How Do Fellow Stackers Stay Healthy?
777 sats \ 15 comments \ @gnilma 28 May 2023 bitcoin
I believe the ethos of bitcoin to be freedom and personal responsibility. Having personal responsibility not only means being responsible for your own actions but also being responsible for your inaction. Being responsible for your intellectual improvement and your physical condition. Basically, striving to be the best version of yourself; and I think that cannot be achieved if you do not have a healthy body.
When it comes to physical conditioning, I'm curious to learn what our fellow stackers do to stay healthy? Do you run like Hal Finney? Do you lift weights? Do you have a weekly exercise routine that you follow? Do you purposefully put your body through stress in an attempt to remain performant under real stress? Or do you want to do more exercise but have not found the time or motivation to do them?
Share your routine, your experience, or your insight as to how you stay physically healthy; or if you feel you're not currently healthy, how and when do you plan on rectifying that?
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71 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthwyrm 29 May 2023
I cycle to work, partly to stay healthy but mostly to save on travel expenses. It's a nice workout and a good way to expose myself to sunlight. I think I clock in 25km / day.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma OP 29 May 2023
I would love to be able to bike to work too, but unfortunately I need my car to carry all my tools with me, so I must drive to work each day.
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51 sats \ 0 replies \ @billiam 29 May 2023
Cook fresh. Avoid food packed in plastic that has a bar code. Low sugar and carb, animal fats and meat + olive oil. Lots of eggs and avocados.
2x running 5km slow pace per week. 1 hard tennis workout with coach a week. A bit of weight lifting at home.
Avg. 1-2 glass of quality wine every day (sometime Mo-Thur no alc, then more on the weekend like 3-4 glass of wine ...).
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24 sats \ 1 reply \ @thebitcoinyogi 29 May 2023
Running, doing yoga, lifting weights and eating lots of grass-fed beef. Cold plunge and sauna help too.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma OP 29 May 2023
Cold and hot exposure is definitely very interesting...
I don't have easy access to a private sauna and don't like going to public ones, so no hot exposure for me. However, I have been taking cold showers 6 times a week (I get 1 hot shower a week as a reward, please don't call me weak for that...) for about a year now, and also started doing 10-15 minute ice baths once a week since the beginning of this year. I don't really notice much difference in terms of health improvements, but I do feel that I'm able to endure the cold better during winter. I also noticed that my pollen allergies seem to be gone this Spring, as previous Springs, I always had moderate runny nose and mild sneezing; none of that this Spring.
Still on the 6 cold showers + 1 ice bath per week routine, hoping that it does boost my immune system as advertised.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @2bithits 29 May 2023
Work a physical job & listen to bitcoin podcasts/audio books
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @02968f2eda 29 May 2023
Rowing machine
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @jk_14 29 May 2023
Some say 3 x 30 x 130 - 3 times per week 30 minuts of exercise with 130 heartbeat rate. I modified it slightly, to: 3 x 39 x 150, while making 2400m of swimming.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @OriginalSize 29 May 2023
I run. Picked it up during COVID and love it now. It's great alone time and communion with local reality. Helps me focus on podcasts so learn more and also I have some good ideas while I run. I believe we're born to run.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma OP 29 May 2023
I love running too. I totally agree that it’s great alone time and a good chance to catch up on podcasts. But when I go for my long runs (20km+), I like to turn off the podcast about half way through and just think about things in silent. It helps me organize my thoughts and sometimes come up with solutions to current problems that I am facing.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @byzantine 29 May 2023
no alcohol
lift heavy weights
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma OP 29 May 2023
The no alcohol part is hard for me. Although I’ve reduced it to 1 drinking night per week, and try my best to keep it within 2 drinks on my drinking night.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 29 May 2023
Fairly active guy but gained about 25 pounds during the COVID scandal. I was never overweight but was definitely a skinny fat guy. So I got fed up and joined a 90 challenge on YouTube by Pro Physique. This is where I learned the power of walking and tracking your macros (protein, carbs, and fat). The high protein low carb diet worked wonders for my digestive system and overall wellbeing
The goal was to get to 10% body fat. I haven’t achieved the goal (almost a year in after finding this 90 day challenge) but I did lose all my COVID weight and got very lean.
I feel fairly healthy. Just want to burn this last little belly fat I have then I’ll be all set but my strength and endurance are very good.
A typical routine is like this -Sunday walk 4.5 miles before breakfast -Monday morning walk 3.8 miles . Afternoon gym session legs lower body ( in cut mode I do 1hr when maintain I do 30 mins) -Tuesday 3.8 Mile walk. Afternoon weights upper body -Wednesday 3.8 mile walk afternoon weights lower body -Thursday 3.8 mile walk afternoon weights upper body -Friday 3.8 mile walk. Afternoon core and abs -Saturday 4.5 mile walk
In maintain mode I eat whatever and just not go as hard. Normally this lasts about 2 months then I get back on my cut. Between each cut session I put on about 6 pounds
Hope this helps
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma OP 29 May 2023
Awesome! So 3.8 miles on weekdays and 4.5 miles walk on weekends plus weights/muscle training on weekdays. Thanks for sharing!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 29 May 2023
The key is diet! You can’t out train the fork. And for max fat loss you don’t need to do high intensity cardio. Low intensity steady state cardio keep in caloric deficit. More you can burn the better
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