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How Do Geeks Exercise?
An anonymous reader writes "I have always been thin but all the sitting in front of the PC is taking its toll now that I'm getting older. I have begun to get a little heavier around the waist. I don't eat a lot but the weight seems to stay on these days. Most of the time I don't have the luxury of just getting out of the house/office. And being an introvert, I'm not enamored of the idea of exercising in full view of *shudder* people. I regularly do press-ups (60 per night) and sit-ups (30 per night) and some fetching and carrying, but that is all and these days it isn't enough. I need a solid and effective routine that will tone all my muscle groups efficiently. Do any Slashdotters have a regular workout routine that can be performed in the privacy of the home to stave off those pounds?"
Seriously. It's actually pretty nice out there, or at least it was the few times I've had to go out.
My grandmother used anecdotal evidence all the time, and she lived to be 120 years old.
It's even more fun when you have an exercise partner.
This way my left leg/foot gets more exercise when driving an automatic, otherwise a heavy clutch does the trick.
They're cool enough to do in front of other people, no matter how bad you are, and you have something to show off to your friends.
You've never been beatten up by a twelve year old girl, have you? Say, while testing for my yellow belt. Err, your yellow belt.
"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire
Just bike home from work, instead?
If the masses can keep you down, you're not the Ubermensch.
#3 - Find a local swimming pool, strap on a pair of rollerblades, get a bicycle.
I actually tried this and found I worked up a sweat very quickly. But a word of warning -- when cycling with rollerblades in a swimming pool, stay in the shallow end. The deep can be treacherous and the bike will weigh you down like you wouldn't believe.
The reason girls and Windows users don't understand UNIX is because all the documentation is in Man files.
#5 - Once you take care of the "introverted" problem... get a girlfriend and do a lot of the world's #1 calorie-burning exercise.
Your girlfriend makes you take her shopping too, eh? I don't care what she says -- the only thing getting thinner is my wallet.
If you're in it for the calories, you might as well jog(which burns 286 calories per half hour) as opposed to sex(which burns 173 per half hour).
That's not very impressive sex.
"I zero-index my hamsters" - Willtor (147206)
Tell me about it. 1200-1280 calories a day, for almost 8 years, an hour walk every morning and 2 hours cyclic + circuit work 5 nights a week, and I have all the strength in the world underneath this flab. I also have fat rolls hanging off my arms and thighs, my stomach hangs down so much I haven't seen my own crotch in years unless I'm looking in the mirror, and I have two extra chins. 380lbs is the lowest I've been since the 1990s. Some of us keep up a decent amount of muscle and a hell of a lot of fat on minimal energy intake.
Have you considered selling your body to science? I mean by studying the way you can spend 3000 to 4000 calories while eating only 1200 calories could lead to a perpetual machine or something!
Unpossible, AC Troll! Your lies are laid bare.
The minimum caloric needs of your 380 lb corpulence are ~2700 calories/day. Any less than that and your body starts raiding your fat rolls like your raid bakery rolls.
You are full of shit; that may explain your obesity.
It has been a nervous year, with people beginning to feel like Christian Scientists with appendicitis.
#3 - Find a local swimming pool, strap on a pair of rollerblades, get a bicycle.
I don't know what sport you're describing there, but it sounds pretty sweet.
cosin() is more fun than sin()...
Perhaps he left off a zero... If he spends 3,000 to 4,000 calories a day, while only eating 12,000 calories, it would explain a lot.
Oh, wait...
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
Buy a huge SUV big enough to fit your bike in. Then drive to work with the bike. Then ride your bike home. Then take a cab to pick up your SUV and drive home. Simple!
WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
(Disclaimer: I'm no scientist. Well, a computer scientist. But that doesn't apply here.)
Don't you mean "Damn it, I'm a computer scientist, not a doctor"?