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Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by ytoawwhra92 »

pjerem wrote: post #10

I’m not sure about all of this. I’ve been sedentary for 34 years, and I somehow still am. But I discovered rollerblading at 34 and now I’m part of a rollerblading course in a skatepark at a fixed time in the week, just after my biggest day of work. And going to the skatepark is boring, I need to take a bus to nowhere land and then walk in nowhere land for 10 minutes. I’ve always been happy to go to it. And even the d…

Yeah, the way we talk about exercising and fitness in general often pre-supposes that it's an unpleasant chore.

The "secret" to long-term fitness is finding activities you enjoy doing for their own sake that happen to involve moving your body and then incorporating them into your lifestyle such that you're doing them frequently and consistently.

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Post by sammy2255 »

Maxion wrote: post #20
sammy2255 wrote: post #15

While I agree with the article, publishing this where the evidence is solely based on a trial of 134 people in Pakistan, is pathetic poor journalism

I am not sure if you're entirely familiar with how science works? The study has a fairly large effect size, there's plenty of other research into body chronology that shows similar effects and differences between people. The methods in the study look solid, as does the analysis. There's also nothing weird with how the interpreted the results. Now, should you go out and alter health guidelines for an entire country ba…

134 is a pathetically small sample size

Re: Don't feel like exercising? Maybe it's the wrong time of day for you

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Post by sammy2255 »

timbaboon wrote: post #18
sammy2255 wrote: post #15

While I agree with the article, publishing this where the evidence is solely based on a trial of 134 people in Pakistan, is pathetic poor journalism

How many countries should be included before it should be published?

A mixture of haplogroups, not just one

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Post by suzzer99 »

I've exercised from 6am to 9pm and everywhere in between. At least for me, it's just about getting into a habit and letting your body know this is the time of day we're going to be active.

I never felt like I had more energy in the morning, afternoon, or night. But if I tried to work out in the afternoon when I was in the 6am habit, I felt completely dead.

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Post by calmbonsai »

chistev wrote: post #19

The man who goes to the gym every single day regardless of how he feels, will always beat the man who only goes to the gym when he feels like it.

Truth. The gym (and consequentially) lifting, running, sweating, and generally using your body to accomplish goals (and setting new ones) becomes reflexive and habitual.

I used to hang-out at the bar between flights in an airport. Now, I walk the concourse and climb stairs.

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Post by simianwords »

chistev wrote: post #19

The man who goes to the gym every single day regardless of how he feels, will always beat the man who only goes to the gym when he feels like it.

This looks like one of those kind of useless advices but anyone who has grinded in gym would know that it’s true. That’s not to say there’s a case for optimising the time of exercise. Both go well

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Post by parasti »

rsyring wrote: post #2

I never feel like exercising, doesn't matter what time of the day it is. In the morning I feel the need to get to work (I'm a night owl so get up later). But by the time I'm done working, my ability to motivate myself is used up. I managed some consistency after I read "10k pushups and other silly exercise quests that changed my life[1]." I modified the plan so I'm doing pushups and squats, so going for 10K of each.…

That's funny. I've used that approach myself countless times to convince myself to do house chores. When your entire being seems to go "no, I really really really don't feel like doing it right now" and you just lay down the cold hard truth of "from your experience we know it's five minutes which is less time than most instances of doomscrolling". It's honestly perplexing why that part is the hardest part of the entire task.
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