u/theJacofalltrades

Just finished a podcast that featured Ed Viesturs and I've gotten a good sense of how he believes ones goals should evolve with age.

Ed set an enormous goal in his youth, to climb all 14 of the 8,000.00 meter peaks without oxygen. This undertaking consumed nearly 20 years of his life. But instead of setting bigger goals, something changed.

He told me that he now finds fulfillment coming from simpler things like guiding people safely through mountains, staying strong enough to be the first guy into camp, going on more adventures with his wife, keeping touch with old friends and just moving every single day.

It's incredibly grounding to hear that from a person who has literally stood on top of the world's highest mountains.

Maybe the point of aging well isn't to keep escalating forever, maybe it's learning how to redirect the same passion and discipline into a quieter kind of life.

I’ve been thinking about this since a podcast I had recently listened to featuring climber/powerlifter Natasha Barnes.

One thing she said that really stuck with me was that when researchers compare men and women with the same lean muscle mass, the strength difference mostly disappears.

Which sounds obvious in hindsight, but I honestly had never heard it framed that way before.

She also pointed out that a lot of women simply don’t have the same training history because culturally we get pushed toward “light weights/high reps/cardio” way earlier, while guys are encouraged to lift heavy from the start.

What I appreciated was that she wasn’t doing the whole “women should train exactly like men” internet thing either. It was more: women respond really well to strength training, and a lot of us are leaving strength, confidence, bone density, muscle, and long-term health on the table because we underestimate what’s possible.

What are your thoughts on this?

I’ve started generating teams before playthroughs/battles because it gives me a clear shopping list of Pokémon to hunt/trade for instead of randomly catching stuff forever.

IDK why but it makes team planning weirdly addicting honestly!

IDK about you guys but back when I was younger I didn’t know what “optimal” was. I just used whatever I found cool and adapted.

Now every playthrough/team becomes hyper-optimized in my head before I even start.

Using randomized team generators lately has weirdly brought back that feeling of discovery because you have to work with imperfect combinations instead of building the mathematically correct team every time and it's been so refreshing and I feel like a kid again discovering new things.

What do you think?

Lisa Smith-Batchen said she hates the phrase “Did Not Finish.”

Instead, she uses MTRC which stands for "Made The Right Choice" and that hit me hard.

Because sometimes stopping is the right decision when you consider your injury, your health, the weather, your long-term longevity, and most importantly knowing the difference between discomfort and actual damage

She said “The greater the risk you take, the greater the risk of not completing it.” and there’s something refreshing about removing the shame from it especially in endurance culture where people sometimes glorify pushing through literally everything.

I think younger me viewed every unfinished race/session as failure but now I’m starting to see wisdom in knowing when to fight through something… and when to preserve yourself for another day.

Curious how others here think about DNFs as they’ve gotten older?

I was listening to a podcast that featured Frank Chan who ran every single street in San Francisco during the pandemic.

At first I thought it sounded kind of arbitrary/completionist.

But the interesting part was hearing how differently he started seeing the city afterward.

He lives in the northeast part of SF and said there were whole neighborhoods he barely spent time in before. Running every street forced him into places he normally would’ve just passed through or ignored completely.

In his words: “It was a good excuse to really get to know every single neighborhood… and find out, ‘oh, there’s a nice little store here,’ or ‘I haven’t tried this restaurant.’”

He kept mentioning small things like random commercial strips, tiny family restaurants, weird staircases, neighborhood parks and streets with unexpectedly good views and he said the city stopped feeling like districts and started feeling continuous.

Honestly made me realize how little of our own cities most of us actually know despite living there for years.

Has anyone else done one of those every-street projects? Walking/running/biking counts.

Would definitely love to spend time listening while doing my cardio! It helps keep me motivated

What is your podcast about? And who have you interviewed or hosted that has inspired you the most, and how?

Would love to hear some of your stories

I’ve used a small scale dairy setup for about 6 years, and I’ve seen a few kick and buck too ;). Rule number one no matter how many cows you start with! Do not skimp on a claw and pulsator!

