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This would certainly explain why I feel great during the winter (aka ski season) and like absolute shit during the summer (when I spend 99% of my waking hours i

This would certainly explain why I feel great during the winter (aka ski season) and like absolute shit during the summer (when I spend 99% of my waking hours in a chair or on the couch), despite equally terrible sleep habits year-round.

TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
Roller blades! The snow here in Northern Tasmania wasn’t real good so I only went up the hill once. But we bought roller blades in the warmer months, and I go for a run in the morning before work.
- boring_twenties 5y ago
  Unfortunately skiing has spoiled me in that if I fall, I like having a decent chance of falling into something soft. Additionally, skiing is much more fun than rollerblading, to the point that if I had to miss an entire ski season due to some silly rollerblading (or mountain biking, which is what most everyone else around here does, or whatever) injury, I'd never forgive myself.
  - TrevorJ 5y ago
    Feeling like crap for half the year seems like a much worse outcome, no?
    - boring_twenties 5y ago
      Worse than missing one or more ski seasons? I actually don't think so, although I will allow the possibility that I'm actually insane. What I probably need is some sort of in-home exercise machine, or maybe just going to the local gym. Last year both of those things were a bit hard to come by, I don't know why I'm still sleeping on it this year though. In fact I'm going to go look into this right now lol
      - TrevorJ 5y ago
        I actually got in pretty good shape playing beat saber last year, as silly as that sounds.
        boring_twenties 5y ago
        Hey, if it works...
  - TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
    As my sibling comment here suggests, life is about trade-offs. You don’t necessarily have to be inactive, that’s your choice ;)
    - boring_twenties 5y ago
      You are both right, of course. I just haven't learned how to force myself to be active during the summer, because the other half of the year, I don't have to do anything of the sort.
      - ac29 5y ago
        You just need to find something that works for you - there are certainly lots of physical activities that are pretty low injury (hiking, swimming, yoga, etc).
CountDrewku 5y ago
That's why you break out the mountain bike in the warmer months.
- boring_twenties 5y ago
  That's what everyone else does around here, but I just don't get it. Why would I want to risk losing a ski season for something way less fun in the first place? Not even to mention how expensive the bikes are.
  - CountDrewku 5y ago
    Why would you sit around doing nothing for months only waiting for 4 month (if you're lucky) season of skiing? Also I completely disagree with skiing being way more fun. There are way more areas you can take your mountain bike. Equipment wise you're not paying much more for a bike than you do for all that ski equipment and you don't need to pay outrageous lift fees.
    - boring_twenties 5y ago
      You are allowed to disagree :) Personally I'd rate mountain biking as a moderately fun activity, not even close to being worth breaking bones for. Skiing on the other hand is 10x better than sex and cocaine combined.
      - CountDrewku 5y ago
        Ha ha where in the world are you skiing that it's that much fun? I love skiing too I just love mtb more. I'm just trying to say sitting around for more than half the year so you don't get hurt for ski season seems like a giant unecessary waste. fwiw I've never gotten injured enough from mtb to miss a ski season. You can definitely tone down your mtb'ing to x-country or something less extreme. If not at least take up something like hiking or running in the warmer months. It'll make your ski season much more enjoyable if you're in shape when it starts.

TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago

Roller blades! The snow here in Northern Tasmania wasn’t real good so I only went up the hill once. But we bought roller blades in the warmer months, and I go for a run in the morning before work.

boring_twenties 5y ago
Unfortunately skiing has spoiled me in that if I fall, I like having a decent chance of falling into something soft. Additionally, skiing is much more fun than rollerblading, to the point that if I had to miss an entire ski season due to some silly rollerblading (or mountain biking, which is what most everyone else around here does, or whatever) injury, I'd never forgive myself.
- TrevorJ 5y ago
  Feeling like crap for half the year seems like a much worse outcome, no?
  - boring_twenties 5y ago
    Worse than missing one or more ski seasons? I actually don't think so, although I will allow the possibility that I'm actually insane. What I probably need is some sort of in-home exercise machine, or maybe just going to the local gym. Last year both of those things were a bit hard to come by, I don't know why I'm still sleeping on it this year though. In fact I'm going to go look into this right now lol
    - TrevorJ 5y ago
      I actually got in pretty good shape playing beat saber last year, as silly as that sounds.
      - boring_twenties 5y ago
        Hey, if it works...
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
  As my sibling comment here suggests, life is about trade-offs. You don’t necessarily have to be inactive, that’s your choice ;)
  - boring_twenties 5y ago
    You are both right, of course. I just haven't learned how to force myself to be active during the summer, because the other half of the year, I don't have to do anything of the sort.
    - ac29 5y ago
      You just need to find something that works for you - there are certainly lots of physical activities that are pretty low injury (hiking, swimming, yoga, etc).

CountDrewku 5y ago

That's why you break out the mountain bike in the warmer months.

boring_twenties 5y ago
That's what everyone else does around here, but I just don't get it. Why would I want to risk losing a ski season for something way less fun in the first place? Not even to mention how expensive the bikes are.
- CountDrewku 5y ago
  Why would you sit around doing nothing for months only waiting for 4 month (if you're lucky) season of skiing? Also I completely disagree with skiing being way more fun. There are way more areas you can take your mountain bike. Equipment wise you're not paying much more for a bike than you do for all that ski equipment and you don't need to pay outrageous lift fees.
  - boring_twenties 5y ago
    You are allowed to disagree :) Personally I'd rate mountain biking as a moderately fun activity, not even close to being worth breaking bones for. Skiing on the other hand is 10x better than sex and cocaine combined.
    - CountDrewku 5y ago
      Ha ha where in the world are you skiing that it's that much fun? I love skiing too I just love mtb more. I'm just trying to say sitting around for more than half the year so you don't get hurt for ski season seems like a giant unecessary waste. fwiw I've never gotten injured enough from mtb to miss a ski season. You can definitely tone down your mtb'ing to x-country or something less extreme. If not at least take up something like hiking or running in the warmer months. It'll make your ski season much more enjoyable if you're in shape when it starts.