Chase

   Welcome back to my blog detailing my research into the limits of human endurance. Last time, I detailed my "Exertion Ratio Formula" that I developed to create a concrete scale to use when I do my treadmill test. However, to keep the observer as honest as possible and to make their observations as objective as possible, I needed to give factors for them to observe in the subject's performance during the test. At this point, I have only deduced 3 possible factors that keep the observations objective, while leaving room for the observer to make their own observations. The factors that I have derived are as follows: -Breathing (Number of breathes in 10 seconds / # of factors eventually derived)                   b/#f -Gait (Rate on a scale of 1-5)                   Heavily Fatigued- (1) Legs flailing, vertical oscillation great, heavy forward lean, heavy steps, arms not tucked neat...

     This week’s blog is short and sweet, because what I accomplished was monumental in terms to my project as a whole, but in the end only took up a few lines of notebook paper. I realized as I was planning my treadmill test, in which I will run to exhaustion, that I would need someone to make some sort of objective observations on me as I ran, since I need to be using every ounce of energy and focus I have on the run. This will require very intense observation and some sort of scale to keep the data interpretable. A simple 1-10 scale would not suffice, for this I needed something that could not be left too much up to the person observing me, but also something that wouldn’t rely all on my own memory of the test. For this, I created an equation that I call the “Exertion Ratio Formula”.  I have yet to put the finishing touches on it, but with what I know for now, it is perfect.  The “Exertion Ratio Formula” is as follows:           ...