u/Particular_Tomato161

I'm 43 y.o, 6'4" and 235 lbs. Long story short I've been trying to switch up my workouts from HIIT (I also do HIIT style when weightlifting) and treadmill incline walks which target vigorous and peak HR zones to exercising where I keep it in the moderate zone. From research this will target more fat burn as high intensity takes from glycogen storage. I'm trying to target more abdominal fat but otherwise I'm just trying to maintain. Also, I've been trying to get my RHR down and sleep better. I think the high intensity has had an effect on those things, especially since I do them often.

But trying to keep my HR in the moderate zone is more difficult than doing high intensity workouts lol. Weight lifting is impossible to not spike up into the vigorous zone, treadmill I feel like I'm doing nothing with the incline at 8 and speed at 2, and I try to modify the HIIT exercises to slow it down and take longer breaks but 10 seconds in I'm already hitting the vigorous zone. I know walking is good but I'm in Texas and it's too damn hot for that. My HIIT workouts are bodyweight at home.

Any ideas on what to do? I just tried a HIIT workout at home and what usually takes 30 mins, took me an hour because I had to wait until my heart rate went down. I feel lazy trying to keep it in the moderate zone.

For context, I have a pixel watch and I have it set to vibrate when my zone changes and it sets your zones off my personal heart rate history, sleep, RHR etc. My moderate is 115-134.

I'm 43 y.o, 6'4" and 235 lbs. Long story short I've been trying to switch up my workouts from HIIT (I also do HIIT style when weightlifting) and treadmill incline walks which target vigorous and peak HR zones to exercising where I keep it in the moderate zone. From research this will target more fat burn as high intensity takes from glycogen storage. I'm trying to target more abdominal fat but otherwise I'm just trying to maintain. Also, I've been trying to get my RHR down and sleep better. I think the high intensity has had an effect on those things, especially since I do them often.

But trying to keep my HR in the moderate zone is more difficult than doing high intensity workouts lol. Weight lifting is impossible to not spike up into the vigorous zone, treadmill I feel like I'm doing nothing with the incline at 8 and speed at 2, and I try to modify the HIIT exercises to slow it down and take longer breaks but 10 seconds in I'm already hitting the vigorous zone. I know walking is good but I'm in Texas and it's too damn hot for that. My HIIT workouts are bodyweight at home.

Any ideas on what to do? I just tried a HIIT workout at home and what usually takes 30 mins, took me an hour because I had to wait until my heart rate went down. I feel lazy trying to keep it in the moderate zone.

For context, I have a pixel watch and I have it set to vibrate when my zone changes and it sets your zones off my personal heart rate history, sleep, RHR etc. My moderate is 115-134.

I'm trying to beat it so I can watch last of us 2 tv series. This game is never ending, probably the longest game I ever played. I did the first half on normal but I put it on easy after that for the next quarter, looks like I still got ways to go. Even on easy this is taking a long time to beat, if this was on normal I wouldn't beat it until next year 😂

And what In the love triangle is this story?! Not one but TWO love triangles is crazy lol. I'm enjoying the game though although I don't really care for Abby's story much but just trying to get through this. I'll beat it again another time on normal. These Scars are annoying to deal with and very difficult at times. (On normal) I don't see how people play on the most difficult level, I don't even want to think about how long that will take me.

I'll be honest I'm not the greatest at these games and half the time I'm getting lost and have to go to YouTube or ask Gemini what to do and where to go.

Part 1 I liked the story more but part 2 is more dynamic I think.

How does the last of us 2 video game go with the show? I know season 1 was pretty similar but I heard mixed reviews on season 2, not sure if that's because it doesn't match up with the game or not.

Long story short I've tried many earbuds and they're either uncomfortable, always falling out my ear or give me ear pain/infection. I finally found some good earbuds for me a few years ago in the pixel buds pro 2 but lately I've been having ear pain and now a recent ear infection. I really don't plan on using them much if at all anymore, I'm done with earbuds.

Before the pixel buds (I have the buds pro 1 as well but they're uncomfortable) I was using over the ear headphones but some cheap $30 ones on Amazon (Zihnic is the brand) that I never had issues with using at the gym even with sweating a lot.

I recently have been looking at YouTube reviews and saw Sony M6's and Bose qc ultra's were the best. Everyone said the Sony ones weren't comfortable so I tried the QC ultra and boy, oh boy these things are comfortable! Unfortunately I did see they don't have an IP rating, so since I paid $400 for these I'm just going to use these for travel and at home.

