Well Euthanasia isnt legal last time I looked!
Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine
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#32But sedentary life of scientists brought all the advances in medicine, thanks to which the life expectancy went up. I prefer sedentary lifestyle with modern medicine to active hunting lifestile and life expectancy of 50.
Sedentary behaviour raises your mortality rate, so your life expectancy while living a sedentary lifestyle may be just as short. A balance of movement but not over exerting is likely a good compromise. It's thought that the it is the light, regular physical activity of those on the island of Ikaria that gives them their recently famed longevity.
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#33Other than the click-baity title this article is pretty good. What I like about it is that it makes actionable suggestions as to what you can do to help improve your performance. It also at least makes an effort to provide research to back up some of its claims. I wish more articles and news outlets would do this. If journalist are going to critique something or show that its problematic I really appreciate it when t…
> Other than the click-baity title this article is pretty good.
A copy editor (or even autocorrect) wouldn't have gone amiss.
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#34I regularly go to the gym to lift weights and I keep my body fat under control by strict control of eating times (I fast for hours every day). I'm very strong and look good. But I'm constantly battling with finding enough time for everything. I basically want to have all my time to code, but I also want to do other things (I also play guitar and cook, and I sleep at least 8 hours a day). I don't think this feeling wi…
>>I don't think this feeling will ever go away.
Relax! This is called a good "work-life balance." ;) Life is not some sprint. No one is going anywhere. There is no finish line unless you construct it.
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#35Why not get a standing desk?
https://www.runnersworld.com/sweat-science/standing-all-day-...
And so is lying down in bed :)
https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/why-is-it-a-bad-idea-to-st...
Oh, and what about running
https://www.active.com/health/articles/why-too-much-running-...
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-knee
It seems the best is normal movement and walking, and taking breaks.
Too much of anything is bad. But perhaps generalizations like this lead to a lot of sensationalism.
Here's another one. Are you better off staying in or heading out for a while every day?
Staying in:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-d-deficiency-sy...
https://www.vitamindwiki.com/Suicide+associated+with+low+vit...
Going out:
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cance...
http://www.youbeauty.com/beauty/sun-and-acne/
It is like those studies in the past which said wine is good for the heart ... wait it's not good ... wait a small amount is good and too much is bad.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/...
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I exercise regularly and have always thought of a standing desk as far too extreme, Especially as programmers as we need to think though problems over several hours. The added stress of standing would just be far too much.
I had to try it to come to a conclusion. I guess you going to have to give it a shot to know. Another reason I decided to try it out is that when I am comfortably seated I can spend hours on HN. Yes it is ironic that I am standing and posting on HN but truth be told in 10 or so minutes I will be tired and forced to take a walk. I am hoping to curb some bad online habits by standing.
Trying alternating 'Tree pose' Standing. It __really__ makes my ankles burn, a type of workout that I can't get out of just standing.
https://standsteady.com/blogs/standing-by-day/what-to-wear-s...
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#37Every time I read an article like this, I get a bad feeling and I say to myself "I'll definitely exercise more - I don't wanna be all buggy when I get older due to my lifestyle - I'll do this NOW!". Then a couple of hours later, I'm back coding happily seated. I'm sure this is the case for many of us. I wish our brains could keep this bad, guilty-like feeling that makes us take action around for longer.
The idea is to actually do it NOW instead of thinking about it. Then after that, put a daily reminder on your phone, and when it goes off just exercise, rain hail or shine. Most people don't exercise because instead of just doing it, they think of excuses - "oh, it looks like it's going to rain" or "i'm more tired than usual today.. i'll exercise tomorrow instead". To put it simply, make exercise a rule instead of a choice.
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#38Every time I read an article like this, I get a bad feeling and I say to myself "I'll definitely exercise more - I don't wanna be all buggy when I get older due to my lifestyle - I'll do this NOW!". Then a couple of hours later, I'm back coding happily seated. I'm sure this is the case for many of us. I wish our brains could keep this bad, guilty-like feeling that makes us take action around for longer.
I wish these article writers wouldn't write in the "YOU" mode, instead write "how sitting on front the computer is killing me" and then realize maybe there's a better way to communicate this without making us feel guilty. Pain teaches me away from sitting too long, but the catch is of course to have some alternatives, like taking a break or standing, or doing yoga, if I didn't have those experiences and routines I wo…
> I wish these article writers wouldn't write in the "YOU" mode, instead
That horse has bolted, unfortunately. Clickbait works and everyone is at it. My pet peeve is "considered harmful. Do all the things that are "considered harmful" in headlines and you will probably come to no harm.
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#39Every time I read an article like this, I get a bad feeling and I say to myself "I'll definitely exercise more - I don't wanna be all buggy when I get older due to my lifestyle - I'll do this NOW!". Then a couple of hours later, I'm back coding happily seated. I'm sure this is the case for many of us. I wish our brains could keep this bad, guilty-like feeling that makes us take action around for longer.
You have about 5 seconds before your brain shuts up those ideas like "I'll definitely exercise more...". It's an awesome idea, life changing even. 5 seconds later your rational self catches up with the idea and starts to counter with 'but I don't have enough time', 'it's too hard', 'maybe tomorrow', etc. The next time you get the idea to exercise more you need to stop what you are doing right then and there and do so…
you need to stop what you are doing right then and there and do something about it
If you're at home, there's no reason not to just do 10 pressups right there and then (and as you get better, 20, 30 and so on). Or dips with your chair if you can't do pressups yet.
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#40Every time I read an article like this, I get a bad feeling and I say to myself "I'll definitely exercise more - I don't wanna be all buggy when I get older due to my lifestyle - I'll do this NOW!". Then a couple of hours later, I'm back coding happily seated. I'm sure this is the case for many of us. I wish our brains could keep this bad, guilty-like feeling that makes us take action around for longer.
I found that making exercise part of my routine, as opposed to another thing to get round to, I exercised without thinking about it. I started cycling on my commute, now I do 20 miles a day without thinking about it. I know not everyone can cycle all the way to work and home but can you cycle to the train/tram/bus stop? How about the stop after the one you usually catch public transport from?