Trivia

Various personal trivia that may serve as a complement to my personal background.

Personal Mottos

Collection of words that have touched me during different periods of my life. Sorted from farthest to nearest in time.

NOTE: This practice started from the construction of the signature column of my account on CC98, a BBS forum associated with Zhejiang University.

落英纷飞过窗台和屋檐

待南庭树荣剑指春风

Plus ultra/Más allá/Encore au-delà/Further beyond/通向更远方

Que lo mejor de tu pasado sea lo peor de tu futuro.

災い転じて粘り勝ち / 最後の最後まで行こう

どれだけ走ってきたのか、分からないまま傷跡数えた

Fais de ta vie un rêve, et d'un rêve une réalité.

私は まだここに生きる / 存在意味を問う

永遠の物語は / 君を主人公に選ぶよ / たくさんの出逢いのサヨナラが / 道標さ / 僕らの

ALWAYS AHEAD

READY TO RACE

Oíd mortales el grito sagrado / libertad libertad libertad

«No —escuchó que respondía el viento. Si te lo hubiese dicho, no habrías visto las Pirámides. Son muy bonitas, ¿no crees?».

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Praticed Sports

Practicing sports has helped me get out of burnouts numerous times. This takes effect on various aspects, including:

• improvements in the energy systems (especially fat oxidation) that could save glucose for the brain
• building a stronger neural drive generation ability in the Central Nervous System (CNS) that can be further used for better performing cognitive tasks
• focusing on personal objectives throughout a training session instead of paying too much attention to the comparison with peers, which also helps with keeping a clear and calm mindset during a sprint period of a scientific research project
• emphasis on fatigue management based on theories such as General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS), the importance of which is widely neglected by today’s scientific research communities (especially the AI community)

The choice of sports can be crucial in terms of objectives. Here I share my choice of sports as well as the corresponding objectives.

• Skill-Based Sports
  • Motivation: acquiring useful motor skills for daily life, some of which can also be practiced throughout daily activities
  • Choices:
    • Motorcycle Enduro
      • Balance control (through standing stance)
      • Strength (through maneuvering drills)
    • Skiing
      • Balance control (through ski edge control)
      • Strength (anckle/knee-related muscle)
      • Calm mindset under pressure
    • Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP)
      • Balance
      • Core strength
• Fitness
  • Motivation: building aerobic/anaerobic foundations for skill learning
  • Choices:
    • Cycling
      • Aerobic foundation (through FATmax riding before meals and threshold riding)
      • Anaerobic ability (through High-Intensity Interval Training and Repeated Sprint Training)
    • Running
      • Strength of leg and back (through plyometrics)
    • Strength Training
      • Strength of leg, back, and chest (through deadlift, bench press, rowing, and equipment training)