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Parent mostly cares about being a bad mofo.... Totally sounds like the local 24 hour fitness trainers.
Seems like someone has low testosterone.
I'll read what Dan John says about that.
Ask HN: In 2018, what are you doing to get into or stay in shape?
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#42Prancercise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIXIZ_8aGM8
Better link: https://youtu.be/MoRMUzljoAA
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#44With 30 years of experience being overweight, I’ve finally found a secret that works for me:
Exercise doesn’t work. Controlling your diet is king.*
Did you see the *? It should be much bigger. The statement “(Calories in Weightloss” is BS. It’s never worked well for me.
Hundreds of years of poverty and famine has made my body just too good at storing energy reserves as fat. The hypothesized insulin related pathway I believe is the culprit. I said adios to wheat/rice flours, rice, pasta. My diet these days is mostly cruciferous vegetables and beans based. It’s taken some work to be creative, but the bottom line is I no longer have to starve myself, or exercise excessively (I do practice yoga asana lightly) and I am lighter and feel much healthier. No more afternoon crash either.
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Could you elaborate on why running has no benefits for non-athletes?
Just Google it. My advice is to Sprint on your toes barefoot up a grass hill once a week and if u eat great then 2x. Getting strong is far more important and sexy than running. Hey guys I can reach the other side of the city on foot....boring. Walking down the street and helping the beer guy unload a keg one handedly without huffing and puffing....bad mofo. You have a choice. To run away from a problem or have the st…
> Zombie apocalypse arrives tmw and most guys here will be lunch.
I have seen those movies and running from the zombie is clearly a better option than wrestling it.
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Just Google it. My advice is to Sprint on your toes barefoot up a grass hill once a week and if u eat great then 2x. Getting strong is far more important and sexy than running. Hey guys I can reach the other side of the city on foot....boring. Walking down the street and helping the beer guy unload a keg one handedly without huffing and puffing....bad mofo. You have a choice. To run away from a problem or have the st…
> Zombie apocalypse arrives tmw and most guys here will be lunch. I have seen those movies and running from the zombie is clearly a better option than wrestling it.
Yea run of course and when u arrive at safe haven and become thirsty who is going to carry the water back to camp? Who is going out to kill dinner? Not some soft person for sure
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#47Running back home from work, twice a week. I started this last year and it's great ! I have ~13kms which I cover in a bit more than 1h. That's only 10 minutes more than using the public transport and let me tell you that it's much more enjoyable ! I Highly recommend !
I'm assuming you take public transport to work in the morning. I'm also assuming you change clothes before your run home. What do you do with your clothes? Run with a bag? Leave them at work and bring them home on your rest day?
Exactly.
At my company, unfortunately there are no showers, so I can't run to the office in the morning. So I'm running every other day and on the rest day I'm brining my clothes from the previous one
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#48I run about 50 miles a week.
How much in 1 run ? Do you get runners high ?
My schedule is usually 20 miles Saturday, 10-12 Sunday, 8-10 Tuesday, 8-12 Thursday. I do this in singles, meaning 1 run per day.
I don’t know about a runners high. I just find long slow distance running (mostly on trails) to be very relaxing and enjoyable.
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#49I run about 50 miles a week.
This. I Rrun too: I'll put in 90-100km this week. I was thinking of trying for 5000km this year, but I think that is pushing it, so instead I'll target 2k miles which is much more doable for me. Yes, I perpetually have something sore on me.
Yeah, I’ll hopefully end up somewhere in the 2k mile range assuming no major injuries. I don’t keep super close track of mileage just because it tends to make me push myself too hard.
I really don’t worry as much anymore about whether I went 7 or 9 miles. Just getting out the door regularly is my main goal now.
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How much in 1 run ? Do you get runners high ?
My schedule is usually 20 miles Saturday, 10-12 Sunday, 8-10 Tuesday, 8-12 Thursday. I do this in singles, meaning 1 run per day. I don’t know about a runners high. I just find long slow distance running (mostly on trails) to be very relaxing and enjoyable.
No pain from the 20mile run ? Any special shoes ? How long to run 20 miles ?