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> Get enough sleep every... All good advice. You missed one though: get your ass into shape. You need to be doing strenuous exercise. The difference this will

> Get enough sleep every... All good advice. You missed one though: get your ass into shape. You need to be doing strenuous exercise. The difference this will make in life can not be explained, it can only be experienced... just like The Matrix if you will.

balfirevic 6y ago
YMMV. It does nothing for me (in terms of how I feel during the day or the quality of my sleep), although I do it because I enjoy sports and having better cardio and being stronger helps (and I look better).
- marnett 6y ago
  Does nothing compared to when? Were you previously obese?
  - balfirevic 6y ago
    Compared to when I was out of shape (much weaker and no cardio to speak of). But I was never obese, I was rather too thin.
- mettamage 6y ago
  In my experience, one set of exercise is akin to 2 cups of coffee in terms of wakefulness/alertness. I'm sensitive to caffeine. So by that I mean 2 cups of coffee as someone who's sensitive to caffeine. Also, with 1 set of exercise you won't really start to sweat and you can do it every day.
  - balfirevic 6y ago
    What counts as "1 set of exercise"? I've never thought about exercising that way.
    - chordalkeyboard 6y ago
      a "set" is a series of repetitions of a given exercise that is performed continuously. for example "three sets of five reps" of a given exercise would mean performing the exercise five times, resting for a moment, then performing the exercise five times, then resting, and finally performing the exercise five more times. a single set would just be doing the exercise for a given number of repetitions.
      - balfirevic 6y ago
        Yeah, I know of that one, of course, but it didn't seem to make sense in the context of mettamage's comment.
        mettamage 6y ago
        I'm building up my motivation for exerccise. Currently, I'm motivated enough to do one to two sets. the motivation stems from what I said above. I typically do 8 reps. The issue with three sets is muscle soreness. I want a fully functioning body every day.
        balfirevic 6y ago
        You might find (as I have) that when your body gets used to certain movement it will no longer get sore from it, even if sets are very hard and even if there are many of them. It does take some time though, good luck!
        mettamage 6y ago
        Ohh, I didn’t know that was a thing!
        RaceWon 6y ago
        > The issue with three sets is muscle soreness I appreciate the fact that we all can't be athletes: having said that; there was a time in my life when I would open my eyes Every Morning to blinding pain from my workouts. But now, 30 years later, the benefit (I believe partly from having been in such awesome shape and I do still workout strenuously, but not to that level) is that even at 60 years of age I still have stunning reaction times, I can still do things most 35 year olds can not and my driving is still freaking crisp! PS: I can still do over 60 consecutive pushups and planck for 4:30 minutes. Sure somedays I'm sore as hell but fuck that old age shit... ;)

balfirevic 6y ago

YMMV. It does nothing for me (in terms of how I feel during the day or the quality of my sleep), although I do it because I enjoy sports and having better cardio and being stronger helps (and I look better).

marnett 6y ago
Does nothing compared to when? Were you previously obese?
- balfirevic 6y ago
  Compared to when I was out of shape (much weaker and no cardio to speak of). But I was never obese, I was rather too thin.
mettamage 6y ago
In my experience, one set of exercise is akin to 2 cups of coffee in terms of wakefulness/alertness. I'm sensitive to caffeine. So by that I mean 2 cups of coffee as someone who's sensitive to caffeine. Also, with 1 set of exercise you won't really start to sweat and you can do it every day.
- balfirevic 6y ago
  What counts as "1 set of exercise"? I've never thought about exercising that way.
  - chordalkeyboard 6y ago
    a "set" is a series of repetitions of a given exercise that is performed continuously. for example "three sets of five reps" of a given exercise would mean performing the exercise five times, resting for a moment, then performing the exercise five times, then resting, and finally performing the exercise five more times. a single set would just be doing the exercise for a given number of repetitions.
    - balfirevic 6y ago
      Yeah, I know of that one, of course, but it didn't seem to make sense in the context of mettamage's comment.
      - mettamage 6y ago
        I'm building up my motivation for exerccise. Currently, I'm motivated enough to do one to two sets. the motivation stems from what I said above. I typically do 8 reps. The issue with three sets is muscle soreness. I want a fully functioning body every day.
        balfirevic 6y ago
        You might find (as I have) that when your body gets used to certain movement it will no longer get sore from it, even if sets are very hard and even if there are many of them. It does take some time though, good luck!
        mettamage 6y ago
        Ohh, I didn’t know that was a thing!
        RaceWon 6y ago
        > The issue with three sets is muscle soreness I appreciate the fact that we all can't be athletes: having said that; there was a time in my life when I would open my eyes Every Morning to blinding pain from my workouts. But now, 30 years later, the benefit (I believe partly from having been in such awesome shape and I do still workout strenuously, but not to that level) is that even at 60 years of age I still have stunning reaction times, I can still do things most 35 year olds can not and my driving is still freaking crisp! PS: I can still do over 60 consecutive pushups and planck for 4:30 minutes. Sure somedays I'm sore as hell but fuck that old age shit... ;)