Lately I've found the best way for meto consistently exercise is to incorporate it with hacking and work. I've started using my bike as my primary mode of transportation when I leave the house to program. So instead of driving to a coffee shop or library, I ride my bike. Its made a noticeable difference in my energy, creativity levels and ability to focus.
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#22After going outside and walking in the sun for a couple of hours, I'm too tired to get any work done the rest of the day.
As far as I can tell, everything said about exercise is lies. Or perhaps mileage varies. Just remember, mileage varies, and also, you're not alone.
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#23My "exercise hack" (if one might call it that) is to do some isometric holds in my closet doorframe, and around a few of the sturdier metal bars in my vicinity when I go on walks. The holds aim for around five seconds length at maximum intensity(but without overly spiking blood pressure, something which is learned with practice). It takes 5-10 minutes per day and has a dramatic soothing effect almost immediately.
Go outside.
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#24After going outside and walking in the sun for a couple of hours, I'm too tired to get any work done the rest of the day. As far as I can tell, everything said about exercise is lies. Or perhaps mileage varies. Just remember, mileage varies, and also, you're not alone.
You have to do it regularly. :) It sucks at first.
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#25After going outside and walking in the sun for a couple of hours, I'm too tired to get any work done the rest of the day. As far as I can tell, everything said about exercise is lies. Or perhaps mileage varies. Just remember, mileage varies, and also, you're not alone.
Try swimming 20 laps in an indoor pool then? Or something else not in the hot sun. Several hours in the hot sun is draining to anyone, regardless of your penchant for exercise.
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#26I can't stop running. It's too addicting. Though, I can't help but feel the pain of my exercise.
If by 'pain' you're referring to the bone and joint pain alot of runners eventually incur, try swimming an/or biking too. I find you can get the same cardio workout minus the pounding and wear & tear.
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#27I can't stop running. It's too addicting. Though, I can't help but feel the pain of my exercise.
If by 'pain' you're referring to the bone and joint pain alot of runners eventually incur, try swimming an/or biking too. I find you can get the same cardio workout minus the pounding and wear & tear.
Mostly, it's my lungs that's getting tired out. My legs are completely fine for a while with some conditioning until I run longer than I used to. That's when I experience pain, because my legs is getting too tired. These days, it's alway one of the other but never both.
At the start, both my lungs and my legs are pretty much exhausted. Now my lungs and legs can endure for much longer.
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#28After going outside and walking in the sun for a couple of hours, I'm too tired to get any work done the rest of the day. As far as I can tell, everything said about exercise is lies. Or perhaps mileage varies. Just remember, mileage varies, and also, you're not alone.
You have to do it regularly. :) It sucks at first.
Is this a meth argument? If I'm relatively okay without exercise, and start exercising, staying on it for a while, the anecdotes here seem to suggest that if you ever stop it throws you in a huge funk.
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#29I started running again after I read Spark by John Ratey. Look it up on Amazon or your local library. Yes we are born to run and then hack it seems.
Of course I am totally wired up with a heart rate monitor/watch/iphone/gps which makes it more fun.
Whatever works for you. Run or whatever gets you pumping then hack like you never have.
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#30I wouldn't agree at all with 'the gym don't count' - I'm an on-off gym user for years now and can say that my energy levels are so much higher when I am exercising multiple times weekly, whether is be cardio or weight lifting. My general mood and spark is multiplied, to the surprise of many who believe they are exhausted most evenings and certainly couldn't put any spare energy to a workout.
When I'm not working out - I also suffer a peculiar kind of depression mentioned here in the comments. Yet I'm not sure how much of this is due to a release of certain chemicals in the body, or the psychological hit of knowing you're letting yourself go. Either way, I'm back in the gym after 3 weeks out: last week I struggled to get up, today I'm up and coding at 5am. Much like exercise itself, work out what's best for you and realise the importance of training your body as much as we all train our mind.
Edit: spelling correction