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  • J Jeremy Falcon

    BTW, who brought up the strain issue with leg curls, you or her? There is strain on the body in general if you have a gut (you know me by now, I'm frank :)) getting in the way when laying face down. I know this from personal experience as well, so it's not like I'm pointing fingers. But, that's not the fault of the exercise one bit. That's the gut's fault from stopping your body from comfortably resting on the machine - which goes back to bad form. This is really about the only thing I can think of to explain this outside of your therapist being a flake man.

    Jeremy Falcon

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    Christian Graus
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    Jeremy Falcon wrote:

    BTW, who brought up the strain issue with leg curls, you or her?

    Her. I showed her your list and she gave me two I could do right away, and marked that one as a never do it, and said that there had been changes in conventional wisdom and it was 'out of vogue'.

    Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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      I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

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      dighn
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      probably 6-7 hours or something like that. I frequently sit continuously for around 3-4 hours.

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        Jeremy Falcon wrote:

        BTW, who brought up the strain issue with leg curls, you or her?

        Her. I showed her your list and she gave me two I could do right away, and marked that one as a never do it, and said that there had been changes in conventional wisdom and it was 'out of vogue'.

        Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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        Jeremy Falcon
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        Christian Graus wrote:

        and marked that one as a never do it, and said that there had been changes in conventional wisdom and it was 'out of vogue'

        Is she blonde? :laugh::laugh::laugh:

        Jeremy Falcon

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          Christian Graus wrote:

          and marked that one as a never do it, and said that there had been changes in conventional wisdom and it was 'out of vogue'

          Is she blonde? :laugh::laugh::laugh:

          Jeremy Falcon

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          Christian Graus
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          *grin*

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            I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

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            Mike Ellison
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            I should force myself to get up... but I find if I'm in the groove on a project, I'll stay (even through shoulder/back pain) and just stretch a little in my chair. But it really isn't good for a person to sit that long, is it? I think the longest coding session I've had was maybe 14 hours straight.

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              *grin*

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              Jeremy Falcon
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              BTW, if she's deadset on having you not do leg curls, ask her for a good exercise then for you to do that doesn't put much more strain on your lower back (good luck with that). I'd love to hear the answer. Currently, there's only one I think of. This one[^], and you'll soon grow out of it as it's for wusses and/or injured people.

              Jeremy Falcon

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                I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

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                Chris Losinger
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                i don't get up. i get down

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                  I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

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                  Chris Maunder
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                  leckey wrote:

                  what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

                  6 years, 8 months. At least that's how long it feels sometimes ;)

                  cheers, Chris Maunder

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                    leckey wrote:

                    what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

                    6 years, 8 months. At least that's how long it feels sometimes ;)

                    cheers, Chris Maunder

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                    leckey 0
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                    Man, you can really hold it!:-D

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                      Man, you can really hold it!:-D

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                      It's a gift and a curse.

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                        I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

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                        Roger Wright
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                        Rarely. Coding doesn't excite me that much.;)

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                          Rarely. Coding doesn't excite me that much.;)

                          "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9

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                          Roger Wright wrote:

                          Rarely. Coding doesn't excite me that much.

                          Not even soft-body physics?? ;P;P The G rated google link: http://vorlon.cwru.edu/~prm8/eecs466/gelatin_poster.pdf[^] -- modified at 1:11 Wednesday 16th August, 2006

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                            It's a gift and a curse.

                            cheers, Chris Maunder

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                            code frog 0
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                            Self employment. We hate the long hours at times but we'd never go back... (Well at least I wouldn't. I'd mow lawns before going back to work and I'm allergic to grass.):-D


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                              I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

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                              Monty2
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                              ..i have to get up and bang my head on the monitor :mad: *working on native application on VS2005 X|


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                                I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

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                                wout de zeeuw
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                                It's free and it will tell you to take breaks. Default settings are probably a bit annoying to most people, but that's the point! People don't have the discipline to take regular breaks, so you have to accept that fact and let the computer tell you when to take them.

                                Wout

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                                  Self employment. We hate the long hours at times but we'd never go back... (Well at least I wouldn't. I'd mow lawns before going back to work and I'm allergic to grass.):-D


                                  I only read cp for the articles.

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                                  Monty2
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                                  code-frog wrote:

                                  we'd never go back

                                  Amen !, i am self employed as well, you once talked about an article you were going to publish on self employment did you post it yet?


                                  You can't see me :cool:

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                                    code-frog wrote:

                                    we'd never go back

                                    Amen !, i am self employed as well, you once talked about an article you were going to publish on self employment did you post it yet?


                                    You can't see me :cool:

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                                    code frog 0
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                                    That's something I'm actually talking to Chris a bit about right now. Not the content but where to put it. Look for something by this weekend and maybe sooner. I ordered a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.0 Preferred and as soon as it get's here the Self-Employed Article will be it's maiden voyage. OT: How are things with you?:rose: I see your comments peppered all over the place (and enjoy them) but haven't had a direct reply from you in a bit. I'm off to bed but I'll be back in less time than I want. :^)


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                                      That's something I'm actually talking to Chris a bit about right now. Not the content but where to put it. Look for something by this weekend and maybe sooner. I ordered a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.0 Preferred and as soon as it get's here the Self-Employed Article will be it's maiden voyage. OT: How are things with you?:rose: I see your comments peppered all over the place (and enjoy them) but haven't had a direct reply from you in a bit. I'm off to bed but I'll be back in less time than I want. :^)


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                                      Monty2
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                                      code-frog wrote:

                                      How are things with you?

                                      Great as always :), i enjoy reading your posts too :rose: been very busy these days close to the target dates in some projects... which is a bad thing i think (not managing my time well), thats why i was looking forward to your article how do you divide time between different projects specially when one of them is a regular boring forms and database stuff :rolleyes:


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                                        i don't get up. i get down

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                                        Cue theme from Shaft (the original of course) :cool:

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                                        • L leckey 0

                                          I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?

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                                          Roland Bar
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                                          leckey wrote:

                                          Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time?

                                          I force myself indirectly. I have a bottle of water (1 liter) that I empty 1-2 times a day, so I have to go to the toilett at least every hour... Greets Roland


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