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Why is HN so obsessed with exercise? I'm quite happy as a lazy slob. I ran track and x country in high school, but I didn't like exercise then and I still don

by araneae 16y ago

Why is HN so obsessed with exercise? I'm quite happy as a lazy slob. I ran track and x country in high school, but I didn't like exercise then and I still don't. I'm sure it would probably make me healthier, but it just isn't worth the discomfort to me. Stop making me look bad, guys.

patio11 16y ago
I have never liked exercise, and I have never liked dieting, but I had a rude wakeup call about the wages of "curry and a fried porkchop" four days a week plus a sedentary lifestyle a few years ago. My physician said that, at that rate, I would be lucky to make it to 30, despite the fact that I was skinny like a beanpole. So I started going to the gym. I despise actually being at the gym and exercising. But it makes me feel drastically better: I have more energy now, I get sick less, and my general comportment no longer suggests illness to friends and family. I even get more work done on days I go to the gym, since it refreshes my mental batteries and contributes more than a minute of marginal thinking time for every minute I spend there. But even if the energy/health/acuity benefits don't do it for you, take a look around you at the people who would miss you if you were gone, and go to the gym for them. Aside from quitting smoking (don't smoke, but quit if you do!) it is the cheapest way to buy extra time with your loved ones.
- tomjen3 16y ago
  If you where thin, why would you die before you where 30? I mean, heart attacks, etc are all correlated with fat.
  - _pius 16y ago
    I shouldn't have to say this, but correlation != causation.
  - scorpioxy 16y ago
    Not fat, clogged arteries. Skinny-looking people can have thinned arteries. This is mostly attributed to fats in your diet but also to your genes.
- araneae 16y ago
  Did your blood test have high cholesterol or something? I had full health work-up last year and everything came back better than ideal. And I get sick very, very rarely. I eat well; I just don't move around much.
  - patio11 16y ago
    Family history of $COMMON_FATAL_CONDITION plus a cholesterol reading that one should never have in a 120 lb 22 year old.
- sosuke 16y ago
  Darn it patio11, from your startup to your insightful comments on HN and even healthy habits you're practically a poster on my mental wall of who I am working to be like. I couldn't agree more though, I've been doing about 90 minutes a day of exercise. I wasn't completely out of shape to begin with but I feel much more alert and better throughout the day.

by araneae 16y ago

patio11 16y ago

I have never liked exercise, and I have never liked dieting, but I had a rude wakeup call about the wages of "curry and a fried porkchop" four days a week plus a sedentary lifestyle a few years ago. My physician said that, at that rate, I would be lucky to make it to 30, despite the fact that I was skinny like a beanpole. So I started going to the gym. I despise actually being at the gym and exercising. But it makes me feel drastically better: I have more energy now, I get sick less, and my general comportment no longer suggests illness to friends and family. I even get more work done on days I go to the gym, since it refreshes my mental batteries and contributes more than a minute of marginal thinking time for every minute I spend there. But even if the energy/health/acuity benefits don't do it for you, take a look around you at the people who would miss you if you were gone, and go to the gym for them. Aside from quitting smoking (don't smoke, but quit if you do!) it is the cheapest way to buy extra time with your loved ones.

tomjen3 16y ago
If you where thin, why would you die before you where 30? I mean, heart attacks, etc are all correlated with fat.
- _pius 16y ago
  I shouldn't have to say this, but correlation != causation.
- scorpioxy 16y ago
  Not fat, clogged arteries. Skinny-looking people can have thinned arteries. This is mostly attributed to fats in your diet but also to your genes.
araneae 16y ago
Did your blood test have high cholesterol or something? I had full health work-up last year and everything came back better than ideal. And I get sick very, very rarely. I eat well; I just don't move around much.
- patio11 16y ago
  Family history of $COMMON_FATAL_CONDITION plus a cholesterol reading that one should never have in a 120 lb 22 year old.
sosuke 16y ago
Darn it patio11, from your startup to your insightful comments on HN and even healthy habits you're practically a poster on my mental wall of who I am working to be like. I couldn't agree more though, I've been doing about 90 minutes a day of exercise. I wasn't completely out of shape to begin with but I feel much more alert and better throughout the day.