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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9775042" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>Some recent & not so recent posts have asserted the idea that the PCs themselves wouldn't be aware of videogamey concepts like how their resting & recovery mechanics play out. I wanted to refute that absurdity with some evidence of my own.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It takes me <em>about</em> 30-36 hours to recover the "necessary stamina" expended from this....[spoiler]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419324[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/Spoiler]</p><p>If I don't spend that time recovering it looks very different in entirety predictable ways within a couple tens of calories. If however I take about 4-5 days off I can double the time and <em>almost</em> double calories with something like this 3x/week</p><p>[Spoiler]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419326[/ATTACH]</p><p>At least until more &:more muscle starts melting over 2-3 months. <a href="https://hydrorevolution.com/" target="_blank">Mixing cardio and resistance</a> may have <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=how+accurate+are+optical+calorie+monitors+with+resistance+based+exercise&oq=how+accurate+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEEUYJxg7MgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEEUYJxg7MggIAhBFGCcYOzIGCAMQRRg7MgcIBBAAGIAEMgcIBRAAGIAEMhAIBhAAGIMBGLEDGIAEGIoFMgcIBxAAGIAEMgcICBAAGIAEMgcICRAAGIAEMgcIChAAGIAEMgYICxAAGAMyBwgMEAAYgAQyBggNEAAYAzIGCA4QABgD0gEINTIxNmowajeoAhSwAgHxBQ-Wc-_2La07&client=tablet-android-incar&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">unbelievable </a> results, but it seems to have a higher recovery threshold than 5e PC's engaging in life and death battle to the death.</p><p>[/Spoiler]</p><p>It's weird that people would cite realism in asserting that this kind of knowledge is too video gamey for any real world human∆ to notice through experience and expect to see week after week?</p><p></p><p>I would love to do either of those more often but have had to roll my eyes at reality and say "ok I'll do that again day <em>after</em> tomorrow" in exasperation. Unsurprisingly reality is incapable of convincing me to pace things differently because I very quickly grew to understand how the recovery process plays out.</p><p></p><p>∆ I could have sworn I was one of those but suppose I'll bow to the experience of others on this and attempt a standard self diagnostic hardware scan followed by an early program integrity CRC check.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 9775042, member: 93670"] Some recent & not so recent posts have asserted the idea that the PCs themselves wouldn't be aware of videogamey concepts like how their resting & recovery mechanics play out. I wanted to refute that absurdity with some evidence of my own. It takes me [I]about[/I] 30-36 hours to recover the "necessary stamina" expended from this....[spoiler] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot_20251011-174922.png"]419324[/ATTACH] [/Spoiler] If I don't spend that time recovering it looks very different in entirety predictable ways within a couple tens of calories. If however I take about 4-5 days off I can double the time and [I]almost[/I] double calories with something like this 3x/week [Spoiler] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot_20251011-175546.png"]419326[/ATTACH] At least until more &:more muscle starts melting over 2-3 months. [URL='https://hydrorevolution.com/']Mixing cardio and resistance[/URL] may have [URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=how+accurate+are+optical+calorie+monitors+with+resistance+based+exercise&oq=how+accurate+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEEUYJxg7MgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEEUYJxg7MggIAhBFGCcYOzIGCAMQRRg7MgcIBBAAGIAEMgcIBRAAGIAEMhAIBhAAGIMBGLEDGIAEGIoFMgcIBxAAGIAEMgcICBAAGIAEMgcICRAAGIAEMgcIChAAGIAEMgYICxAAGAMyBwgMEAAYgAQyBggNEAAYAzIGCA4QABgD0gEINTIxNmowajeoAhSwAgHxBQ-Wc-_2La07&client=tablet-android-incar&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8']unbelievable [/URL] results, but it seems to have a higher recovery threshold than 5e PC's engaging in life and death battle to the death. [/Spoiler] It's weird that people would cite realism in asserting that this kind of knowledge is too video gamey for any real world human∆ to notice through experience and expect to see week after week? I would love to do either of those more often but have had to roll my eyes at reality and say "ok I'll do that again day [I]after[/I] tomorrow" in exasperation. Unsurprisingly reality is incapable of convincing me to pace things differently because I very quickly grew to understand how the recovery process plays out. ∆ I could have sworn I was one of those but suppose I'll bow to the experience of others on this and attempt a standard self diagnostic hardware scan followed by an early program integrity CRC check. [/QUOTE]
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