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Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Post by npunt »

overcast wrote: post #90
Question1101 wrote: post #79

What's the best exercise just to stay healthy? And what frequency? I would hate to exercise for years just to find out it actually harmed my health.

Pushups. They are the single best full body exercise, that can be done ANYWHERE, and rather quickly. When you've reached a sufficient rep, add a dip bar. Pull-ups should also be part of your routine as well. Every hour or so while working at the computer, I'll get down and knock out twenty pushups or so. You'll be surprised at how fast you build up muscle endurance, and your lower back pain will be gone.

Pushups are great, but don't just do pushups - you definitely want to integrate pull-ups to get a balance between chest & back. If your chest muscles are overdeveloped relative to your back, you are exacerbating the bad computer posture of shoulders rolled forward and forward head posture known as upper crossed syndrome.

Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Post by geomark »

mtdewcmu wrote: post #92
geomark wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. I often think of reports about studies this way. And then I add likely confounders and draw the causality arrows in all directions, and most are often just as reasonable sounding as the reported causal relationship.

Given two possibilities: 1. Sick people would rather sit. 2. Sitting makes people sick. #1 sounds much more reasonable to me than #2.

The great philosopher Wally agrees http://dilbert.com/strip/2014-05-09

Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Post by winter_blue »

I work on personal projects, read HN, or do other things on my computer while I'm at home. I'm sitting at a desk and using my computer for 12+ hours a day. I rarely ever exercise, or even move my body much besides my fingers.

This is really terrible news for people like me.

Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Post by smnplk »

sopooneo wrote: post #93
overcast wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pushups. They are the single best full body exercise, that can be done ANYWHERE, and rather quickly. When you've reached a sufficient rep, add a dip bar. Pull-ups should also be part of your routine as well. Every hour or so while working at the computer, I'll get down and knock out twenty pushups or so. You'll be surprised at how fast you build up muscle endurance, and your lower back pain will be gone.

I'm 37. Developer. I had suffered lower back pain for five years, sometimes severely. I started doing just 20 pushups a day and it is completely gone. Just one data point, I know. But since that data point is 100% of me, I'm sticking with it.

For anyone who wants to fix his posture, there is a great series of 5 articles called Neandhertal no more hosted on t-nation.

https://www.t-nation.com/training/neanderthal-no-more-1

https://www.t-nation.com/training/neanderthal-no-more-2

https://www.t-nation.com/training/neanderthal-no-more-3

https://www.t-nation.com/workouts/neanderthal-no-more-4

https://www.t-nation.com/workouts/neanderthal-no-more-5

Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Post by debt »

winter_blue wrote: post #123

I work on personal projects, read HN, or do other things on my computer while I'm at home. I'm sitting at a desk and using my computer for 12+ hours a day. I rarely ever exercise, or even move my body much besides my fingers. This is really terrible news for people like me.

it means we programmers will make more money but die sooner. makes all that money earnin' kinda pointless, won't be able to spend it all lol

Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Post by pafje »

NumberCruncher wrote: post #111
mtw wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Moderate exercise 150mn weekly. Can be distributed into 3 to 5 weekly sessions. If you are male, you can also do intense instead of moderate exercise. For types of exercise, endurance exercise like running or cross country skiing have been found to extend most lifespan, followed by team sports and last strength training If all that sounds complicated, my advice is to find a job or a hobby that involves moderate exerc…

People who know that I commute at good weather by bike and at bad weather walking (2*70 minutes a day) say I am crazy. People who see my code (I am writing PL/SQL for my living) say that my solutions are crazy simple and efficient. They don't know that all my good ideas came after 45-60 minutes of walking and because of this I always have a pen and paper in my pocket.

Same thing for me here (and for most people who commute by bike every day). The increased blood flow must help or something like that. Physical activity is about so much more than losing weight.

Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Post by trhway »

winter_blue wrote: post #123

I work on personal projects, read HN, or do other things on my computer while I'm at home. I'm sitting at a desk and using my computer for 12+ hours a day. I rarely ever exercise, or even move my body much besides my fingers. This is really terrible news for people like me.

get a sit/stand desk. Even better if it is with treadmill. I only wish i started to work standing 10-15 years ago instead of just the last couple of years.

Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging

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Post by JamesBarney »

sn9 wrote: post #117
Question1101 wrote: post #79

What's the best exercise just to stay healthy? And what frequency? I would hate to exercise for years just to find out it actually harmed my health.

Barbell training (e.g., presses, squats, deadlifts, etc.) 2+ days per week to the point that you can deadlift twice your bodyweight or more. Get to the point of being able to do 30 pullups in a row. Running 30 minutes or more 3+ days per week until you can run a 5k in less than 20 minutes. (Any form of cardio is acceptable and has an equivalent distance and pace.) The above are goals that are achievable for most peop…

Pull up amount seems like a lot. Where did you get that number?
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