How do you make up for sitting on your bottoms all day?
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Most of us programmers probably spend many hours per day sitting and staring at the computer, lost in a world of variables and decisions. Doesn't this make you feel unhealthy? It's now been a month since I've been spending 4 hours per week at the gym. I've noticed this has actually helped me in so many ways. I can think better, solve programming problems much more quickly. I have more fun programming and don't feel like rubbish for sitting all day and I'm generally more happy. I haven't changed my eating habits in any way. I have a mix of healthy and unhealthy foods. Programmers can be healthy too!
I go fencing twice a week. My first choice of weapon is épeé and we occasionally have intense sessions of sabre now and then. I swear that three épeé fights are needed to match one boil-in-the-bag sabre fight. I sleep really well after exercise and though it's not as much exercise as I should do it's better than nothing. I lose far more than I win but I feel better at the end of the evening meet. :)
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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Most of us programmers probably spend many hours per day sitting and staring at the computer, lost in a world of variables and decisions. Doesn't this make you feel unhealthy? It's now been a month since I've been spending 4 hours per week at the gym. I've noticed this has actually helped me in so many ways. I can think better, solve programming problems much more quickly. I have more fun programming and don't feel like rubbish for sitting all day and I'm generally more happy. I haven't changed my eating habits in any way. I have a mix of healthy and unhealthy foods. Programmers can be healthy too!
Working in Belgium was great, cycling to work, 16 km round trip, all weather. Really, really, keeps you sharp, no worries. Apart from that going for a fag every hour and using the stairs is a good way of keeping fit. ;) No, but seriously, try cycling if you can, it is great exercise.
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Hats off to you, Gary! Good work! :thumbsup: /ravi
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I go fencing twice a week. My first choice of weapon is épeé and we occasionally have intense sessions of sabre now and then. I swear that three épeé fights are needed to match one boil-in-the-bag sabre fight. I sleep really well after exercise and though it's not as much exercise as I should do it's better than nothing. I lose far more than I win but I feel better at the end of the evening meet. :)
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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I know it's unhealthy, but I'm addicted to writing code. On weekdays I often spend 3-4 hours after work working on my own projects. And on weekends, I spend about 15-20 hours coding. I admit this is an unhealthy lifestyle. I've managed to keep my weight in check by not binging and by eating a light, balanced diet. But I'm seriously lacking exercise. :( /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Most of us programmers probably spend many hours per day sitting and staring at the computer, lost in a world of variables and decisions. Doesn't this make you feel unhealthy? It's now been a month since I've been spending 4 hours per week at the gym. I've noticed this has actually helped me in so many ways. I can think better, solve programming problems much more quickly. I have more fun programming and don't feel like rubbish for sitting all day and I'm generally more happy. I haven't changed my eating habits in any way. I have a mix of healthy and unhealthy foods. Programmers can be healthy too!
Walked up Ulrikken[^] today, and I did not set any personal record - all I can say is that I should probably do it more often ...
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Most of us programmers probably spend many hours per day sitting and staring at the computer, lost in a world of variables and decisions. Doesn't this make you feel unhealthy? It's now been a month since I've been spending 4 hours per week at the gym. I've noticed this has actually helped me in so many ways. I can think better, solve programming problems much more quickly. I have more fun programming and don't feel like rubbish for sitting all day and I'm generally more happy. I haven't changed my eating habits in any way. I have a mix of healthy and unhealthy foods. Programmers can be healthy too!
I ride my bike 11+ miles at lunch. Occasionally (once a week) I will ride my bike to work and back which is a total of 23 miles.
m.bergman
For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. -- Voltaire
In most cases the only difference between disappointment and depression is your level of commitment. -- Marc Maron
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Most of us programmers probably spend many hours per day sitting and staring at the computer, lost in a world of variables and decisions. Doesn't this make you feel unhealthy? It's now been a month since I've been spending 4 hours per week at the gym. I've noticed this has actually helped me in so many ways. I can think better, solve programming problems much more quickly. I have more fun programming and don't feel like rubbish for sitting all day and I'm generally more happy. I haven't changed my eating habits in any way. I have a mix of healthy and unhealthy foods. Programmers can be healthy too!
For the last few months, I've been spending 6 days a week at lunch exercising by doing one of the following: gym, DDR, punching bag, jogging around a hill. I have also reduced my meal portions significantly. I am expecting to achieve my weight loss goal of 14 pounds in the next week or two, so I'm dropping down to exercising 4 days a week. Like you, I feel it has made my mind a bit swifter, not to mention improving my mood and making me more confident. :)
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Most of us programmers probably spend many hours per day sitting and staring at the computer, lost in a world of variables and decisions. Doesn't this make you feel unhealthy? It's now been a month since I've been spending 4 hours per week at the gym. I've noticed this has actually helped me in so many ways. I can think better, solve programming problems much more quickly. I have more fun programming and don't feel like rubbish for sitting all day and I'm generally more happy. I haven't changed my eating habits in any way. I have a mix of healthy and unhealthy foods. Programmers can be healthy too!
I build furniture, etc -- currently, I'm building a walk-in closet for the Mrs. All this exercise stuff is just time wasted that could be spent on something productive.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Most of us programmers probably spend many hours per day sitting and staring at the computer, lost in a world of variables and decisions. Doesn't this make you feel unhealthy? It's now been a month since I've been spending 4 hours per week at the gym. I've noticed this has actually helped me in so many ways. I can think better, solve programming problems much more quickly. I have more fun programming and don't feel like rubbish for sitting all day and I'm generally more happy. I haven't changed my eating habits in any way. I have a mix of healthy and unhealthy foods. Programmers can be healthy too!
I take a walk at my lunch break if it's not raining and I don't have something else on (3 days a week roughly). I also play sport 3 or 4 evenings a week (tennis and football now it's autumn), and cycle to work though that barely counts because it's about a quarter of a mile.