Finance, Food, Fitness
I like workouts that have patterns. They are easy to remember and breakup the workout. If you like patterns, then this will be a snap to remember and a challenge to do.
500M Free (Warm-up)
400M Swim-Kick-Drill-Swim, 100 of each stroke
1×300M Free
2×200M Best Stroke Not Free
3×100M Free Fast
4x 50M Second Best Stroke Not Free
3×100M Free [...]
This seems like a very simple question that everyone needs answered. Accounting for inflation, average rate of return after retirement and the standard of living to maintain after retirement, the question becomes very difficult to answer.
In short you need a LOT of money. A million dollars in today’s money will not be enough [...]
You have a house with $80k of equity valued at $180k. Property taxes run 2.7% on the full value of the home for rental properties. The home will need to be refinanced at 8.5% and insurance will run about $2k/year.
Based on that information, what is the best financial decision?
If you sell the house [...]
It is totally possible to die a billionaire. Set aside $100k today, make 20.23% for 50 years and you will be a billionaire. You don’t have $100k today? Save $10k per year for 50 years and you will amass $638 million. You will cross the billion dollar mark 3 years later.
Based [...]
If you have never swam competitively, the follow information, which applies to Lifetime Fitness’ pools, might be helpful.
Distance
Lengths
Laps (down and back)
50M
2 lengths
1 lap
100M
4 lengths
2 laps
200M
8 lengths
4 laps
500M
20 lengths
10 laps
1000M
40 lengths
20 laps
1500M
60 lengths
30 laps
1 Mile
60 lengths
30 laps
If you see a pool advertised as “Olympic Sized” it is one of three sizes. 25 yards, which is [...]
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