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Ask HN: Techies, how do you keep yourself physically engaged?
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#22I walk 3 miles a day, takes about 45-50 minutes.
Daily walking has a low hurdle for getting started and renders huge benefit in the long run. Good for you!
I have to walk when I'm traveling for business or shop groceries during the weekend too. Usually there is some weight on my back in such contexts, I'm too lazy to bear the weight so I often ride scooters nowadays. But I do enjoy hiking. Last year did four 16-km day-hiking with minimum weight on my back in a hiking group. Loved it and this year I'll hike again.
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#23How do you climbers stop forward head posture from climbing emphasising the pre-existing muscle imbalances of nerd neck? The prevalence of this in my climbing gym (70% of the climbers) put me off the sport.
I think attending ballet lessons for beginners will help fix your nerd neck. The first thing a ballet instructor teaches is how to hold your head correctly and how to stand correctly. They will definitely train the strength of your ankles and feet too. You will like it!
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#24I get into the gym 5x a week. It is a non-negotiable part of my schedule. I sign up for running events that are 12-16 weeks out and then use training plans like Run with Hal or Nike Run Club to figure out what I need to do daily.
Good for you and keep doing it!
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#25Climbing obviously lol. Walking my dog. Also lifting weights and signing up for marathons/half marathons to train for. And snowboarding when I can get it. Some of it's fun, but a lot of it really is just unpleasant exercise. I hate it, but I stick to it for the positive side effects. In my mind, the only way to it is to do it.
If your goal is to keep yourself healthy and fit, you can really focus on the quality of training rather than quantity. Choose something that has the highest benefit-density and you can bear with, and then just do that. Climbing and walking your dog can already keep you fit. Stick to them . Do other activities just for fun, no need to push yourself too hard. :-)
And you think climbing is easy? Maybe for beginners. But you will definitely need some other trainings to enable advanced climbing. This activity alone will keep you busy for very long.
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#26I have a small home-gym that consists of a bench for press and leg curls, abs bench, old and ugly stationary bike that does the job, some push up bars and a pull up bar. I also tend to walk everywhere. As soon as I finish working it is training time. When I'm busy or out for a few days I take the push up bars with me. Sometimes I also do some push ups while working.
After work I usually find myself too tired for high intensity exercises. So I experimented with exercising in the morning. It worked and I can sleep well in the evening!
After work I usually practicing my music instrument for a while until dinner. Our dinner is usually simple so it doesn't take too much time to prepare.
I'm not able to do a single push up yet, but I'm doing planking deligently. Hopefully one day I can also do push ups like you!
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#27My watch tells me when to run and how much to run. I feel good after each run so I follow its instructions. Tip: you don't need gear or even shoes to run, just run to the office or chase the kids.
Great tip! I lost about 25kg chasing my son daily when he was a toddler, without any diet or extra training. But then I slacked. The weight did not really come back quickly, but my fitness deteriorated so much. Running became too challenging for me. But now I am reclaiming my energy, hopefully I can also enjoy running soon!
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#28My watch tells me when to run and how much to run. I feel good after each run so I follow its instructions. Tip: you don't need gear or even shoes to run, just run to the office or chase the kids.
Running to office is not practical for me, I always have bags on my way to office. How do you run to office?
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#29Stationary bike with automatic resistance and various apps to ride real routes or 3D ones with friends and family. I lost 2st last year without trying, which I gained during COVID. Now at 91% lean mass and in the shape of my life. The key thing is finding people to be competitive and supportive with. My partner has been an excellent source of motivation as we are both very competitive in outdoing each other in time a…
Wow, admire your physical capability and lean mass!
Yes, an encouraging and supportive social environment is really important. After I started building my exercise habit, my husband bought a walking band and started walking at home too. We agreed to hike together in the new year and I really look forward to it!
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Excellent tips in this blog! Thank you!
The book atomic habits by James clear is helpful for making exercises a part of our lives too. I highly recommend this book.