OK. No, I don't agree it's as beneficial as your 30-minute session of moderate intensity. It will have more impact on fast-twitch fibers in your quads.
There is no denying that. And the glutes, because I do it on an incline. But the oxygen deficit at the end of each burst is truly something I have not previously experienced. My understanding, such as it is, is that this form of exercise is supposed to strengthen the cardiovascular system. I admit it flies in the face of almost everything I've read up until the time before I gave it a try. Would you like a couple of links and then maybe give me your opinion on the literature? I'd appreciate it.
I did post pictures of legal aged women, but they were not deleted. I have no power to delete anything on this site after a certain period of time as I am not a moderator. The thread was originally posted in this section, but lives on in "Chit Chat" as one of the most popular threads. Here is a link to the pictures: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=184014&perpage=6&pagenumber=12 These two women are very well known around Pattaya. If you send me a private message, I might even give you their names, #s and exactly where they work. They do need the business in this economy. They are not underage. One woman is 24 and the other is 30. To say that the "vast majority of clients in the Thai sex trade "hire minors" is completely false and baseless. You are making it up and copying documents off the internet which are as true as the nuclear weapons in Iraq. You are doing this smear me on the board which is your style here. You havent been to Thailand. If you were there, you would know that these articles on the internet are not true. I dont know a bar owner in Pattaya that would risk a police raid. Who is going to risk their bar for such activities? Why dont you name the particular bars which partake in an illegal activity? I will report your findings to the Thai police. You cant, because you have not been there and all you know is what you see on the internet authored by newspapers who want ratings and governments that are trying to push a political agenda.
You're obviously not a big believer in Karma, which is ironic as 95% of Thais practice Buddhism. Going to find some kids to play with?
So any evidence (United Nations) showing that Thailand is the leading source and destination of human trafficking is false? Why, because a pedo says so? Wow, I am convinced. Thanks for enlightening me. You're still here?
O.K. I didn't see that pic. But it is true that prostitution is age old and very common in Thailand and western clients are only a small percentage of the clients, less than 10% I read somewhere. How do you know that the vast majority goes for minors? All those boys and girls who sell their bodies in the bigger thai cities really don't do that because otherwise they would starve. They can all go back to their home villages and work on the fields and have the life like most of their friends back home. But what they often tell you: that's "mai sanuk" or in english "no fun". It would mean: no nice clothes, no mobile phones, no partying every evening. Sometimes it is beyond comprehension: here in Chiangmai (in the North of Thailand where I live) some boys live with 4 or 5 in a small room with only a matrass but they still prefer it to living with their family in the mountains and do the field work every day.
Okay, here they are: http://www.webmd.com/heart/metabolic-syndrome/news/20080707/hard-exercise-curbs-metabolic-syndrome http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6823/9/3 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15842976 http://www.healthyexerciseworld.com/high-intensity-interval-training.html <div style='text-align:center'> <object width='560' height='450' id='FiveminPlayer' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000'> <param name='allowfullscreen' value='true'/> <param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'/> <param name='movie' value='http://embed.5min.com/230768955/'/> <param name='wmode' value='window' /> <embed name='FiveminPlayer' src='http://embed.5min.com/230768955/' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='560' height='450' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' wmode='window'> </embed> </object> <br/><a href='http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-do-Burst-Training-230768955' style='font-family: Verdana;font-size: 10px;' target='_blank'>How to do Burst Training</a> </div> I took the links from another fitness-related thread, where I had posted them recently.
I did not post pictures of underage girls. I posted the link to the pictures above. Two pictures were posted of women. One was 24 and the other 30. I have all their information. They were taken from Walking Street bars. All of the hotels in Pattaya check identification before the women can come into the hotel. They wouldnt allow them into the hotel if they were underage. All Thais carry an identification card with their picture, age and other information. I check the identification and the hotels always check it too. The hotel I stayed at kept a formal log and photocopied the identification for their records in large binders. They go to great lengths in Pattaya to make sure that underage prostitution does not happen.
I've been all over Thailand, learned to surf on Chaweng beach. You would certainly know more than I about the problem. All I can suggest is for you to read the UNODC report, among others, which suggest they are not there of their own free will.