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33 Post author: cousin_it 05 August 2011 09:35PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 07 August 2011 10:06:58PM *  0 points [-]

Whoops, didn't see your comment at first. Sorry. Replied about n-back in another comment. Also, do you think none of the tasks for level 1 should require any training? SarahC, who proposed using the ExRx scale for strength, said she had to train a little before she reached the "untrained" level.

Comment author: taryneast 08 August 2011 09:35:49AM 1 point [-]

Yes but many people will need to "train a little" to be able to walk for 30 min without stopping for a breath. Same with cooking pancakes, or programming.

I think my idiomatic phrasing of "some" is probably the problem here, so let me be more explicit. For me (and many other people), I would need to train a lot to run for a mile.

As I am in fact currently training to run, I can tell you that it has taken me two months so far to get to a stage where I can only walk/jog for twenty minutes, not yet actually run a full mile in one go. I expect to be able to do that at the end of this month.

It is not level one.