The data is in and now unlike ever before in histiry we are talking bout the best way to grow a muscle with exercise. The best data we have suggests "activating type 2 mucles" while lifting and then resetting the weight easily and gently, giving a full stretch in the muscle if possible. Let's use a bicep curl as an example. We will pick up our weight and get into poition for optimized form. Our hard is in a daed hang holding ontot the weight. We will then, with all the speed

I only touched an epoxy product once before starting my own business. I wasn't the contractor at the time, and I didn't think the place we applied it was right for the material type, but it was my job to do the work back then. Well, here I am now and lo and behold, my first year in business, I'm going down to New Jersey to pick up epoxy products. This stuff isn't available locally. I order the aggregate from a manufacturer named Torginol out of Wisconsin. They make custom col

I was chatting with Gemini AI and I swear I got some data that informed me tht we have had 3x more rain days this masonry season than average. Now, that could have been completely fabricated, as it refused to reproduce the results, but I have been holding out for a solid 5 day dry streatch and I haven't had one in months. Then we get to the sheer number of days that it was raining and then we start to see the total of time lost to rain this year. I can't even speculate how ma

It's starting to be chilly in the morning. We had tons of rain this year. It's ridiculous really. I have two open projects with outdoor epoxy and it's just not going to get done this year. Way too wet and now the temps are too low and it will be too wet. Fortunatley, the concrete repairs were made, so, the surface can be walked on and is majorly "repaired." If you're unaware, epoxy is best applied to a surface that has cured longer anywway. So, they are just waiting for a bet

I am looking to find someone to let me install an in-ground hot tub for a fraction of what it should cost.I drafted some basic plan for an in-ground hot tub a few years ago. Step 1) excavate Step 2) run plumbing (plan calls for having the pomp and filter in the basement of the home) Step 3)Crushed stone and compact Step 4) Form, set jet pipelines Step 5) Concrete, Rebar, Concrete Step 6) Strip the forms and run the electrical Step 7) Finish with tile, closed cell foam, plaste

Safety, Effort and Quality! Here at Restoration and Repair Masonry, we do things in this way and in this order. 1. Safety Utilize PPE, watch for OSHA violations and notify your superior of any, know your surroundings, take no chances with public safety, do not risk personal injury 2. Effort Once we are working safe, head on a swivel, knowledgeable of our surroundings and the present hazards we can put in some effort. We don’t let effort impede our safety, but

The year was started with some double bookings and then it turned into triple books. We are back into being double booked and will be out of the grind shortly. It was a lot of small projects to start, as we move into larger projects for the year. It is difficult to schedule small projects with large projects, so the plan was to pack them all in together as I have been running all over the place so far this year. I had a couple prospective clients wait a period before. getting

Nothing is real.Everything is real, but what is "real" could infinitly be anything else, by observation. So, it's only real, because you say so and not, because it's real. It's real, because you or another hold it to be real. It's beyond words and comprehension the truth. Must have been revealed to me by God. I claimed it was, but it's so grand, without words and beyond comprehension, I can only simply give him credit and not actually know. I obviously live in a world where m

I came up with a basic system to try and get a foundation surface coating to last as long as possible. I spoke with Gemini AI and I often use this LLM as a sounding board. If you're interested to read about my designed Skim Coating application system Vs a standard Stucco please feel free to read this brief conversation excerpt. (Please excuse Gemini AI... whom repeatedly "tries to wrap things up" again and again and again in a quirky way. It's brief here, but the reality is t

Gemini AI High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) offers a time-efficient way to improve cardiovascular health, boost metabolism, and burn fat, with sessions often lasting only 10–30 minutes. By alternating intense bursts with recovery, it enhances fat burning, increases oxygen consumption (VO2 max), lowers blood pressure, and boosts mitochondrial health. Key benefits of HIIT include: Time Efficiency & High Calorie Burn: HIIT burns more calories, or similar amounts in less t

Through my studies of the Judaic, Christian and Muslim Belief system I have come to identify the one simple truth of the entirety of the religions. Well, for the common and those whom are of a single religion and refuse to see anything else, they all observe the same individual as "God". So, all Jews, Muslims and Christians observe the same "Father God". This is allegedly more than half the earths population when combined. A thing to be noted is that what the Isrealites/Jews

Fortunatley for myself, I get all the best exercise at work. Loading trailers, mobiizing projects, moving materials, demolition, labor and masonry before demobilizing and roloading and unloading the trailer again. This is why the nutrition is so important for me, but also, making sure that I maintain mobility in my body is in the peak of importance as well. As one who regularly lifts and carries "too much" my body has come to adapt and will only get stiffer if I do not active

It's been a couple days, I forget where I left off. I know that we talked about the "ATP cycle" and I started talking about Leucin an Muscle Protein Synthesis. What do we need for ATP? we need water, oxygen and phosphate. This leads to what we use when we activate oour muscles, electrolytes! so after the water looses a phosphate from ATP there is a chemical exchange of sodium and potassium that causes the positive chage hat causes your muscle to funcion. After which Calcium f

I was provided with fast and quality information through youtube shorts in my 3rd or 4th year as a mason and in the winter months I was in the gym hitting body builder cycles. That's where I started eating 180 grams of protein a day, but I was lacing in a lot of knowledge about my body. I just knew that I had to hit 180 grams of protein a day, sadly skipping carbs and fats altogether really, but I did learn the latest in technique and method for muscle building and the differ

Have been learning a lot about physical health and wellness, although I learned it inefficiently and in fragments which had to be pieced together. As a mason it is important to take care of my body to maximize performance and increase longevity given the extremity of some of the conditions of Restoration and Repair Masonry. I can't definitively say what is the foremost in importance, but it is between maintaining mobility and receiving proper nutrition. Let's start with nutri