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Physique Update – January 2017 [Video]

This is a very short video of my current physique. I keep these to track my changes through time, if there are any. To add a bit of context, I’m currently eating in a 3 hour feeding window, restricted to late afternoon and early evening. It is very convenient for me because I can focus

Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss – Animated Book Review

I decided to make an animated review of the first section of Tim Ferriss’ book Tools of Titans. The following are some of my key take-away messages from this part of the book. What do you think? Someone said that I forgot to mention Wim Hof, since I’m very familiar with his work on cold

The Priming Effect – Animated Video [Practical Psychology]

This is another video in my Youtube series of developing critical thinking. Lots of stuff to work on (uhm, with respect to myself). But with time, I may improve

Insights from the 105 Books I read in 2016 – [On Self-Education]

Introduction I read and listened to 105 books in 2016, which is ~20 more books than in 2015. I have no intention to set another PR in 2017 because reading is not a marathon for me. I enjoy the process and I don’t speed read. I attribute my ability to go through so many books

Genetic Mutations and Celiac Disease – My Analysis of 80 Genomes

This is my third analysis of genotype and phenotype data from OpenSNP, which is a platform where people share their genetic data. The first analysis was about smoking and the second about diabetes. I took a few genetic mutations (SNPs) associated with these conditions and looked into the genetic and phenotype data provided by the

Blood Work #6 – Dec 2016 – [Reliability]

Introduction The last time I posted about my blood work was in August 2016. Here is my December 2016 update: And here’s a comparison with past data: Context and Analysis I took my blood tests twice – this time. The reason for the second draw was that in my first results, my testosterone was ~350

Post Workout Meal – 20 Hours Fasted [Dec. 2016]

Here’s what I had after my gym session today (about one hour after leaving the gym). I was ~20 hours fasted when I ate and ~18 hours fasted when I started my workout: In the box (variable quantities): lettuce chicken feta cheese onions 1 boiled egg green olives cabbage beets peas beans corn cherry tomatoes

Visual Recognition with IBM Watson and Python – Video Series

I posted three videos in which I show you how to do visual recognition in Python by making calls to IBM Watson’s API. Watson is a supercomputer, a specific form of artificial intelligence. You can register for a free account on IBM Bluemix website and use its super-powers. Breakdown of my video tutorials: In the

Intermittent Fasting 16-8 for 8 Weeks in Resistance Trained Males – [2016 Study]

Researchers from universities in Italy, Brazil and the United States did a study comparing resistance trained (RT) athletes who engaged in intermittent fasting (16/8) with RT athletes who ate normally. The experiment ran for 8 weeks and the study was published in the Journal of Translational Medicine in October, 2016. You can read it here.

Physique Update and One of my Best Workouts this Year – [Nov. 2016]

Nov. 26, 2016: I just had one of the best workouts of this year. I’ll detail the context as I find it interesting and I think it may be useful for future reference (my future reference). Yesterday was a low-calorie, very-low-protein day (1,489 kcals, 46g protein). It was a workout day as well (lifting). I