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Being awakened every night, sometimes multiple times a night, for years is common to everyone?
Yes, having had roommates I can attest to this. I’m also a light sleeper so it’s pretty common that say the neighbors have a fight, it wakes me up, and then a few hours later a thunderstorm comes through it wakes me up, and then a few hours later some maniac starts laying on their horn because the person they’re giving a ride to is late again.
For the past 3 weeks I’ve been using the Pomodoro Method at work. For those who don’t know, it’s 25 minutes of deeply focused work, followed by a 5 minute break. In my break I’ve been excercising: running up stairs, doing push ups, wall sits, etc. I’ve always had trouble focusing in open offices, but now I can focus without even needing headphones! And to top that off we use story point estimates, and I started flyin…
Pomodoro fits in reasonably well with good ergonomics practices. From the Cornell University Ergonomics group's page on sitting and standing at work: > Sit to do computer work. Sit using a height-adjustable, downward titling keyboard tray for the best work posture, then every 20 minutes stand for 8 minutes AND MOVE for 2 minutes. The absolute time isn’t critical but about every 20-30 minutes take a posture break and…
Is it the front edge or the back edge of the keyboard that's supposed to be facing down?
Everything that makes us feel good is neurochemical in nature, including exercise. Exercise can lead to a withdrawal period of feeling shitty and unproductive, and it can be quite addictive.
Really important not to confuse "feeling good" with being good for you. Have seen a lot of people overdo it and lose their lives to pointless exercise while accomplishing very little else. Also important to realize that most things in life that give you a boost in life also give you a debt to pay back at a later time/date.
A contrarian caution on exercise worship: Everything that makes us feel good is neurochemical in nature, including exercise. Exercise can lead to a withdrawal period of feeling shitty and unproductive, and it can be quite addictive. Really important not to confuse "feeling good" with being good for you. Have seen a lot of people overdo it and lose their lives to pointless exercise while accomplishing very little else…
I havent read the papers quoted in the article. But, I'm a little puzzled reading this.. It sounds more like interpreting what they want to see or think is happening. > Aerobic exercise appears to lead to changes in both the structure of the brain and the way it operates, which together bolster learning in kids, give adults an edge on cognitive tasks, and protect against the cognitive declines that often come with ag…
> Given the penultimate paragraph where they say - “You shouldn’t expect to increase your IQ or anything of that nature,” How could the above statement be true? What measure is there to say "this behavior we are seeing is increasing learning ability of the brain while not increasing the IQ"? Here are some examples: 3 days without sleep will give you IQ performance 20 points less than your previously measured brain IQ…
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Pomodoro fits in reasonably well with good ergonomics practices. From the Cornell University Ergonomics group's page on sitting and standing at work: > Sit to do computer work. Sit using a height-adjustable, downward titling keyboard tray for the best work posture, then every 20 minutes stand for 8 minutes AND MOVE for 2 minutes. The absolute time isn’t critical but about every 20-30 minutes take a posture break and…
"downward titling keyboard tray" Is it the front edge or the back edge of the keyboard that's supposed to be facing down?
A contrarian caution on exercise worship: Everything that makes us feel good is neurochemical in nature, including exercise. Exercise can lead to a withdrawal period of feeling shitty and unproductive, and it can be quite addictive. Really important not to confuse "feeling good" with being good for you. Have seen a lot of people overdo it and lose their lives to pointless exercise while accomplishing very little else…
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My reading is the following. Say my IQ is pretty constant. As any father can attest to, there are a lot of factors influencing whether I'm on top of my game. A few rough nights and I'm in a worse state for days. Let's say exercise usually is correlated with better sleep, better cardiovascular operation etc. and also the other way around (I train less when tired). Then I can easily follow better performance after trai…
>As any father can attest to, there are a lot of factors influencing whether I'm on top of my game. Off-topic but I really don't understand why so many parents like to imply that only/mainly they know/experience things that are common to everyone.
This reactionary and naive antagonism toward parents is silly and wrong-headed.
So how addictive is exercise exactly? If you're exercising, past the point where you feel physical hurt, because it makes you feel immediately more alert (or straight up euphoric depending), is it dangerous? It's usually attested that too much of one specific kind of exercise (e.g. running) can have problems for certain muscles and joints but I'm not finding a lot on the dangers (if any) of more diverse exercise (whe…
This sounds like what the human body is specifically evolved to do, so I'd imagine it's fairly safe and good for you. It seems like the sort of exercise one would get from tracking an animal for a few hours through the forest before killing it with a spear.