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The magic exercise for me is jogging at least 3 miles at about a heart rate of 150-160. I consistently get 3 hours deep sleep according to the AutoSleep app and
by dsaavy 7y ago
The magic exercise for me is jogging at least 3 miles at about a heart rate of 150-160. I consistently get 3 hours deep sleep according to the AutoSleep app and dream heavily. Otherwise I’m usually getting 1-1.5 hours deep sleep with other exercise and less than 1 if I don’t do anything all day. Just an anecdote for comparison.
- agumonkey 7y agoI tried running / jogging (lower HR because my heart is bad) but beside this I worked at a recycling factory. Handling truck parts, crouching to unscrew frames etc etc. This kind of evergoing physical activity drained me deeper and smoother than jogging.
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoThis is why I wish there was a job where I could work at a computer part of the time and do some strenuous physical activity part of the time. I am so useful sitting at a desk but it’s not so useful to me to always be sedentary. Sadly nobody would want to pay my engineering rate for picking weeds in the garden or taking out all the trash.
- agumonkey 7y agoI did this in June, 39h/week on trucks. Paradoxically I was pumped by this because having regular activity and financial safety freed me from a ton of issues. So much that during lunch pause I was doing pushups and before bedtime I'd learn Django to make an application for this job. Unfortunately the boss did me wrong so I quit. To babble a bit more: in August I tried taking a part time morning delivery gig (4-8m 24h/week) thinking it would feel the same but not at all (newspaper delivery is physically stressful), so I quit drained after a month, even though it required no effort and was less time per week than the truck thing. Right now I have a 30h/week food delivery gig, it's just right to keep me active and the rest of the day I'm writing vue code now. I may try to find something that would make my body more fit. Maybe having a woodworking shop or something similar.
- fyfy18 7y agoHere here, I feel the same. I'm not really a fan of sports or working out, but doing physical activity for a job or such (in college I worked at a supermarket stacking shelves) I enjoy. My wife and I are thinking of buying and renovating an old apartment ourselves. Of course economically it would be better for me to work and pay someone else to do it, but the benefits of learning a new skill and doing something physical are worth it IMHO.
- mypalmike 7y agoJust fyi... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoAhhh yes renovating an old house sounds like fun! As long as you give yourself all the time you need to finish (otherwise it would be stressful). I think some day I’ll buy an old house and fix things on the weekend.
- jordanbeiber 7y agoMy team (those who want to) and I spend about one hour per day working out over lunch. As team manager I believe these positive effects far outweighs the time “lost”, on so many levels. “Working out” is difficult for many, but it can be so many things. For a year or so we spent time on movement training, something I highly recommend in general.
- agumonkey 7y agoI'm up for hire ! :p
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoI worked at google and found the gym nice but not my preferred way of exercise. I want to be outdoors. I grew up outdoors. The cold white walls of the gym were as depressing as the office. Now I work at a beautiful farm though still mostly at the computer. I could try a mid day hike though! Ideally though I wish I could be getting paid for some kind of physical work part of the time. I understand that if I want to get high pay then I’m not going to be paid to pull weeds, I’m just lamenting my sedentary career.
- SuoDuanDao 7y agocommenting for breadcrumbs, I'm working on a relevant project and am encouraged by how many people are expressing this sentiment!
- agumonkey 7y agocould you tell more ?
- SuoDuanDao 7y agoThe most basic version is to combine a sandbox or incubator with a productive rural property. I think breaking up one's building sessions with a session of physical work in a garden or similar would really help prevent burnout and would keep the costs of starting up super low. I grew up in a rural area and several of my friends and I have been discussing how those sorts of large properties could be used productively, and that is a solution we think is worth trying.
- ip26 7y agoRather than quoting the HR, it would be more useful to share the % of MHR. Is your MHR 220bpm? 170bpm? Dramatically changes the meaning of exercising @ 150-160bpm.
- dsaavy 7y agoGood point. Never measured MHR explicitly although I know there are estimations. It’s probably between 55% and 65% of my MHR. It’s literally right at the transition point of being able to talk while running and not being able to haha
- fbr 7y agoDo you run in the morning or in the evening?
- dsaavy 7y agoI usually run in the evening. Honestly a good question because that could be significant in its sleep impact.