a person can go down a rabbit hole chasing numbers without purpose. I wonder how much movement is like eating, in that the sensual experience is integral to the satisfaction of the activity, and the effect it has on the body? Very interesting...