That number, drumroll please…..…... is your VO2 max. It is one of the best measures of your cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). But more than just fitness, it also is one of the best measures of your overall health, including your risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, as well as your “all-cause” mortality.
Read MorePath integration / DR are used when there are no landmarks. On the other hand, if any environmental cue is available it is immediately used. Most animals, including humans, alternate between using landmarks when they are available (“now that I can see that Church spire, I know where I am”) and practicing DR when they are not.
Read MoreThis is dedicated to Professor Marvin Creamer who died August 12, 2020 at the age of 104. He remains the only person to circumnavigate the globe without the use of any navigational instruments: no GPS, electronics, radio, compass, sextant, and not even a wristwatch.
Read MoreWe’d better, as we are still dealing with Covid and probably will be for the next year. Wait, does Covid-19 effect our sleep? It certainly does and in fact some experts now refer to it as “Coronasomnia.”
Read MoreThink about the last time you were so engaged in an activity – boating or otherwise – that you simply lost track of time. You were so focused on the task or race that nothing else mattered. This is flow state previously known (for athletes) as being “in the zone.”
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