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AI 24 Feb 2009 bIo enhAnCeD nAno neURo hUMoR FoReVeR YoUng scenery is an added value of trail running. Also, with terrain variety, every footfall is very slightly different, so there's less likelihood of the repetitive strain injuries that can come from road running alone. ULTRARUnnIng In the last few years, there has been an explosion of ultramarathons. Ultramarathons are any running race longer than 26 miles and 285 yards. Typically, runners progress towards an ultimate goal of running 100 miles. First, one prepares to run 50 kilometers (31 miles). next comes a 50-mile run and, fi nally, the 100-mile run. Many seemingly ordinary people end up being able to run 100 miles in less than 24 hours, even including runs up and down mountains, and across rivers. Transhumanists will be interested in the almost universal experience of 100-mile completers. Most report that they expanded their sense of the possible, and took that one-day experience with them into the rest of their lives. because most of these races are on trails, runners also develop strong communities of superfi t friends, become experts at hydration, nutrition, salinity, and weight, and develop a unique balance or proprioception, as well as low heart rates. CRoSSFIT The gold standard for fi tness, this is probably the most comprehensive and inclusive program available outside of an olympic decathlon qualifi ers program, for developing strength, speed, endurance, fl exibility, agility, and more. For about $300 a month, you can get an hour a day of intense workouts that are creative, challenging, measured, and allow progress to be charted across dozens of variables. If I had to recommend one thing out of all of these, I would recommend becoming a crossfi tter. TReADMILL DeSK This is the brainchild of Dr. James Levine, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic. A google search of the term will show how to turn a normal treadmill into a treadmill desk: simply bolt a tray and a fl at screen onto metal arms so that it swings out above the control panel. Dr. Levine recommends a one-mile-an-hour slow walking speed. Users who walk (creep along) for eight hours will end up walking 8 miles, and burning about 800 calories. If you did this 50 weeks a year, you would burn 200,000 calories a year, or the equivalent of 57 pounds of fat, or running 57 marathons, all without breaking a sweat. The most expensive commercial version of a treadmill desk is the Walkstation, which sells for $3,000 from Steelcase. SLeePIng AToP ChoMoLUngMA high altitude-living enables athletes to generate more red blood cells and other adaptations that, when they return to sea level, gives them an aerobic advantage. Three companies make machines that — in combination with plastic tents or sealed rooms — allow for the gradual reduction in the amount of oxygen present. After several months of careful adaptation, one can end up with effects equivalent to sleeping on the oxygen-reduced summit of Mt. everest. A rule of thumb is "live high, train low." In other words, sleep in a low-oxygen environment, but then do workouts in a normal gym, because an athlete can't train as hard with less oxygen. The machines that suck out the oxygen cost thousands of dollars, but for people looking for an edge in their distance races, the price is worth paying. Alex Lightman is the author of brave new Unwired World (Wiley 2002), the fi rst book on 4g, and over 120 articles on business, technology and cool people. his fi rst article was published in June '83, the month he graduated from MIT, as the cover story for The Futurist magazine. he has lost 70 pounds while cutting his body fat from 33% to 16% in the past 13 months using these and other methods. he invites friending on Facebook. Get yourself dunked into a tub of water and, like Archimedes in his eureka moment, have your density measured ReSoURCeS Private Reserve Superfood http://www.baselinenutritionals.com/ Equinox http://www.equinoxfi tness.com/ Live blood Analysis – google the term and explore the controversy Polar HRM http://www.polarusa.com Garmin 405 http://www8.garmin.com/ learningcenter/training/ forerunner405/ Phase IV http://www.phase-iv.net/ Xterra http://www.xterraplanet.com Ultrarunning http://www.run100s.com/ Crossfi t http://www.crossfi t.com/ Walkstation http://www.steelcase.com/na/ walkstation_products.aspx?f=30670 Treadmill Desk http://www.treadmill-desk.com/ High Altitude training http://www.hypoxico.com/ http://www.altitudetraining.com/