Efficient timeout

Did you ever notice how much you can sometimes learn by stopping doing something for a while?

Occasionally, when I skip a workout or two at the gym, I notice that the weight I can handle improved pretty seriously. Today, after a little period of not playing the guitar, perhaps my playing ability didn't change much, but I discovered a comfortable position on my chair after deciding that I must get a more comfortable chair for playing.

I'm usually using my computer chair to play. The problem is that it has arm rests that don't allow me to sit with the guitar while resting my back. Today, after using this chair for almost a year, I discovered that I could sit diagonally :)

It's interesting how breaking the routine can allow us to gain new... uhmm... strengths? :)

Dusty Davis

Dusty Davis is a guy who has made several long motorcycle trips throughout Switzerland and the US. I'm against motorcycles, but the pics are so dazzling that I've got a huge motivation boost... Perhaps I should do something like that on a bike one day :)

Review: whey protein powders

Lately, I decided to try buying two of those huge protein powder containers to fill the stomach with some proteins right after the workout, so that I'll be able to catch a nap at the Sauna instead of rushing home, or opening up a table in the middle of the dressing room.

The two products I've bought are:

1. CytoSport - Complete Whey Protein - Cookies 'n Creme (5lbs)
2. Optimum Nutrition - Gold Standard Natural 100% Whey - Natural Chocolate (5lbs)
   

Taste:

1. The smell is very nice - indeed of cookies. There is a moderately disturbing chemical taste (acesulfame possibly?). The product was not bad when slightly diluted with water to the extent where it was just a bit more watery than a paste. But when really diluted, it was actually disgusting. Rating: 4.5 (wouldn't buy again)
   
2. The powdered milk smell is not tasty, but definitely bearable. The taste is of a cocoa powder mixed with powdered milk and no sugar (or other sweetener). Addition of one spoon of sugar makes it a pretty tasty shake - even good compared to a good cocoa drink. When sugar is added the strange smell is not sensed anymore. Rating: 8.5 (would definitely buy again)

Price:
If I remember correctly it was about:

1. $38
   
2. $29

Other than that:

The container should include a measurement scoop for which they have calculated all the nutritional value, and whoops... there is none. Later I've read that it may have traveled to the bottom of the container, and so it was - for both containers!

Can't they make some little hook at the top of the container and connect the scoop to it? Or is it some kind of ritual to get head-to-toes white of protein powder to get it?... :)
In any case, until they make a useful change, all I can recommend is using a fork instead of a spoon (hand?!) when digging. It is much more powderodynamic...