I just signed on as a participant in some guy’s research project on “Differences in Inspiratory Muscle Fatigue following Maximal Exercise in University-Aged Males and Females”. The catch? He’s looking for “normal university student types”. Not highly trained athletes. My angle? I’m fat and out of shape, having spent the better part of a year putting in 14-18hr days in front of a keyboard. Yeah, I’m “average” all right. Tomorrow is the day of truth - I get hydrostatically weighed. This has the potential to be very bad for my ego. Oh well… I’ve always wanted to get “dunked”. 
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Wishing you the best dude.
Thanks bro - it’s good to see you out here.
I went in for baseline measurements today, got dipped, and go back on Thursday for the meat of the testing. He’ll also tell me how fat I am on Thursday.
