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I’ve been seeing some things about Advanced Glycation End Products and how they are more prevalent in foods cooked on high dry heat and can be damaging to the body. I regularly air fry/grill meats and vegetables and I’m wondering if it would be wise to stop this and switch to more boiled or slow cooked foods

i’ve seen online a lot that long term sugar and carbohydrate consumption can increase the speed of aging in the body

I haven't played terraria in about a year, but from what I remember before was you used to be able to go to the very bottom of the map and walk around, and you even got an achievement for it. However, I was messing around in the underworld today and dug down to the very bottom and my character floated through and died instantly. This is so frustrating because I have been playing so attentively and carefully this entire time and this is the most ridiculous way to die. Is this a new update to the game? I tried to find a way to restore my player through files but it was gone immediately.

I bumped my shin fairly hard against a piece of metal today and it hurts to touch and a bit when I squat down. I got through my whole acceleration workout after the fact just fine but I probably shouldn’t have. It’s about a 4-5/1010 pain. Did I likely do anything major or no?

I’m talking very infrequent, like smoking once every month or two. is this likely to have a significant impact on my health or no?

I’m a HS Junior, my track season ended In late may, so I took about 2 weeks off to recover and just do some light exercises and begin building my offseason plan. I‘ve been trying to look into things like periodizing and blocking to try to be most effective, and my general idea was about a 6-8 week phase in the beginning focused accelerations/sleds, heavy lifting, form drills, grass tempo runs, extensive plyos etc. just to build a base and a stronger body then progress to max velocity work in the next phase and really make that the main priority. Cut down the lifting a bit and transition from heavy stuff to more power and explosive based and progress the plyos throughout the cycle and whatnot. Max effort sprint sessions will be the top priority and everything else supplements that. Then speed endurance and longer sprint reps towards the later half of fall closer to indoor season. Ultimately my main goal for the offseason is to increase my overall speed so I can go from 11.7/23.4 to a low 11 and low 22. In my mind my progression model makes sense but I’ve also read some information about how max velocity neural adaptations can degrade in as little as 5-7 days, and speed is something that must be worked constantly otherwise it will be lost. How true is this, and to what extent? Would it be better to do small doses of max velo flies once a week or once every 10 days to keep my speed topped up, or was my original plan better? I was planning to do some fatiguing work in this phase such as nordics and overloaded eccentrics, as well as just more strength based lifting in general since I don’t have to worry about being 100% fresh all the time for sprinting but now i’m second guessing it.

Any other insight regarding my plan is appreciated too.

As school is ending soon we’ve been playing this game for the past week in my AP Physics class and it’s been a ton of fun. There are 10 of us including the teacher and we’ve all gotten really into it. I do pretty well at the game and can usually help my team win (often as the assassin, since that’s the role I usually get), but I was just curious if there are certain techniques to use for each side good or bad. We’ve evolved a lot in our games from approving everything and blindly accusing to actually discussing and figuring things out, so I really enjoy the strategy and deduction aspect of it.

I have been experiencing these issues for a while and I'd really like some insight as to what might be wrong with me, and what I can do to remedy it. Just for background info I'm a 17 year old male, I'd say I'm quite healthy overall I have been going to the gym and running consistently for 4 years, eating a mostly clean diet (even more so in the past year), I sleep 8 hours a night at the same time, fast 2-3 hours before bed, go for walks after each meal, stay hydrated, eat plenty of fiber (20-40 grams a day), but no matter what I do I seem to have the same problems with my digestion.

My symptoms are:

-Consistent bloating after each meal, that progresses throughout the day until some nights my stomach is sticking out and I look pregnant. I am lean enough to visibly see my abs and yet I still have a gut before going to bed. Happens regardless of what I ate that day as I've paid attention to what I consumed.

-2-4 day constipation cycles where I cannot pass a proper stool, and over this time period I gradually get more and more gas that smells incredibly bad and it usually happens the most in the evening. Sometimes it feels uncomfortable and almost sharp coming out if that makes any sense. I have to excuse myself to leave rooms sometimes. Periods of bloating are also worse during this time. Then one morning after breakfast I get a very strong urge and can finally go properly, getting temporary relief before it starts again in a day or two. My stools are naturally always soft/mushy so stool softeners like miralax haven't helped me. Sometimes they are left floating.

-A weird feeling of fullness in my lower abdomen that is almost always there. Slight bloating happens in the morning too. On days where the bloating is bad sometimes I feel full after just a few bites of a meal, even if I was very hungry leading up to it.

I feel like all of this is connected in some way bc the constipation generally makes the other things worse, but if any of yall who are more knowledgeable have ideas as to what my problem may be or what actions I should take to try to fix it naturally before going to a doctor I'd appreciate it.

My jr year high school season ended on May 6th, but I've continued training since then. I am running unattached at a local university meet tomorrow in the 400. I have also found 2 more meets that are cheap and local, one on June 4th and one on June 8th. I feel like I'm in really good shape right now and I'm actually fast and loose instead of constantly tired from my coach's workouts. He had us doing hard lactic sessions on the weeks of county and league championships just 2 days before. I love the feeling of competing and real sprint training but I know I could also use some proper offseason work to prepare for next year. My current times are 11.7, 23.4 and 53, but that 400 is about to come down and I think I can run a slightly faster 100 and 200 also since I usually had to do 3-4 events each meet during school track. Also the weather around here in PA is finally getting nice. Would it be best to continue going for 2 more weeks and run at those meets, or end my season tmr and start offseason work?

I run the 100 in 11.7 and 200 in 23.4, but my 400 has been stuck at 53-54 all season. Everybody keeps telling me I have the speed to run 51-52 and I want to be able to do this to help the relay. In terms of training, my coach does hard lactic tolerance work 1-2x a week for all sprinters and most sessions leave me on the ground in pain afterwards. My ability to run through it has gotten a bit better but I still either die off really bad or don’t come out hard enough.

My 200m pb was with 25.2/28.1 splits, but most times I’ve gone out slightly slower and it always comes back to bite me and I just slow down even more to run a 54 or 55.

Does anyone have advice on a proper race strategy to use and how fast I should be trying to come out and how to keep my speed better? My final meet is in 12 days. The high school season is over I have just been self training for the past week or two. Most recent workout was 2 broke 400s, which was a 300m in 39s, a 1 minute rest, followed by a 100m in 13.5. Then a 20 minute break and a second set, with a 300m in 39.8s and a 100m in 14.5 after 1 min rest. I’ll probably have only 1 more real hard session left

I ended up running 23/52 to end my Jr year. My goals are to get 22 low and 49 low next year but what are the general standards needed to run at a Division 3 program as someone who is mostly academic focused? Also, since I am mostly just passionate about the sport itself would it be in my best interest to just self train and compete unattached or is a real program the way to go?

I was curious about yalls thoughts on wearing maxfly 2s during train. I’ve been competing and sprinting in them in practice for my past 2 seasons but I was wondering if there are any downsides to this and if I should get a pair of non super spikes without a bubble to train in. If so, what are some affordable ones to get?

do any sprinters do exercises/movements specifically to strengthen their toes and feet, and does this have any benefit? I know some people run barefoot on grass for this purpose but are there other ways?