The Random Talk About Nothing Thread

[Fatman X. Jones]

I wait to do my gift shopping after Thanksgiving a week after the actual holiday. Not only does that give leeway to anyone buying things right away, it also gives leeway to the store being able to restock its supplies with the December shipment of their sale products. This is only if I absolutely have to have the item or items I want right away; I can usually wait even longer, like at Christmas, to get my shopping done.

[Bean]

Yeah, I've been having issues with finding a job, too, and it's very frustrating. Thanksgiving was good, though. I'm glad my family and I get along. That positive influence keeps me going even when I feel like throwing in the towel some days.

[satoh]

I spend hours writing, post it on 3 forums and no one pays any attention...
Par for the course.

[MegaTuga]

Comic Con Portugal starts next Friday, and I'm somewhat pumped up for it. I say somewhat because I am going alone, and while I am used to going to these events by myself, it gets kinda scary because the event space is amazingly huge and even so it has barely any space for all the people who participate.
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And being alone heightens your "forever alone" feels when you notice all the groups around you...

[Bean]

Nov 27, 2015 19:54:01 GMT -5 satoh said:

I spend hours writing, post it on 3 forums and no one pays any attention...
Par for the course.

It is the holidays. Give it some time.

[Fatman X. Jones]

With the recent news I learned about a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game being developed by Platinum Games (see my post in the Video Games Announcement Thread for more info), I'm wondering: Should I go ahead and binge every episode of the 2003 TMNT cartoon? I have the entire seven-season run on my external drive, EDEN. And I DO love the 'Turtles...

[Bean]

As long as you skip the Fast Forward stuff. That arc was really bad.

[ravenf6]

December's come so fast, it's almost crazy...

I'm guessing the Secret Santa event will creep a bit later, then? Speaking of which, my family's doing the gifts that way, this year, and I've already gotten a present for my stepbrother-in-law.

[Mikéy]

Yeahp, Secret Santa's gonna creep up a little bit later on. I'm probably not going to be the one hosting this time. If I am, it'll be news to me.

Let's all be surprised!

[Dashe]

I'm swamped up with tests until Saturday night, which sucks because it gives me exactly zero time to write up the write-up, and I'd rather not write in the write-up. I'll certainly make it worth your while somehow or another.

The last time I said something like that we ended up with forum awards, so take that as you will. Though it's probably more along the lines of "Have a picture of a cookie."

[Mikéy]

Dang. Talk about everybody being busy right at the start of December. I start work tomorrow and have to go to bed super early tonight cuz I'll have junk to do before that. Friday's gonna be a mess too and I won't get free time until Friday evening.

We'll hafta see what happens. In the meantime, everybody can limber up for it. I wish I wasn't as busy this year as compared to last year, but in the grand scheme of things, it's better for me this way irl.

[satoh]

studies have shown that excessive stretching before a workout actually increases chance of injury, and that stretching should be practiced as a cooldown exercise or as its own separate activity not linked to other forms.

"1 Stretching is not the same thing as warming up. Confusing stretching with warming up is an all-too-common mistake, so don't feel bad if you thought the two were one in the same. You should spend a few minutes doing lighter intensity activity that mimics your upcoming workout—walking before running, slow cycling before biking, light aerobics before a fitness class. That is a warm-up. It gives your body time to adjust to the higher demands of exercise so that your breathing rate, circulation and heart rate can all increase in order to supply your working muscles with the blood, nutrients and oxygen they need to keep things running smoothly. Warming up also helps lubricate your joints. Stretching does not serve the same purposes and therefore does not pass for a warm-up.

2 Stretching before a workout undermines your warm up. If you are going to stretch before a work out, you need to warm up first, and then stop moving in order to stretch. Have you ever thought about how the act of stopping to stretch cancels out the benefits of warming up? Your body temperature, heart rate, and breathing rate all drop considerably once you stop moving. After a few stretches, you're practically back to where you started: with cold muscles and a resting heart rate that is not ready to jump into a work out. This is one of the biggest reasons I do not advocate stretching after a warm up session. However, if you were to warm up, stretch, and then warm up again, that might be OK. But who has the time for all that?

3 Stretching does not prevent injury. It wasn't long ago that fitness experts used to say that stretching would prevent injury. That's part of the reason people were encouraged to stretch before physical activity. But research has not been able to prove this theory. These days, it's generally accepted among fitness trainers, athletic trainers and physical therapists that the act of stretching does not prevent injury, no matter when you do it. According to a recent story by AP medical writer Maria Cheng, CDC experts who reviewed more than 100 stretching studies found that "people who stretched before exercise were no less likely to suffer injuries such as a pulled muscle, which the increased flexibility from stretching is supposed to prevent." So if you have been stretching before your workouts in an effort to prevent a sprain or strain, your efforts might be in vain.

4 Stretching before exercise may actually increase your risk of injury. That's not just because it undermines your warm up. "Traditional stretches, like when people bend over to touch their toes or stretch their legs on a fence," wrote Cheng, "often cause the muscles to tighten rather than relax—exactly the opposite of what is needed for physical activity." Your risk of overstretching at this time is greater, and this tightness can undermine your speed and range of motion when you start exercising. Some research has shown that certain athletes who stretch are more susceptible to injuries and performance problems. Experts theorize that a certain amount of "tightness" is needed for muscle strength and power in certain sports, such as throwing a fastball or kicking a soccer ball.

[Mikéy]

That's nice. Limber doesn't have anything to do with stretching though. It pertains to bending.

dictionary.reference.com/browse/limber

Stretch at your own risk.

[satoh]

You assume our comments were related. You cannot discount the possibility that I was simply sharing a random article I read.

I admit though, I did recall it upon reading the word limber, though that wasn't really the why.

[Mikéy]

It did feel a bit inconsistent, but I couldn't really dismiss the possibility. My bad.

That's an article I should forward to my high school's band program.

E: Used the wrong word for band program. Although, practice during the summer is what they called "band camp" which is what I had there originally. That year really turned me off from ever wanting to play a trumpet again.