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Would you geeks like a book about fitness but from the perspective of a fellow geek? I was pondering about writing it for some time. I had body fat problem from
by ssijak 9y ago
Would you geeks like a book about fitness but from the perspective of a fellow geek? I was pondering about writing it for some time. I had body fat problem from my childhood (my granma who is a cook and parents stuffed me with food) and I was sedentary for the most of my life. Started with computers from age 6 with Commodore 64.
But slowly i got myself into fitness and learning about it and food. I tried many things and learned much. Now I eat more than at any time in my life (3500cal/day currently), but I maintain lean body with large amount of muscle. And have good amount of strength. For example doing bench press sets with 110kg, rows 109kg, etc.
Wanted to write a book about my path and what to do from the perspective of the geek and somebody who program whole day, I know many would/could relate to the same path.
Anybody interested?
- dudurocha 9y agoThat would be a book I would read. There is one focused on something like this, called Fitness for geeks. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007UQN22A/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007UQN22A/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...
- phant0mas 9y agoI would be interested to read such a book.
- chrisseaton 9y ago> Would you geeks like a book about fitness but from the perspective of a fellow geek? There's already this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Programmer-Better-Pragmatic-Programmers/dp/1937785319/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1511964188&sr=8-2&keywords=Joe+Kutner https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healthy-Programmer-Better-Pragmatic... But to be honest I'm not sure what 'geeks' think is so intrinsically different about themselves that they need to treat this subject differently to anyone else. I think fitness is one of those subjects where you want to be very cautious about anything that describes itself as a shortcut or a clever way of doing it. You just need to do the work.
- ssijak 9y agoYeah, all the fitness principles are the same. But getting from 0 to doing all the things right is different for different kind and groups of people. And reading how to do it from somebody similar as you, with similar challenges, could be helpful. It would be for me at least.
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- elros 9y agoI would read that.
- j_s 9y agohttps://www.julian.com/learn/muscle https://www.julian.com/learn/muscle Kind of a long-form marketing style but free.
- j_s 9y agoI would particularly interested if it curated best practices for maximizing eye health as a software developer. There have been some comments on recent eye glasses discussions. If anyone can link the recent HN discussion about eye exercise building some device to slowly move books away while reading I can't find it.