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'Exercised' Explains Why It Can Be Hard to Commit to Working Out

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Re: 'Exercised' Explains Why It Can Be Hard to Commit to Working Out

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Post by taeric »

Jtsummers wrote: post #45
soared wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Step 1 is actually finding the things that work for you. Your step 2 is the exact opposite of what works for me. Mine would be: 2. Find a way to work out by yourself, where no one else is aware. Cycling makes this incredibly easy, but I also drive back to the office at 7pm to use the empty gym for weightlifting. I work hardest when I’m only accountable to myself. 3. Find why you like exercise. I love it when I’m alre…

And for someone in between. I can run or bike solo every day and push myself to new personal records (though I never did break the 23 minute barrier on a 5k run). But strength training (primarily bodyweight) and yoga (picked up after a back injury left me crippled for a good chunk of a year), for me, require some other factor for me to stick with it for more than a month or so at a time (which is better than none, bu…

For me, the biking and running is trivial to start and obligates you to finish. That is, if half way through a ride you want to stop... Well, you still have to get home.

Weights? You just put them down and you are done.

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Post by pengaru »

itsagavin wrote: post #4

Marijuana was pivotal to me being able to live a life of daily exercise. I dropped 140lbs and run a daily 8k on trails from being extremely obese in the span of 2 years. If it is legal for you to try it I highly recommend it for its ability to help you push through mental blocks and it's appreciable aid in recovery.

Hilarious, marijuana is the one thing that reliably disrupts my otherwise quite consistent and healthy daily routine.

It is my motivation's kryptonite, and has basically zero place in my life as a result.

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Post by crashbunny »

gonehome wrote: post #66
geophile wrote: post #33

I hate exercising, but I do it religiously. I am 64 years old, and in the best shape of my life. Same weight (and weight distribution!) as in college, good muscle tone. I think three things were critical, for me: 1. Absolutely no soft drinks at all. Not with sugar, not with artificial sweeteners. Nothing. Just seltzer. I used to drink a LOT of Dr. Pepper, and was told that they were contributing to my frequent kidney…

I’m not sure why 1 is critical - regular soft drinks sure, but diet soft drinks are fine.

jump on google scholar and have a read

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=artificial+sweeteners

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https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=artificial+sweeteners+g...

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Re: 'Exercised' Explains Why It Can Be Hard to Commit to Working Out

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Post by tidepod12 »

Lots of great discussion in these comments about the topic at hand (exercising), which is great, but the article is actually about a book titled "Exercised" and I don't see any comments at all about the book.

Has anyone read and have a review of the book? I'm curious to hear other's thoughts on if its worth picking up.

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Post by zarkov99 »

cafard wrote: post #46
geophile wrote: post #33

I hate exercising, but I do it religiously. I am 64 years old, and in the best shape of my life. Same weight (and weight distribution!) as in college, good muscle tone. I think three things were critical, for me: 1. Absolutely no soft drinks at all. Not with sugar, not with artificial sweeteners. Nothing. Just seltzer. I used to drink a LOT of Dr. Pepper, and was told that they were contributing to my frequent kidney…

65, and not remotely in the best shape of my life. (In my late 20s I ran at least a couple of marathons every year.) I run about four times a week, and have always regarded running as the perfect exercise for a lazy man: find your shorts, find your shoes, and head out; no need for reservations, exercise partners, etc. And I walk most days: generally twice a day on days I don't run, once on days I do. And I do not hat…

How have you managed to keep your knees working?

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Post by koolk3ychain »

One hard lesson that quarantine taught me is how important eating protein rich meals and committing to any amount of exercise in the morning and mid-day is.

Even 10-20 pushups and a few leg lifts drastically improves my energy and focus - certainly helps deal with frustrated anxious energy that sometimes comes with having difficulty focusing or being locked inside for a while.

I might notice this more than others since I'm very ADHD but I hope to keep up with this routine one stay at home orders start to relax a bit.

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Post by matwood »

geophile wrote: post #33

I hate exercising, but I do it religiously. I am 64 years old, and in the best shape of my life. Same weight (and weight distribution!) as in college, good muscle tone. I think three things were critical, for me: 1. Absolutely no soft drinks at all. Not with sugar, not with artificial sweeteners. Nothing. Just seltzer. I used to drink a LOT of Dr. Pepper, and was told that they were contributing to my frequent kidney…

> Instead, make it a habit.

This is really the key. I workout out every morning and have for years. The exact time has bounced between first thing and mid-morning, but I do it every day. Eventually you stop thinking about it and it’s just what you do, just like brushing your teeth.

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Post by Jtsummers »

egman_ekki wrote: post #52

> Hadza individuals are about 12 times more active than the average American or European. I find it hard to believe that these people make 60k steps daily, on average. Even if they make 2 steps a second, thats solid 8+ hours of rather brisk walking. If they walk more leisurely (not to mention gather something), it can easily be 10-12 hours of walking, unless I'm missing something.

I was curious about the math for this so I found one of my high step count days. It was 40k steps with 34.6km ran/walked, so 60k steps would be around 47-48km, let's round up to 50km. A 5km/hour pace is actually more of a stroll (for me) so 10 hours would be the high end for me for walking 60k steps. I wouldn't be able to bring it down to 5 hours without getting into a jogging or slow run pace (10km/hour), though at the time I probably could've done that (I was running long distances regularly. So for me a 60k day suggests 7.5-10 hours of walking. I looked at some other high step count days (25-35k) days and they show similar numbers to that one.

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Post by klyrs »

itsagavin wrote: post #4

Marijuana was pivotal to me being able to live a life of daily exercise. I dropped 140lbs and run a daily 8k on trails from being extremely obese in the span of 2 years. If it is legal for you to try it I highly recommend it for its ability to help you push through mental blocks and it's appreciable aid in recovery.

This is a fairly unpopular opinion but I've experienced some benefit from smoking weed before a run, too. I find running to be extremely tedious, but if I'm stoned, it's fine. Kinda helped that my running partner had a low alcohol tolerance and would slug a beer before our runs.

A couple of points to consider. First, CBD and alcohol are painkillers -- I don't like using anti-inflammatories during exercise for fear of overdoing it -- that's an issue here. Second, drugs make you stupid -- don't be a stupid in traffic, y'all.

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Post by chrisseaton »

geophile wrote: post #33

I hate exercising, but I do it religiously. I am 64 years old, and in the best shape of my life. Same weight (and weight distribution!) as in college, good muscle tone. I think three things were critical, for me: 1. Absolutely no soft drinks at all. Not with sugar, not with artificial sweeteners. Nothing. Just seltzer. I used to drink a LOT of Dr. Pepper, and was told that they were contributing to my frequent kidney…

> Absolutely no soft drinks at all.

I don’t get this - what do you drink then? You can’t literally mean you only drink alcoholic drinks? Is water not a soft drink? Surely you drink water?

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