Ben Day

Linking ideas to learn. Tableau Analyst, #RStudio and #RShiny tools of choice. 🇦🇺🇳🇿

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

Yesterday I built my first #RShiny app! For any R users out there looking to deploy their functions for wider use I would highly recommend the #RStudio shiny tutorial and cheat sheets to get started.

https://t.co/g1KlgkruBV
https://t.co/y9goxqq6Pk

#Rstats

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

@DrSianAllen Nice experiment @DrSianAllen ! The Garmin body battery seems similar (derived from HRV?). I try not to look in the AM -- to avoid being told how rested I am -- but equally I realise sometimes the body needs to do things while I sleep!

Diff recovery demands -> diff sleep?

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

Talent + discipline + time = ...

I've watched my brother put in the hours. So awesome to see what he can do now.

Prepare, practice, deliver, reflect

#talent #method #music #notsureifrelated

https://t.co/ZycBJtlR0W

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

Second line hit me bigtime re fitness gains and wellbeing habits...

Esp in the beginning, I try to stay disciplined to remain steady through motivation peaks + troughs that come with a new habit or goal.

After a while, motivation stems from discipline and they both grow

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

To crank up the thinking machine, I'm digging through old Brain Food newsletters from @farnamstreet

"The biggest generator of long term results is learning to do things when you don't feel like doing them.

Discipline is more reliable than motivation."

— @shaneparrish

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

Love this. Thoughtful, rigorous, insightful comparisons. Great intel from the growing world of fitness tracking...

[Sian Allen @DrSianAllen]

I wore an Oura ring & a Whoop band on the same hand/wrist for ~12 months.

Here's everything I found... 🧵

TLDR:
- Whoop isn't accurate enough to be useful. I took it off.
- Oura is better. I'm still wearing it.
- Beware readiness/recovery scores - raw data are more insightful.

[Sian Allen @DrSianAllen]

I wore an Oura ring & a Whoop band on the same hand/wrist for ~12 months.

Here's everything I found... 🧵

TLDR:
- Whoop isn't accurate enough to be useful. I took it off.
- Oura is better. I'm still wearing it.
- Beware readiness/recovery scores - raw data are more insightful.

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

@BScott_SportSci Great experience mate! Rain on the day was a bit niggly, and the pace def tested the ticker... but was a good first crack!

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

To visualise and remember some lessons from my recent half marathon training, I whipped up these animations.

(These may be second-nature in sport but have wider applications elsewhere)

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

@Gareth_Sandford
@Ken_Lynch_NZIRL

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

Thanks to my advisors and supporters. Fun to try something new and learn.

I'm interested in any thoughts you have especially on the animations - data vis can always be better!

#learn #training #garmin #insights

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

Another great opportunity to join @HPSportNZ! Evidence-based support for New Zealand's National Sport Organisations through performance research and analysis.

More details:

https://t.co/1FwGOp4BBL

#research #performance #Insights

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

Exciting opportunity to join the Intelligence Team and work on a variety of data projects in NZ Olympic Sport!

https://t.co/TqIVA98ynY

@HPSportNZ #data #analytics

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

For an interested follower of tech capability, great to see action in this area.

We need to develop safety controls ALONGSIDE computing/AI capability.

We need AI developers and AI safety researchers to be on the same side.

#technology #ai #safety

https://t.co/IFAgHRSYRb

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

@wspr Nice, so what you really mean is 'ban cryptomining'.

Good to clarify that there are other potential uses for blockchain beyond currency... anyway, I'll stop pestering you now!

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

@wspr Other cryptocurrencies? 'Ban blockchain' hampers more than just BTC

In my view, such a frontier will cost energy. But it has huge advantages as a monetary system. It's helpful to avoid the good/evil dichotomy

If we had greener energy sources, would you still call for a ban?

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

What a star!

https://t.co/ZTAHnkIlX5

#cosmos #photography

[Ben Day @bendaytoday]

Check out this great resource to develop your evidence-based toolkit!

#evidence #highperformance #data

[Sian Allen @DrSianAllen]

Excited to share practical tools for being an applied performance analyst in high performance environments...

Lots of real-world insights into using data & analytics to make an impact & solve a variety of performance problems across different sports!