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Speak for yourself. I'm 42 and married and I want my wife to feel pangs of healthy jealousy. I want all the benefits of the halo effect. Being able to get up o
by jvanderbot 3y ago
Speak for yourself. I'm 42 and married and I want my wife to feel pangs of healthy jealousy. I want all the benefits of the halo effect.
Being able to get up off the ground quickly or drag the kids around on a sled is also nice.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoMy motivation to do at least a little bit of exercise every day to build up a routine stems directly from my back aching when I pick up my kid. I don't want it to ache! I want to play with my kid :P
- nkingsy 3y agoMy back aches when I pick up my kids because of poor form on heavy deadlifts in my late 20s, 15 years ago.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoaye. long standing back, knee, and hernia issues from working out hard in the Marines. form and recovery count for a lot, people!
- pavel_lishin 3y agoThis is why I'm not doing those, at least not until I pay a professional to teach me how to do it properly :P
- mattgreenrocks 3y agoTruly grokking the extent of the halo effect was a bit of a I-want-to-puke moment. I suppose I expected that attraction could be an intrinsic thing. I don't think it undoes that, FWIW, but things like the halo effect certainly throw fuel on the fire.
- snapcaster 3y agoHell yeah man, get after it