Apparently...

El Capitano

...I shouldn't be doing any physical activity! :shock:

Just been used as a guiniea-pig for an on-line assessment solftware tool sort of thing that could be used by health/leisure centres, gyms etc to evaluate if someone is okay to exercise or if they should seek medical advice first.

I'm 47 and have two 'serious' medical conditions (diabetes and high blood pressure). No matter how much the geeks tweeked the software, it would not allow me exercise - even though I have already had medical advice and am already exercising regularly.

They have now left to sort out some 'technical issues' with it.

Their faces when I listed what I've done already today, what I've ridden this month and what my target for the rest of the month is was priceless.

nicklouse

but did they know you have been dead?

as that would have fixed the results perfectly. "Does not apply".

El Capitano

nicklouse wrote:

but did they know you have been dead?

Not yet. I'm sure that will come out in V2.0!

Also didn't get a chance to list my heart attacks or the amount of broken bones I've had.

TBF though, I do actually feel a little bit sorry for them as they probably hadn't thought about people like me (a medical freak...) who don't fit the 'normal' parameters of being both human and alive. That said, they are going to have to 'tweek' the software to take into account every sort of eventuality.

I think I'm going to enjoy this little project.

Gazlar

That's really shocking









You're 47??? !!!! I haven't even factored in making it to 47

Kitty

To be honest I know for a fact from recent goings on, if you came to my works gym they wouldn't let you be a member. They'd send you to the nhs for their scheme so you'd use our gym but under their guidance so we don't cover you.

njee20

gyms etc to evaluate if someone is okay to exercise or if they should seek medical advice first.

Surely it simply showed someone like you should seek medical advice first? You have, so the tool works. It's not conclusively saying you shouldn't exercise.

Raymondavalon

A friend of mine who is a big chap tried to join a gym and they insisted he went for a medical first. He was quite peeved about this. He went for the medical and was advised to lose a little weight, but was told he's in good shape although a little portly
He opted for dieting, lost some weight, went back to the said gym 6 months later and was accepted after being "assessed" by them.

Now, what happens if someone buys an exercise bike or weight set from Argos? Will they demand a medical certificate/assessment too? FTW!

Gazlar

It's all b0llocks anyway, no way can a computer know you and what's best for you better than you, the person who has lived with your physical state and condition forever, it simply can't. It might help guide some lardarse retard who won't believe they need to excercise until intendo tell them to, but even then it won't be all encompasing, isn't it the beauty of the human race that we are all freaks, all unique.

Let's take an example last ride I did. Bails has a big breakfast butty, stays at 7 stone 2 or whatever he doesn't weigh. I look at his sandwich and gain 2 stone, yet still I'm the one that turns heads with his chiselled bond like features. Ok an exaggeration but a computer can't give a wholly accurate reflection when we are all so different, can it?

Plus computers are wrong, the police have one that says I should stay away from that secretary at all times, but I showed that who knew best and she hasn't complained since :shock:

bails87

Gazlar wrote:

I

Let's take an example last ride I did. Bails has a big breakfast butty, stays at 7 stone 2 or whatever he doesn't way. I

You're making me sound fat....

It's over ten stone actually, I don't have fat on the outside, I keep it all in my arteries instead!

El Capitano

njee20 wrote:

gyms etc to evaluate if someone is okay to exercise or if they should seek medical advice first.

Surely it simply showed someone like you should seek medical advice first? You have, so the tool works. It's not conclusively saying you shouldn't exercise.

You're sort of right and I can see why the tool would send me to seek medical advice, it's more the fact that I'd told it that I was already exercising regularly and it told me to stop.

Gazlar

Just noticed how the feck did I spell weigh way, time to edit it. To be fair a lot of your weight is in your jewfro. And I suppose I was only looking at your butty as I'd eaten my 4 already

t0pc4t

I have high blood pressure and I'm fit as a butchers dog.

surely if it's under control with medication it's not an issue?

El Capitano

t0pc4t wrote:

surely if it's under control with medication it's not an issue?

That was one of the issues. Going through the various scenarios, if I was assessed - as the 47 year old with two conditions, I would be sent for medical advice. I would then come back to be assessed again after getting the medical advice that I was okay to exercise, only to be told I should seek medical advice, even though, for this scenario I had and had told the computer that I had.

I don't think they'd thought about the follow up from someone being told to get medical advice, then returning to be assessed once they'd received that advice.

cat_with_no_tail

El Capitano wrote:

...I shouldn't be doing any physical activity! :shock:

I think that the guy doing your quiz was actually Mike, and he's just trying to get an advantage for the distance challenge

supersonic

I'd love to fill one of these in lol. Probably tell me to dial 999!

mike1-2

Cat With No Tail wrote:

El Capitano wrote:

...I shouldn't be doing any physical activity! :shock:

I think that the guy doing your quiz was actually Mike, and he's just trying to get an advantage for the distance challenge

You've sussed me out!

It's funny actually, because I've been told to stop doing (Pretend) miles all week