In response to comment by philh on Optimal Exercise
Comment author: zedzed 10 March 2014 03:12:50PM -1 points [-]

Bodyweight routines

For a beginner, something like this is reasonable. Of course such a program will max out in fitness gains fairly quickly, even if you start doing several cycles of it. But this isn’t our worry as a beginner. For someone serious about progressing with body weight exercises past this stage, I recommend a program like Overcoming Gravity or Building the Gymnastic Body. There is not really formal support for the efficacy of these programs, but they are endorsed by coaches who train many people successfully, and are consistent with the general principles of weight lifting (progressive overload, training frequency, etc.).

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Comment author: Jinoc 10 March 2014 06:12:48PM 0 points [-]

I'm doing Overcoming Gravity now, and I must say I've been pretty impressed by the results so far even though it hasn't been long. Probably the first time since I started working out that I can really feel results so quickly.

Comment author: [deleted] 31 January 2014 03:30:26PM *  0 points [-]

I'm annoyed that various news sources are reporting that he was picked up "near the Austrian border" as if that implies he was fleeing the country. I bet 60-70% of the population of Italy is as close to the border as Venzone is (roughly 70km).

EDIT: Now another news source is reporting that he may have actually crossed the border into Villach (the shorter route I mention later), which explains why people believe he was fleeing the country.

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Comment author: Jinoc 31 January 2014 04:28:07PM *  1 point [-]

Actually the Italy-Austria border is a pretty mountainous area with a bunch of national parks. The only cities of note are Udine and Trieste, but altogether I doubt you have more than 5% of the population (and google maps suggests Venzone is around 20km from the border). So I think it's not an altogether arbitrary suggestion to make.

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