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It’s not about buying extra years but making your life a hole lotta better as well. Am not kidding. I hated exercise, I still hate it, but it objectively makes

by fsloth 1y ago

It’s not about buying extra years but making your life a hole lotta better as well. Am not kidding. I hated exercise, I still hate it, but it objectively makes everything else so much better I keep at it. There are simple and effective protocols. You don’t need to be ”in to it”. You don’t need to buy extra equipment (necessarily) nor do you need purchase anything from anyone (unless you want to). Running, pushups and kettle bell swings are enough (with a good strategy). Having a daily stretching/mobility routine is advisable the older you get. Just do it! If you think it will totally suck, it probably will! If the question ”what are you training for” irritates you it sure as hell will keep irritating. There are _zero_ lifestyle things you need to buy into. But it’s medicine. Pure medicine.

mettamage 1y ago
Could you share some YouTube videos of good exercises? You're the type of person I'd follow advice from because I hate exercise too, lol.
- fsloth 1y ago
  Not really an expert here but happy to share my path. My current goal is to maintain minimum flexibility, do some resistance training and keep some aerobic fitness. If you have very little exercise from recent years, I really recommend finding a local personal trainer, explain you want a bare minimum personal program and start from there. Once you know what your body can do under supervision you can think about how to develop routines that last your life. Personally I bought some courses from GMB fitness for mobility and for some kettlebell stuff read the book ”Simple&Sinister” whose basic program I did for a year, and then started doing ”The quick and the dead” program from the same author. Now - the books are a bit weird and the motivational narration may be offputting but the exercises seem legit and effective. I don’t know if any of the above is usefull at all for anyone else. But the basic science sort of goes you need some basic aerobic exercise and some resistance training. Free weights like kettlebell seem to offer best bang for buck since the basic exercises actually train a lot of the muscles at the same time. The ”lets isolate the muscle groups and pinpoint these exercises” regimen might have it’s use but’s imho it’s sort overcomplicating the basic equation if you really are not training for anything particular and have no handicaps from injuries. I understand the deadlift is a super effective and simple technique but I hate going to gym and don’t have space for anyhting else except kettlebell. Like Scott Hanselman tipped - plan a routine that gives you least amount of opportunities for excuses.

by fsloth 1y ago

mettamage 1y ago

Could you share some YouTube videos of good exercises? You're the type of person I'd follow advice from because I hate exercise too, lol.

fsloth 1y ago
Not really an expert here but happy to share my path. My current goal is to maintain minimum flexibility, do some resistance training and keep some aerobic fitness. If you have very little exercise from recent years, I really recommend finding a local personal trainer, explain you want a bare minimum personal program and start from there. Once you know what your body can do under supervision you can think about how to develop routines that last your life. Personally I bought some courses from GMB fitness for mobility and for some kettlebell stuff read the book ”Simple&Sinister” whose basic program I did for a year, and then started doing ”The quick and the dead” program from the same author. Now - the books are a bit weird and the motivational narration may be offputting but the exercises seem legit and effective. I don’t know if any of the above is usefull at all for anyone else. But the basic science sort of goes you need some basic aerobic exercise and some resistance training. Free weights like kettlebell seem to offer best bang for buck since the basic exercises actually train a lot of the muscles at the same time. The ”lets isolate the muscle groups and pinpoint these exercises” regimen might have it’s use but’s imho it’s sort overcomplicating the basic equation if you really are not training for anything particular and have no handicaps from injuries. I understand the deadlift is a super effective and simple technique but I hate going to gym and don’t have space for anyhting else except kettlebell. Like Scott Hanselman tipped - plan a routine that gives you least amount of opportunities for excuses.