Moving to Hawaii, H4V4Training, Duolingo's Ted Talk
Moving to Hawaii from San Francisco
I’m moving to Honolulu from San Francisco.
Some of my stuff is already in a container on a ship on the way to Honolulu.
I’ve visited Hawaii 3 times and each time i have fallen in love with the weather and the place.
With the remote job, this is my opportunity to try out island living.
I will be waking up early and working PST hours.
San Francisco is great but its too cold for me. 2022 Winter was brutal.
Its getting dark at 5pm these days and I’m glad ill be spending this winter in Hawaii.
This week will be stressful with packing and i haven’t seen the gym in the last month.
Fitness
According to apple watch ultra, my VO2 max is 34.5
In Sep 2022, It was 42.2. Over a span of one year, it has dropped significantly.
After listening to Peter Attia’s Outlive book, my goal is to bring it back and push it above 50
I did my first peloton bike workout this week which was aimed at improving VO2 max.
4 rounds of 4min intervals of all out sprint and 4 mins of rest.
I’m curious to find out how long it will take me to get back to 42. I will update my progress here.
Deriving fitness insights from Iphone camera and blood flow
The method of finding vo2max score sparked the question of how accurate is apple watch ultra in measuring VO2 max. A few hours of searching online led to finding HRV4Training app which is supposedly more accurate. This uses a new technology where it uses your iphone camera to measure blood flow and derives fitness trends from this information.
I’m using this app and will follow up on how it differs once i add sufficient amount of data
Youtube
This video popped up on my youtube feed. I watched it during my weekly zone 2 training.
They are hundreds of things that are competing for your attention and most of it helps very little in picking up new skill or learning what matters. So of course i am interested in ways i can improve my learning. This title definitely caught my attention.
One of the cool things I learnt is how Duolingo is transferring wealth indirectly from people in rich countries to pay for people in poorer countries with freemium and premium model. when a well to do person in developed country pays duolingo to remove ads, they are effectively paying for education for someone in developing countries.