I still want something comfortable to wear at the gym, even if they aren't water resistant I'm open to use some that are about 1/2 the price to mess up and hopefully they at least last me a year lol. I see the QC 45 are $200 at costco, nothing headphones 1 for $ 170 which have IP52 rating and I see some Sony WHCH720N ( look more comfortable than the M6 but not sure) for $120 at target. Any of these options good? I also want to add I will get silicone covers that were recommended from a third party for the QC 45 headphones if I go that route.

FYI, I do weightlifting and slow/moderate inclines on the treadmill so I'm not worried about the 🎧 not staying on, can't be any worse than constantly adjusting earbuds.

Edit: I didn't know the QC ultra had sweat covers as well so I can go that route I guess and not have to buy any others.

Anyone had this happen? I do have some dead bugs but what can I do? Do I need to take to the dealer?

I will probably get downvoted for liking the game lol but this game is so much fun. The defense is good and I'm having good battles. Sometimes the CPU defense is too good and I start screaming at the TV but in the end I'm having competitive games.

I probably had the best game I ever played last night. I played with Alabama vs Oklahoma, I was up 14-10 with just over a min left and Oklahoma had the ball on their own 35, 4th and 1...I knew they were going to run so I played to stop the run up the middle, they ran outside and took it to the house. Then I was trying too hard to try to score fast and threw a pick 6 and sealed my fate. I couldn't even sleep last night I was still so pissed i lost that game lol. That damn Oklahoma QB is frustrating to try and stop. Dude just takes off as soon as it's hiked sometimes 😂. This was on AA with 10 min quarters, so you know it was a defensive game 😆

Small things I'm noticing and liking: (some of this may have been in the previous game but usually I mostly play Madden so my fault if these things aren't really new)

- rivalry games aren't just heated between teams before the game, they actually are jawing and in each other's face during the game. (I believe I saw it even in non rivalry games as well.) I was surprised to see it keep going.

- modular camera is a great new refreshing way to add to the gameplay/presentation. Being able to see different angles at certain points of the game and able to customize it has been great. SHOT OUT TO THE PERSON WHO POSTED THAT CLIP ON HERE AS I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THAT FEATURE. THANKS!

- I made a play near the sideline where my coach was and both got fired up and he patted me on the head. This wasn't a cut scene, just an interaction right as the play ended.

- DEFENSE, DEFENSE! This is the star of the show, most my games so far have been battles with me and the CPU usually winning 2 quarters each in every game. Even if I have fast WRs I can't just throw go routes or drags anymore so it makes it challenging and of course with the hand Fighting it can slow down your WR or the CB can gain position for a pick. Y'all read the deep dive so I probably don't need to say more but I love it... frustrates me at times but I still love it. I love using the aggressive, conservative, play underneath, middle etc adjustments we have. Plaster has been great as well on those roll outs.

- run game is rewarding, I haven't had many big runs but the feel of the running game just feels a lot better. CPU seems to run well against me as well, sometimes too good 😂

- fans and the crowd seem live and hype. If a song comes on in the stadium between plays, when the song goes off just before another play is run they'll continue singing and finishing lyrics to the song.

- new equipment looks beautiful

Only negative, minor, early observations are dropped passes seem a bit high ( I don't play with the catch meter) and O-Line seem to miss assignments. I notice the D line comes in quick a lot of times and I look at the replay and the tackle didn't even try to block lol. It happens in real life so it's not a huge concern so far.

Overall loving the game. I usually don't play NCAA much once Madden comes out because I'm more of an NFL fan as I know all the players in the NFL, where is here I don't know as many but this year I'll definitely be playing this more than I have in the past. I see people in the YouTube comments looking at gameplay and saying "it's the same game", you can tell they haven't actually played it, this is definitely a different game...EA cooked!

Edit: forgot to add CPU seems smarter. If I'm killing them initially over the top or underneath they will adjust and take it away. In other games I would be able to keep doing it but this game they will try to adjust to stop it.

Anyone having any luck? I've tried it like 10x on 4th and inches and got none of them and 9/10 were in the green

It stopped working yesterday. Does anyone know if it will come back up soon? Love that app and I was binge watching old horror movies having fun and then it went out 😔

It stopped working yesterday. Does anyone know if it will come back up soon? Love that app and I was binge watching old horror movies having fun and then it went out 😔

What region level is everybody using? I just discovered how to use Auto regen levels so I've been using auto regen level 1 lately and liking it. I was using I-pedal. Although I like coming to a complete stop without breaking or holding down the left paddle, but I don't like the feeling of the resistance,feeling like I'm driving in eco mode or uphill.

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Does anyone know how to get the live updates on the watch? I have them set on my phone and get live updates on my favorite teams there but it's not showing on the watch.

I got a replacement watch and it's still inconsistent on whether music plays smoothly or not. A lot of times cutting in and out. Anyone else having these issues or know how to fix this?