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Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
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Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#22I walk from the sofa to the microwave and back to retrieve my hotpocket. Some days I go out to the mailbox to collect the pile of mail that has built up from the days I didn't quite make it out (but the sun hurts my eyes and burns my pasty skin so I quickly retreat indoors to bask in the glow of my monitor). On those days that I manage to taste the fresh air I occasionally get the feeling, way in the back of my head,…
on one hand, I love this joke, but on the other hand, while i enjoy nice weather, I'm sufficiently sun burnable that my idea of nice outdoor weather is a bright day with diffuse light due to a thin film of clouds
[edit: i do tan, just very very slowly :p, though that may be a consequence of summers spent doing cs / math research rather than healthy stuff :)]
Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#2330 to 40 minutes a day, 7 days a week.
4 days a week: cardio. 3 days a week: weights.
For cardio, it's most often the stationary bike in my condo gym. I pedal as fast as I can get to 1,000 calories (about 32 minutes). I sometimes go for a 10k run instead, if it's nice outside (about 45 minutes). In the summer, soccer with my work team replaces cardio once a week.
For weights, I run through a circuit of exercises in about 35 minutes. On a universal gym: seated bench press, quadricep extensions, hamstring curls, tricep extensions, lat bar pulldowns. With free weights: back flys, shoulder lifts. On a mat: various situps. To finish off: 2 minutes of very high-intensity cardio on a stairclimber.
Weekdays, I do my workouts right after work, before dinner. I don't think I've missed a workout for about four years, except when traveling. (When traveling, I do a 25-minute body-weight "core circuit" of situps and pushups in the morning immediately after getting up.) Weekends, I get the workout (usually the cardio) out of the way as soon as practical...usually after getting laundry or some other task started.
If doing this every day without fail seems rigid and bordering on obsessive, it's because I've learned for my own personality type, it's vital to make it part of my daily routine. The less I have to think about it, the more likely is that I'll stick with it and make no excuses. There's now never any question as to whether I will or won't exercise on any given day - it's as routine as eating dinner.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#24p90x. But I dont strictly follow their schedule, I usually do it 3-4 times a week. You can do half of their workouts anywhere, and the other half with a pullup bar and some free weights.
Yeah when I do exercise it tends to be a p90x cardio or plyometrics. It's crazy how many calories these burn too.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#25if you're looking for motivation, i highly suggest finding some sport that you enjoy doing. go looking for it, i'm sure one exists. i do a 2-3 hour workout 2-3 days/week centered around a martial art i compete in on the national/international level. the enjoyment factor really helps get you off the couch. and i do about 1 hour or so of warmup into a weight routine 2 days a week to compliment the other training.
> if you're looking for motivation, i highly suggest finding some sport that you enjoy doing. go looking for it, i'm sure one exists.
This is exactly what I've done. Rock climbing at a local gym 3 times a week. I also run 3.5 miles 2 times a week but only for the added fitness.
I really enjoy rock climbing; it's an excellent combination of physical fitness and problem solving.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#26I walk from the sofa to the microwave and back to retrieve my hotpocket. Some days I go out to the mailbox to collect the pile of mail that has built up from the days I didn't quite make it out (but the sun hurts my eyes and burns my pasty skin so I quickly retreat indoors to bask in the glow of my monitor). On those days that I manage to taste the fresh air I occasionally get the feeling, way in the back of my head,…
on one hand, I love this joke, but on the other hand, while i enjoy nice weather, I'm sufficiently sun burnable that my idea of nice outdoor weather is a bright day with diffuse light due to a thin film of clouds [edit: i do tan, just very very slowly :p, though that may be a consequence of summers spent doing cs / math research rather than healthy stuff :)]
Go to the local drug store and get some 80 SPF spray-on sunscreen. Also sun-protecting chapstick (the highest SPF I could find for chapstick was 30).
Don't forget to do your ears, the backs of your hands, and the back of your neck.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#27I walk from the sofa to the microwave and back to retrieve my hotpocket. Some days I go out to the mailbox to collect the pile of mail that has built up from the days I didn't quite make it out (but the sun hurts my eyes and burns my pasty skin so I quickly retreat indoors to bask in the glow of my monitor). On those days that I manage to taste the fresh air I occasionally get the feeling, way in the back of my head,…
on one hand, I love this joke, but on the other hand, while i enjoy nice weather, I'm sufficiently sun burnable that my idea of nice outdoor weather is a bright day with diffuse light due to a thin film of clouds [edit: i do tan, just very very slowly :p, though that may be a consequence of summers spent doing cs / math research rather than healthy stuff :)]
Sounds like skiing is for you, get to enjoy the great outdoors while usually being protected from the sun.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#28with exercise i've found benefit as a function of time to be crazy non-linear. there's a much bigger difference between 0 minutes and 20 minutes spent exercising than between 20 and 40 or 40 and 60. so when i'm busy, i do what i can, keep it short, but never cut it out. i try to do something every other day at least. it clears my head and resets my stress. i like to run. simple. no gym membership. no complicated/expe…
Hmm I'd recommend against treadmills if you can find a good park. Less boring, easier to stay focused, breath of fresh air, better for the knees.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#29I run. 5-12 miles a day depending on speed (5 being the shortest, fastest, and 12 being long and moderate with a pickup at the end) -- quit track to do programming and startup stuff seeing as I'm in high school, but I keep discipline cause it helps me stay focused academically too.
Re: Ask HN: How much do you exercise a day/week?
#30I've recently taken to exercising several hours a day; mostly weights and taking decently long walks.
What I've noticed is that this actually gives me somewhat more time to code, as I spend much less of the day feeling tired and don't need quite as much sleep.