Exercise

What watts mean in human form

2020-11-24

in Exercise, Films and movies, PhD thesis, Science, The environment

Can world famous track cyclist Robert Förstemann power a 700 watt toaster with an electrical generator connected to a bike?

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Living without limits

2020-08-04

in Exercise, Psychology, The environment, The outdoors, Toronto

I find it’s good practice to approach literally anybody, from a municipal worker who I am passing on the sidewalk while they’re performing official duties to clerks in shops with an immediate attempt at a substantive conversation, not just a rote exchange of greetings or well-wishes. By that means the other morning I got the […]

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driftwood

2020-04-06

in Exercise, Photo of the day, The outdoors, Toronto

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Exploring Toronto

2019-11-24

in Daily updates, Exercise, The outdoors, Toronto

One of the cleverest and most philosophical limericks is: There once was a man who said, “Damn, It has borne in upon me I am But a creature that moves In predestinate grooves; I’m not even a bus, I’m a tram!” It’s strange that living in Canada’s largest city I nonetheless overwhelmingly see the parts […]

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U of T summer gym fees

2017-10-15

in Exercise, Rants, Toronto

A small but indicative example of how the University of Toronto doesn’t prioritize the welfare of its students is the way in which the gym access included in student fees during the fall and winter terms is cut off in the summer, requiring students to pay a per-facility fee to keep using it. This is […]

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Maternal visit concluded

2017-03-26

in Daily updates, Exercise, Photography, Toronto

I spent most of today working on the theoretical framework for my forthcoming proposal, but this morning I went with my mother and some of her friends to see Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum. Also, I took a break in the evening to try yoga for the first time in Massey’s Upper Library. It was quite […]

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Two weeks off Judo

2017-02-06

in Exercise

We’ve been learning a throw which I find very awkward, which involves holding uke’s wrist and pushing it straight up into the air while turning the person over your hip. Practicing the Saturday before last left my wrist rather sore and, at Tuesday’s class, when a hold-down escape put all my partner’s and my weight […]

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Judo update

2017-01-25

in Daily updates, Exercise, Language

There are some Judo words which I only know how to pronounce phonetically. Among them is the name of Sensei Isador. I remember it because I know he’s not a window… My mnemonics for remembering throws and hold-downs are similarly silly. Cramming vocab for my yellow belt grading, I decided that Kata gatame (where you […]

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