Cheap pulsators ruin the vacuum stability in your dairy system very, very rapidly. Believe me, haha.

One fantastic hack I saw on Youtube is to couple your farmer cow milker with a simple in-line filter and pick up a second-hand steel bucket from your local restaurant supply. These mid-sized buckets/receptacles actually do help in keeping the foam down and the cleanup time shorter than you may realize. I seen a dude on Facebook using a battery from his car + timer relay to power his portable machine off the grid. That is pretty cool for us folks going on the rotational grazing system!

Now, the scary part: Place your main machine order local (so you know better of the vacuum in it etc.), but for extra claws, liners, gaskets etc.: Order from Alibaba. WAY cheaper! Ordered 4 pairs of silicone liners from there for roughly $20. Just make sure the size matches size of the thread.

Now I am stuck, my old pulsator seems to be dying and I have only spotted the pneumatic kind and electric type. Anyone tried swapping out, say, an electrical pulsator in duo with Asian vacuum pump? Anyone have a good hack for cleaning inflations not to tear them? Thanks, appreciated any input!

I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to nebulizer usage.

I’m in a couple of groups on FB and YouTube and some of these hacks are wild. There’s one dude who does like an inline T-connector with no meds and a spacer with the nebulizer so he can dose the kids with more consistent misting, another guy uses warm saline mix (again, no meds) and swears that it dramatically reduces how much systemically irritates the throat.

Hell, I ordered some extra T-connectors and some tubing off Alibaba to try, it works for the side-stream oxygen blends as well. What do you think? You got any crazy -off label-, behind the scenes uses? I’d love to hear about any tips to cut down waste or some odd accessories that you pair them with.

Recently, I’ve come across some impressive “setups” on social media (YouTube, Facebook mostly) where people blend brass fittings with push-to-connect adapters for killer “quick repairs”.

Last month, I landed myself a bulk lot shipment of some fantastic stainless steel adapters from Alibaba and they work great for easy conversion from one pipe material to another!

I’m not done hunting for the better deal though! Where do you pick up cheap plumbing connectors and adapters? Any secrets you would share about mixing brands or materials?

I've been getting into sticker production pretty heavily in the past couple years and let me tell you, a good sticker-making machine is a blessing! With a cheap vinyl cutter to go with it you can pump out your layered decals or even kiss cut sheets all day!

I picked up some replacement rollers and a spare blade holder off of Alibaba for next to nothing and they're still doing their job fine.

For newbies like me though, I'd aim for the adjustable speed/temp settings & check on sourcing parts. The guys on YouTube make it look like cake work but definitely test your substrate first!

Where did you get yours? Anyone try those out +a laminator for weatherproof stickers?

I know this must be very niche, but I'm just looking for inspiration right now.
Just want to listen to stories of people conquering the pain and living their best life despite having arhtritis.

Any leads would be great, if you could share your stories as well that'd be wonderful.

Thank you!

Would just like to hear a few stories of your locals that you've looked up to since childhood who've become legendary in your community. I'd love to hear how they've influenced you and others!

Just want to know your experiences of seeing people way older than you complete ultras and how that made you feel. Personally I find it inspiring to see their passion for the sport and just how strong their body and minds are even at those ages.

Hey there folks, just for context I used to breakdance in my teen years but as time went on and putting food on the table became my focus I've lost control over my body and I'm really feeling it now. I can't even squat my body weight and it's a bit depressing. I have old injuries having dislocated both my shoulders and that's stopping me from actively pursuing progressions and I'm afraid that another injury will set me back even further.

Any of you on the same boat? I'm just hoping that other people on here can give their testimony on getting fit again after some lengths of being sedentary.

I'm interested in the field of longevity and especially longevity in sports. I think it's a cool field especially now that we're seeing athletes have longer careers (Maybe due to better knowledge on sports rehabilitation and advanced surgeries)

I REALLY don't want to be suggested Bryan Johnson as his angle of "Scientific" isn't great.

I'd like well researched podcasts that hopefully feature people in this field whether they're the athletes or medical practitioners. I understand that this may be really niche so if you have a more general one I'd like to take a look at that too.