My Wet Coast Life

Living on the wet coast, we are surrounded by forests. One of the benefits of living here is the ease of access to local and regional parks. Last weekend, a friend from work, RobotRogue, and I took my dog Wallace and went for a trek through Pacific Spirit Regional Park. It is located in the University Endowment Lands, west of downtown Vancouver and has over 54 km of walking/hiking trails, 38 km of which are designated multi-use.

As a little background to this, RobotRogue and I, like many techs, sit at a desk all day long. As with any sit down job, over time you get lazy and de-motivated and some people get fat as well as an indirect outcome of sitting all day and snacking. Now RobotRogue's goal is to get in shape and lose some of weight and eat healthier. He has traversed the net and found various useful sites such as Couch to 5K, which helps lazy people slowly get back into the work out routine and nerdfitness.com, who's slogan is "Helping nerds and average joes get in shape the right way, one day at a time."
Over the last couple weeks, i hear of his improvements and motivation. Now me on the other hand, i've gotten lazy over the years due to a back injury 10+ years ago and working more with less time to workout. I am lucky that i have a metabolism like a race car and don't gain weight really no matter what and how much i eat (yes, you can hate me now). I am at the other end of the scale for being under weight and standing over 6'1", i am commonly referred to as a stick, bean pole, someone who should eat more....well, you get the point. So when most people are losing weight, i want to gain it. This tends to tick off the weight loss people...

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As a follow up to a previous blog about How to Nap and trying to find that happy medium between resting the brain and getting things done, i found the Sleep Suit.

This nifty, odd looking invention is the brain child of Forrest Jesse. This is based on the Buckminster Fuller’s practice of Dymaxion Sleeping. Short and sweet is it involves four 30-minute naps over a period of 24 hours for a total of 2 hours per day.

Now that theory sounds like it could be beneficial for some but now the hard part, where do you get that 30 minute power nap when at work or out and about with no couch or bed in sight?
That's where Forrest comes in with the Sleep Suit. It allows the user, once the suit is on, to more or less sleep where ever they want! Whether it be a park bench, set of stairs, grass field or even your desk, this cocoon-like suit allows for that expected comfort to allow the user to achieve that good 30 minute power nap in comfort and to feel secluded from the rest of the fast paced world.

The dymaxion sleep cycle was branded as a more “efficient” method of sleeping, where the sleeping phases give the body the rest it requires for survival.

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