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Re: Exercise More to Hack Better

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Post by bilban » Fri, Nov 05, 2010, 1:10 PM UTC

tjpick wrote: post #89

bilban wrote: post #54

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Problem is with that type of regime, you'd end up with no garden left and some really annoyed neighbours.

the closest neighbours are several hundred metres away, and the garden is large and located in a very fertile area. It only gets attacked like that a couple of times a year. It's not something you'd do every night after work.

Oh to be able to run around a garden with a chainsaw. Sadly I like in a block of flats, and you'd be glared at for smoking outside. Lucky you.

Re: Exercise More to Hack Better

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Post by Deejahll » Fri, Nov 05, 2010, 1:35 PM UTC

rjurney wrote: post #86

Deejahll wrote: post #36

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I'll second everything said here. "The gym doesn't count" is an utter lie. If you've led a multiple-year sedentary lifestyle, a mere 15 minutes on a treadmill in the morning will show you an immediate difference in your motivation and mental clarity. Also, fat-asses: you don't have to kill yourself at the gym. Look up on the internet what your target heart rate should be, and stick to it. If you feel like you're goin…

Hackers are inside all the time. You're telling me 15 minutes on a treadmill beats 15 minutes outside for your well being?

Where did you get that? I'm telling you that 15 minutes on a treadmill beats doing no exercise at all. It's contemptible to suggest to a sedentary person that if they can't exercise outside in the sun then they shouldn't even bother.

Re: Exercise More to Hack Better

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Post by rjurney » Fri, Nov 05, 2010, 6:21 PM UTC

Deejahll wrote: post #102

rjurney wrote: post #86

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Hackers are inside all the time. You're telling me 15 minutes on a treadmill beats 15 minutes outside for your well being?

Where did you get that? I'm telling you that 15 minutes on a treadmill beats doing no exercise at all. It's contemptible to suggest to a sedentary person that if they can't exercise outside in the sun then they shouldn't even bother.

It is contemptible to suggest that I suggested that. You can go outside, so you should.

Re: Exercise More to Hack Better

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Post by rjurney » Fri, Nov 05, 2010, 6:22 PM UTC

Jach wrote: post #96

rjurney wrote: post #85

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Yes, only the opposite of what you suggest. You are in a state of permanent withdrawal right now. You feel like crap, way worse than you're supposed to, and you don't know it. Your body requires exercise and you aren't giving it what it needs. Yes, if you stop exercising you will return to your current relatively miserable state. Thats the worst that would happen - which is actually pretty bad.

I hope you're using "you" in the general sense, since a) as a rule one shouldn't trust people's medical judgments (especially when they don't know you) unless they're a doctor, and even then, get second opinions etc., and b) you're experimentally wrong.

Go outside.

Re: Exercise More to Hack Better

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Post by bloch » Sat, Nov 06, 2010, 12:57 PM UTC

Eliezer wrote: post #97

patio11 wrote: post #57

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To put it another way, one hour at the gym has the highest marginal return at curing death among all hours you will spend today. I go for a similar reason: I'm banking time for my children.

I should mention that I seem to be one of the substantial fraction of the population who's immune to exercise. I went to a gym for a year, spent two hours three times a week, aerobic and weightlifting. I didn't gain any muscle. I didn't lose any weight. It does nothing for me. Yes, I know it works for you. This is not because of your superior mental discipline; it is because you have different genes, sir.

@ "Yes, I know it works for you. This is not because of your superior mental discipline; it is because you have different genes, sir."

This sounds like an excuse, since nobody mentioned "superior mental discipline" but you. How did you measure gain in muscle?