I bought a couch, dark teal sectional, in perfect condition. Wrangled my nephew and a U-Haul to go get it. In case you are wondering where this is going, I decided to do this rather than go to Youfit for the weight training session. I think they ended up being about equal.
I originally didn’t realize that it featured a fold-out sleeper in one section and a recliner in another. These were quite heavy. Carrying them through the seller’s house, out around their pool and through the alley to the truck was one side of it, and then through the bushes and around into my house, the other side.
I was sweating like a pig, so I’m thinking this effort was almost the equal to my Youfit routine. By contrast, my old sectional, with no recliner, no foldout bed and some of the stuffing missing was very light as we carried it to the curb. With the waiting, the rescheduling, the traffic and the distance, this unfortunately consumed most of the day, so I skipped Youfit.
I wanted to present this particular article because it applies to the Tim vs. Aging project. It is indeed a “Single-case experimental design.”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877065717304542
Unfortunately, I did not see this before the project began, but it is worth a read if you decide to do your own study of anti-aging interventions. It provides structure and detail for such an effort.
But there are a couple of problems with this. First, it is too elaborate and technical for the average person. The trouble and detail required to produce a peer-reviewed technical paper are likely ten times what an experimenter needs to measure results.
Second, most people in search of an anti-aging solution will not be patient enough to limit their variables to a single supplement. In Tim vs. Aging, I selected supplements, exercises and other processes that I thought would be complementary.
Third, it will be almost impossible to isolate the effects of any single contributing factor to the project. Scientists love to have an isolated factor, with a large baseline data set to reduce noise factors. But to do this with each factor would take years.
But since Tim vs. Aging Phase II is going to begin in a week or so, I’ll be reviewing this thoroughly to see if I can improve my data collection.
Will this help me defeat former UFC Champion Ander Arlovsky in single combat? YES! The scientific method is more powerful than any single man. My victory is assured…
Tim vs. Aging – T minus 8 days – Choosing the Epigenetic Test
Tim vs. Aging – T minus 4 days – Stretching and Weightlifting
Tim vs Aging – Day 8 – Anyone want to knock 20 years off of their biological age?
Tim vs Aging – Day 11 – Some Baseline Data, and Maintaining Consistency
Tim vs Aging – Day 12 – Over the First Hump, plus Do Bodybuilders Die Sooner?
Tim vs Aging – Day 13 – Fasting Day, Ketosis Explained, plus What the Heck is a Niacin Flush?
Tim vs Aging – Day 17 – No Weight Soreness, Gotta Have Pudding! – Develop Your Support System
Tim vs Aging – Day 18 – Torture by Trisha, Support Systems (cont.)
Tim vs Aging – Day 19 – Fasting Day, and Bacteria to Lose Weight
Tim vs Aging – Day 20 – Torture, but not too bad – plus a Cult progeny that is Good For You!
Tim vs Aging – Day 21 – Travel Day Screws the Schedule. And I am Officially Young Again!!!
Tim vs Aging – Day 22 – Still Traveling. Let’s talk about ‘Caloric Restriction’
Tim vs Aging – Day 23 – Travel Second Day – Plus Transhumans and Cutting Edge Biotech
Tim vs Aging – Day 24 -Travel Third Day – plus Potential for Brain Cell Repair
Tim vs Aging – Day 25 – Homebound – Makeup for lost time – lost weight – Oysters!!
Tim vs Aging – Day 26 – MMA workout – plus Hair Color Restoration?
Tim vs Aging – Day 27 – A Bit Sore – plus Criticism of the Hyberbaric Chamber Strategy
Tim vs Aging – Day 28 – Fasting – plus Will Immortality Lead to Overpopulation?
Tim vs Aging – Day 29 – Fasting is easy – plus Why Don’t People Exercise???
Tim vs Aging – Day 30 – Half Way There! Some Subjective Results
Tim vs Aging – Day 31 – Minor Schedule Break – plus Extending Life with Stem Cells
Tim vs Aging – Day 32 – All is Normal – plus Fish Oil, good or not?
Tim vs Aging – Day 33 – Feeling my Oats! Relief from Muscle Pain, Disappointed in Tae Kwon Do
Tim vs Aging – Day 34 – On Track – Plus my Theory on Foot Massages
Tim vs Aging – Day 35 – Fasting, a Shot in the Arm, Plus Creatine
Tim vs Aging – Day 36 – Trisha Rained Out – Plus Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
Tim vs Aging – Day 37 – Saturday Downtime, Plus Do Eating Right and Exercise Help? Maybe Not…
Tim vs Aging – Day 38 – Back to Weights! – Plus Very Expensive Skin Cream
Tim vs Aging – Day 39 – Monday Sucks – Plus Should You Eat “Processed” Foods?
Tim vs Aging – Day 40 – MMA All the Way – Plus The Ultimate in Stem Cells for Anti-aging
Tim vs Aging – Day 41 – In Between – Plus More about Fisetin – Myths?
Tim vs Aging – Day 42 – Fasting Day – Plus Five Fitness Factor for Longer Life
Tim vs Aging – Day 45 – Weights? Kicked out of Youfit – Plus some Anti-Aging Vocabulary!
Tim vs Aging – Day 46 – In between day – Results from the Telomere Test
Tim vs Aging – Day 47 – Minor Project Breakdown – What Can I Do About It?