My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job

Post by noarchy » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 9:18 PM UTC

oznathan wrote: post #118

Hannan wrote: post #102

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>> Cycling is actually not that healthy. As someone who works out regularly but never cycles, this seems difficult to believe. Surely the cardiovascular benefits outweigh any negatives from "muscle shortening" (first I've heard of this) compared to no activity. Unless your point is "some types of exercise are better than cycling" in which case, sure.

Accuracy is so important in HN :) Fact - cycling creates short leg muscles, hamstrings in particular. For those of us who have tight hamstrings, which is most males (according to my subjective, biased observations), this is not good. Creates back problems later on. I agree that some cycling is better than no activity. But I would say that going to a hooker every night is also better for you health wise than staying i…

Post by karlmdavis » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 9:36 PM UTC

jshakes wrote: post #77

I'm glad you appreciate the value of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. But reading this, it's easy to see why people post "Die Techie Scum" stickers around SF. You've taken a job that someone else could actually use to help pay rent and have turned it into a hobby. If I did this job for a living I would be furious at the arrogance of someone treating as an exercise in "Feeling Good". Get some perspective.

Post by beejiu » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 9:56 PM UTC

jessepollak wrote: post #16

dsr_ wrote: post #12

"Optimizing for 6 hours of sleep" "every day, getting out of bed is one of the hardest things I do" "Every night, when I crawl into bed, I’m exhausted by all I’ve done that day." Your body may be telling you that you need seven hours of sleep. Or eight. How would your life change if you went to sleep an hour earlier, but you woke up feeling good?

I've actually experimented a fair amount with my sleeping patterns. For the most part, I find that when I wake up in the morning, I feel tired no matter what (up until around ~10 hours of sleep). What I've also found, however, is that this tiredness usually doesn't translate to how I feel for the rest of the day — I feel good all day no matter whether I get 6 or 8 hours.

Post by ZoF » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC

oznathan wrote: post #118

Hannan wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> Cycling is actually not that healthy. As someone who works out regularly but never cycles, this seems difficult to believe. Surely the cardiovascular benefits outweigh any negatives from "muscle shortening" (first I've heard of this) compared to no activity. Unless your point is "some types of exercise are better than cycling" in which case, sure.

Accuracy is so important in HN :) Fact - cycling creates short leg muscles, hamstrings in particular. For those of us who have tight hamstrings, which is most males (according to my subjective, biased observations), this is not good. Creates back problems later on. I agree that some cycling is better than no activity. But I would say that going to a hooker every night is also better for you health wise than staying i…

Post by bybjorn » Fri, Apr 04, 2014, 10:22 PM UTC

jqm wrote: post #93

Excellent idea, excellent article! A couple of years ago I was driving back to my office and a difficult programming problem which I had been avoiding. It was early fall and the weather was beautiful. On the way, I passed a field of Chile peppers and a crew was gathering to pick. It looked like so much fun to be out picking chile peppers in the sunshine instead of sitting in front of a screen in my dark office. So, o…