A New York Times post in their "Well" blog discusses, and links to, an new fitness calculator. This calculator, posted by the Norwegian University of Science & Technology at Trondheim, uses frequency, intensity, and duration of exercise, along with waist size (in cm) and resting pulse, to determine a "fitness age".
The Excellent Wife (TEW) put in my numbers, and, according to this calculator, I have a "fitness age" of 35.
This is utter twaddle. I'm 58. If it had come up 48, or even 45, I might have bought it.
Hrmph.
Go try it out and see what you get.
Ha! I'm 22!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be 22. I didn't have my life sorted out when I was 22.
OK. I changed "I go all out" to "little hard breathing and sweating." Now I'm 36. I had my sh*t together when I was 36, but I was still commuting to Philly and I didn't have MTB gearing on Kermit yet. Owning a carbon fiber bike was beyond my pay grade. Let's try again.
How about "I take it easy..."
Voila! I'm 47.
So does this mean I ought to slack from now on? It's on the Web, so it must be true. I'm bringing a wagon to the next group ride. Y'all can pull me.