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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 Philipp__ »

Xiol wrote: post #178
Philipp__ wrote: post #177

I am fairly young, 22, mostly sitting in front of the computer, even sitting while studying. So it could be said I sit around 10 hours per day. When I was younger, up until the end of high school, I used to do sports, but since I got to college, I simply stopped caring. My body is skinny, really skinny, I weight 61kg, and I had that weight for last 7 years. But one day I thought maybe I should do something, not for t…

Couch to 5K should help. http://www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx

I will take a look at this, thanks!

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

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Post by thenomad »

kirrent wrote: post #78
matthewbauer wrote: post #51

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I hate to be too cynical but I recall people saying similar things about the Wii when it first came out. While Wii can give you a work out, I don't think it ever really caught on.

It didn't take too long for people to work out that smaller, finer motions were what worked best for the Wii. One to one tracking in VR means that there's no faking motion and while I wouldn't go as far as saying it's a workout I do have to actually be moving, ducking, and dodging around the room in plenty of VR games.

Yes, speaking as a VR developer, that's absolutely huge.

Good luck trying to fake out the monsters in my game, Left-Hand Path, with tiny wrist motions - it's move or get dismembered time :)

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

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Post by thenomad »

tmikaeld wrote: post #113
afterburner wrote: post #53

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Is VR going to help at work though?

No, it seems to bulky and thus its hard to use for long periods of time. Just ask VR devs. I do believe that AR have more potential, especially magic leap.

VR dev here. 8 hours with a headset on is way too long, but an hour or two is very doable.

(HTC Vive, properly adjusted. Adjustment is key to comfortable wear on the Vive - it's the difference between 15 minutes before discomfort and 2 hours. )

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

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Post by snowcrshd »

Xiol wrote: post #178
Philipp__ wrote: post #177

I am fairly young, 22, mostly sitting in front of the computer, even sitting while studying. So it could be said I sit around 10 hours per day. When I was younger, up until the end of high school, I used to do sports, but since I got to college, I simply stopped caring. My body is skinny, really skinny, I weight 61kg, and I had that weight for last 7 years. But one day I thought maybe I should do something, not for t…

Couch to 5K should help. http://www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx

+1 for C25k

Pretty solid program to get started running.

After that, I'd suggest doing Bridge to 10K [1]

Surprisingly to me at the time, Bridge to 10K was way easier than C25k

[1]: https://blog.bluefinapps.com/about-bridge-to-10k/

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

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Post by suprfnk »

snowcrshd wrote: post #184
Xiol wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Couch to 5K should help. http://www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx

+1 for C25k Pretty solid program to get started running. After that, I'd suggest doing Bridge to 10K [1] Surprisingly to me at the time, Bridge to 10K was way easier than C25k [1]: https://blog.bluefinapps.com/about-bridge-to-10k/

Yep, starting running and creating and maintaining consistency in your workouts is way harder than slowly upping your mileage from 5k to 10k.

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

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Post by gens »

Philipp__ wrote: post #177

I am fairly young, 22, mostly sitting in front of the computer, even sitting while studying. So it could be said I sit around 10 hours per day. When I was younger, up until the end of high school, I used to do sports, but since I got to college, I simply stopped caring. My body is skinny, really skinny, I weight 61kg, and I had that weight for last 7 years. But one day I thought maybe I should do something, not for t…

Similar story here.

Running is good, great in fact. As long as you run properly and on soft ground, that is. If you can swim somewhere i would recommend that instead as it is easier on the joints. Exercise will also give you an appetite, ofc.

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

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Post by magic_beans »

Philipp__ wrote: post #177

I am fairly young, 22, mostly sitting in front of the computer, even sitting while studying. So it could be said I sit around 10 hours per day. When I was younger, up until the end of high school, I used to do sports, but since I got to college, I simply stopped caring. My body is skinny, really skinny, I weight 61kg, and I had that weight for last 7 years. But one day I thought maybe I should do something, not for t…

If you're that skinny I'd really suggest weightlifting with a couple days of cardio (run, swim, dance, whatever). I'm assuming you're a man, but I'm a really skinny woman and weightlifting helped me put on 10 pounds of muscle. I feel really strong and amazing.

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

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Post by RyanMcGreal »

Philipp__ wrote: post #177

I am fairly young, 22, mostly sitting in front of the computer, even sitting while studying. So it could be said I sit around 10 hours per day. When I was younger, up until the end of high school, I used to do sports, but since I got to college, I simply stopped caring. My body is skinny, really skinny, I weight 61kg, and I had that weight for last 7 years. But one day I thought maybe I should do something, not for t…

Here are my thoughts on learning to run:

http://quandyfactory.com/blog/167/what_you_need_to_know_to_s...

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

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Post by charris0 »

Philipp__ wrote: post #177

I am fairly young, 22, mostly sitting in front of the computer, even sitting while studying. So it could be said I sit around 10 hours per day. When I was younger, up until the end of high school, I used to do sports, but since I got to college, I simply stopped caring. My body is skinny, really skinny, I weight 61kg, and I had that weight for last 7 years. But one day I thought maybe I should do something, not for t…

I'm sure running would work but it's fairly high impact and if you're skinny already then perhaps the high intensity cardio is not what would benifit you the most? Although anything to get your heart working and blood pumping will work!

I'd strongly reccomend regular yoga as an antidote to the compressing forces of sitting at a chair all day. It's amazing how good I feel after just 20mins of stretches and body weight balances post chair sitting.

There's loads of great instructors on codyapp.com, I reccomend checking out 'office therapy' and building up to some more intense ones

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

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Post by bryanlarsen »

snowcrshd wrote: post #184
Xiol wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Couch to 5K should help. http://www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx

+1 for C25k Pretty solid program to get started running. After that, I'd suggest doing Bridge to 10K [1] Surprisingly to me at the time, Bridge to 10K was way easier than C25k [1]: https://blog.bluefinapps.com/about-bridge-to-10k/

AFAICT, all of the health benefits of running come in the first 5K or 10K. Running longer distances becomes detrimental. Save your joints, preserve your muscles and keep your body fat at a healthy level (especially important for women). Rather than increasing your distance, concentrate on increasing your speed.
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