sometimes a penguin

Just doing my best.

[Moog @a_toots]

This is a joy to watch. Ian Hislop, full-throttle, absolutely shredding Jake Berry on Peston. Hislop doesn’t give an inch and talks at Berry the way Tory MPs hate and just can’t cope with (“You can’t just talk nonsense and not be interrupted!”). Superb. https://t.co/z8SRv4a0ht

[The Magic Mod @TaylorMod]

This is an absolute joy to watch

Johnny Marr-How soon is now

Enjoy

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@theAliceRoberts Keep going Prof, you have got so many people into archaeology. Pink blue or green, don’t care just keep doing what you do and we’ll keep watching and learning about who we are and how we got here. Thank you Prof!

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@TheCampagKid @merciancycles Just stunning! As a proud owner of a @merciancycles KOM, I’m with ya!

[The Campag Kid @TheCampagKid]

So as we get closer to the end of 2023, the longest & most complicated build I’ve ever done in the past 50 years was completed. The 1970s Pink tt drillium @merciancycles Superlight. In total I spent about 3 years on this project, one part at a time.

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@carolvorders It’s like taking an exam, not knowing the answers and then going back later to answer after you’ve gone on Wikipedia!

[BikeBlz @BikeBlz]

Algumas imagens saborosas do Tour de France de antigamente (1903).
🎥 “O Tour de France, uma paixão francesa”, de Jean-Louis Perez.

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@MichelleMone This is a parody account and a spoof film? Just checking you’re net getting done over?

[Brian Moore @brianmoore666]

See the context comment to this victim claim.

[Alan Couzens @Alan_Couzens]

Some brief thoughts on arrhythmias in athletes...

It's been about 4 years since I was first diagnosed with a-fib. I did a deep-dive at the time here...

https://t.co/IrQM4uhaU7

Here are some follow-up thoughts...

1/ Don't be an idiot like me.
I really abused my body for a long period of time. I would train hard irrespective of fatigue or sickness & was often in a hole. I would frequently bite off more than I could chew when it came to training load. Furthermore, I would keep it all rolling with inordinate quantities of caffeine. Don't do that.

I strongly suspect that more than the volume, per se, it was being an idiot - keeping the volume rolling while I was tired & inflamed and needing rest that caused my issues.

2/ Don't underestimate the impact of stress.
I have definitely found that since my diagnosis, the level of "flare ups" coincides almost perfectly with periods of higher stress. If I can keep stress low, I can go for very long periods of time without any notable symptoms. This includes things like - making sure I get good quality sleep, minimizing caffeine, keeping a good chunk of easy movement in my day etc.

3/ Don't let it scare you away from a good volume of aerobic exercise.
A cardiac surgeon friend of mine told me - if you live long enough, just about everyone will get a-fib, high volume endurance athletes just tend to get there a little quicker.

But, on the positive, even when a flare-up occurs, the functional implications are often offset by high fitness. The difference between an a-fib episode raising your heart rate from 50-100bpm (for a fit athlete) vs raising your HR from 90-140bpm (for a sedentary person) is significant! One is a nuisance, the other is life threatening if it persists too long! Fitness is an amazing protective buffer when it comes to a-fib , as it is in many things.

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As always, the regular disclaimers apply - I'm an exercise physiologist, not a cardiac doctor etc etc., but just wanted to share an update of my own experience....

In short, still training, just trying to be less of an idiot about it. 😊

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Wilbur. He just had his first full day with his new family. His orientation schedule included sleeping, eating, sleeping in a different place, and after a long day, bedtime. 12/10

[Peter Smith @Redpeter99]

I'd stay on the bus for as long as possible, Mavis. We've deported your carers.

[Michael Lambert @MichaelLamberta]

A few weeks ago we were told that the government had sold, for as little as £6 each, thousand of beds bought for the Nightingale hospital which had cost more than £2000 each.
The Health Secretary now tells us that the NHS is buying another 5000 beds.

[Velon Pro @VelonCCPro]

Flashback to an awesome attack from @Eganbernal at the 2021 Giro d'Italia 💥

[Michael Lambert @MichaelLamberta]

Anyone yet found out what happened to our £37,000,000,000? Thats a million pounds x 37,000!
That is approx 20% of our entire health budget for a whole year!! - i.e. every NHS hospital, clinic, laboratory, surgery etc and the biggest workforce in Europe (1.4 million employees)

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@harlequinspod @premrugby As a Quins fan, happy to get the win and to get Sale that wound up. Smile and wave Quins!

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@laney221263 Remind you a certain little dog?

[All about Steve @1StevieKilner]

Fuck you, and your glove 🖕

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@dainty_phil Takes me back mate! 😂😂😂

[Scott Roots @scottroots]

Omg saw this on facebook! No idea who it is, but they are a legend!!! #triathlon

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@laney221263 Remind you of anyone?😂

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

The first time I watched this I spat tea all over my best trousers. Or should I say, trooosers.

Good morning.

[sometimes a penguin @allthingsdough]

@whiskyforjoe Hi, would you know when this would have been produced? Intact and undamaged.