Notes

I am one of those people who function better by writing things down. One day, I realized that most of my notes don’t have to be private, so here they are - my second brain. Be warned that, if you stumble upon something here that doesn’t make sense to you, it isn’t meant to!

Dumbbell-only workouts

https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/dumbbell-only-home-or-gym-fullbody-workout.html https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?p=1266579671#post1266579671 - only 2 days a week, so maybe not enough volume. https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/2e79y4/dumbbell_ppl_proposed_alternative_to_dumbbell/ https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/frankoman-dumbbell-only-split.html - probably split the last section into two days. Splits across muscles - do once I have made some gains from some other programs. https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/dumbbell-only-upper-lower-workout-routine - looks good. Maybe do after working full body for 3-4 months.

Format USB drive with ext4 format

Format drive: sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1. (This will only succeed after unmounting the drive.) The drive will have root permissions. Change that using: sudo chown -R pi /media/pi/867db593-eb76-486a-990c-409216265ae1/.

Full-body warm-up

Get AWS EC2 console logs

aws ec2 get-console-output --instance-id i-09e2bb62792991423 | jq -r '.Output'

Get AWS EC2 instance ID

wget -q -O - http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id

Git uncommit the last one

Safest option to undo commit and leave everything intact: git reset --soft HEAD^ See this for more info.

Glacier National Park

Seems to be awesome. Rafting until mid july. Some hikes here. July/August seems to be the best time. Expensive flights to Glacier Park International Airport, 10 hour drive from seattle. Also: The pros about coming in summer are that most of the trails are open, the flowers are blooming and the weather is nice (usually).July and August is our summer.

Goa

Saturday Night Market at Arpora. Anjuna flea market, every Wednesday? Stroll along the Mala & Fontainhas, Goa’s historic Latin Quarters. Reis Magos Fort? Fort overlooking Mandovi river has been beautifully restored into a cultural centre with a museum. Spice plantation tour in Ponda? Savoi Plantations- http://www.savoiplantation.com/ South Goa beaches like Agonda, Betul or Palolem. Try Palolem at least. Maybe Agonda again. Saligao – North Goa- rural way of life along with the touristic buzz on the beaches. Local life of Goa. Cabo De Rama Fort- amongst one of the oldest Portuguese establishments. Kayaking: http://goakayaking.com/ Churches in old Goa: Church of Santa Monica. Church of our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Panjim. Local food: https://the-shooting-star.com/2013/09/27/best-goan-restaurants-in-goa/ Crocodile spotting: http://www.johnboattours.com/CrocodileSpotting.html Salcete, the old Portuguese heartland of Goa. Jila Bakery? Assagao, a picturesque valley village a few miles inland from Anjuna beach, which in recent years has grown into something of a creative hub. Gunpowder restaurant here.

GZCL

https://swoleateveryheight.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-gzcl-method-for-powerlifting.html The issue with this program is that it makes you workout at your peak capacity every day, as part of T1. (I too observed this when I was running GZCLP a few months back.) That becomes unnecessarily strenuous. The better alternative is to train near some percentage (say, 70-90) of peak capacity. This approach is followed by both 5/3/1 and Greg Nuckols.

Hide top bar in Firefox

Create a userChrome.css file by following this guide. Add the following to it: #TabsToolbar { visibility: collapse !important; }