I feel pretty healthy.
But I started lifting and climing a few years ago and I only work 4-6h a day.
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Re: Ask HN: How is you health?
#12Complete shit. Being 100% honest here. Overweight from eating like crap, too many office snacks, drink 5+ cups of coffee a day, eat fast food, back pain from sitting too much, poor circulation, bad sleeping habits, carpal tunnel, high blood pressure, stressed out and depressed, think about ending life fairly often. 10 years into a career as a professional software developer, been writing software for 18 years though.…
> Through these sacrifices I have managed to make an absolutely ridiculous income
Beware of attribution error. Were these "sacrifices" necessary to gain the income? I strongly disagree that healthy lifestyle and productivity/income are mutually exclusive.
Re: Ask HN: How is you health?
#13Sitting will kill you. I managed to drop 60 lbs (205 to 145 at 5’8”) but without excercise, and I mean _real_ regular cardio and resistance training, I’m a thin but unfit person. The open office craze and being on call all the time might have affected my sanity, seriously. Any employer that demands more than 45 hours a week, unreasonable on call demands, and isn’t willing to let you take 1-2 breaks per hour isn’t wor…
> I’m a thin but unfit person
> _real_ regular cardio and resistance training
I never understood this logic. Why you, as a thin person, do any cardio at all.
Re: Ask HN: How is you health?
#14Sitting will kill you. I managed to drop 60 lbs (205 to 145 at 5’8”) but without excercise, and I mean _real_ regular cardio and resistance training, I’m a thin but unfit person. The open office craze and being on call all the time might have affected my sanity, seriously. Any employer that demands more than 45 hours a week, unreasonable on call demands, and isn’t willing to let you take 1-2 breaks per hour isn’t wor…
> I’m a thin but unfit person > _real_ regular cardio and resistance training I never understood this logic. Why you, as a thin person, do any cardio at all.
Having little body fat doesn't automatically make you fit. Cardio isn't just good for losing weight, but also for improving your endurance. Fitness and weight may be inversely correlated for most people, but not for everyone.
As another thin but untrained person, I'm still short for breath e.g. when the elevator is broken and I need to climb the stairs for 10 floors. Exercise has benefits beyond looking thin.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I’m a thin but unfit person > _real_ regular cardio and resistance training I never understood this logic. Why you, as a thin person, do any cardio at all.
Having little body fat doesn't automatically make you fit. Cardio isn't just good for losing weight, but also for improving your endurance. Fitness and weight may be inversely correlated for most people, but not for everyone. As another thin but untrained person, I'm still short for breath e.g. when the elevator is broken and I need to climb the stairs for 10 floors. Exercise has benefits beyond looking thin.
You burn your muscles on cardio if you don't have fat.
Why not eating surplus and lifting weights instead?
Re: Ask HN: How is you health?
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Having little body fat doesn't automatically make you fit. Cardio isn't just good for losing weight, but also for improving your endurance. Fitness and weight may be inversely correlated for most people, but not for everyone. As another thin but untrained person, I'm still short for breath e.g. when the elevator is broken and I need to climb the stairs for 10 floors. Exercise has benefits beyond looking thin.
You burn your muscles on cardio if you don't have fat. Why not eating surplus and lifting weights instead?
Interesting, I didn't consider the possibility to actually weaken the muscles with exercise. However, I'm unsure why you recommend weight lifting as an alternative. Why not eating surplus and cardio instead?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
You burn your muscles on cardio if you don't have fat. Why not eating surplus and lifting weights instead?
Interesting, I didn't consider the possibility to actually weaken the muscles with exercise. However, I'm unsure why you recommend weight lifting as an alternative. Why not eating surplus and cardio instead?
Yeah, also good idea. I guess we can agree that if person is thin and doing any sort of exercise it should eat surplus in order to not become even more thin.
Re: Ask HN: How is you health?
#18Complete shit. Being 100% honest here. Overweight from eating like crap, too many office snacks, drink 5+ cups of coffee a day, eat fast food, back pain from sitting too much, poor circulation, bad sleeping habits, carpal tunnel, high blood pressure, stressed out and depressed, think about ending life fairly often. 10 years into a career as a professional software developer, been writing software for 18 years though.…
I`ve just got rid off totally from all that unpleasant feelings after pregnancy. Constant sitting in my case wasn`t a good idea at all. I felt like a giant ballon with constant back pain. 6 months ago I was recommended to get a standing desk for work. With having the one I changed my body position freely and felt more relaxed and concentrated on my work. I also bought a desk riser https://www.primecables.com/p-357448-cab-mt101-all-primecabl... , it's the same construction in fact but only for moving the monitor. Now I feel like a human being without pains and full of energy. I`m glad that there are lots of tools that make our life easier.