Sounds like they are acting in your best interest.
The end result is not "letting in more techies", but an increase in off-shoring knowledge and jobs. I've had a ring-side view watching this happen while at the same time watching American workers get laid off.
"That's bullshit right there. Strength training is done for short periods of time and large amounts of weight. If it takes you that much time, then you're doing it wrong."
10 to 20 minutes will not get you in the 'large amounts of weights' arena. If you are just starting SL 5x5 or SS's novice program and are at beginner's weights you might be able to finish in 20 minutes. But once you get to an intermediate level you'll be spending that 20 minutes on just one of the major lifts, let only two or three. And this doesn't even incorporate any accessory work to help your core lifts (squat/bench/dead lift/overhead press).
But the OP wasn't asking about getting strong. The OP was just asking about getting fit. That is a pretty general term and needs further explanation as to what the OP's goals are. That would be my recommendation for step 1 - what are you trying to achieve. All else follows from there. Without goals what can motivate and push you to stick with it? A couple other suggestions for addressing the lack of motivation would be to get a workout partner and/or join a site like fitocracy (it's free). If strength training interests you then checkout: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/
No. This is bullshit:
"That's bullshit right there. Strength training is done for short periods of time and large amounts of weight. If it takes you that much time, then you're doing it wrong."
10 to 20 minutes will not get you in the 'large amounts of weights' arena. If you are just starting SL 5x5 or SS's novice program and are at beginner's weights you might be able to finish in 20 minutes. But once you get to an intermediate level you'll be spending that 20 minutes on just one of the major lifts, let only two or three. And this doesn't even incorporate any accessory work to help your core lifts (squat/bench/dead lift/overhead press).
But the OP wasn't asking about getting strong. The OP was just asking about getting fit. That is a pretty general term and needs further explanation as to what the OP's goals are. That would be my recommendation for step 1 - what are you trying to achieve. All else follows from there. Without goals what can motivate and push you to stick with it? A couple other suggestions for addressing the lack of motivation would be to get a workout partner and/or join a site like fitocracy (it's free).
If strength training interests you then checkout:
http://startingstrength.wikia.com/
This is the result of just another technological revolution. Replace 'nerd' with 'industrialist' and you could be talking about issues from over 250 years ago instead of in 2013. So who do you blame now? And who is the rest of the country? Blue collar folks? I'm sure I could find someone to get upset about your arrogance and the fact that you chose to operate machines that cost other people their jobs. Get over yourself, re-train and find new opportunities. As one of those 'nerds' I'm certainly doing the same and not spending my time bitching about it.
I work for a company that has outsourced a significant amount of work to Indian IT companies. Most of them work offshore. How would restricting visa's fight that?
Don't bet on it. It only takes time before a bean-counter finds a way to shove the jobs offshore. We can only hope that the standard of living of India rises enough to make it less attractive.
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This good you talk about is a smoke screen and a bunch of crap. This is the reality:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/04/03/176134694/Whos-Hiring-H1-B-Visa-Workers-Its-Not-Who-You-Might-Think
How do I know? Because both Cognizant and Infosys are big suppliers of off shore workers to the IT department in my company.
Sounds like they are acting in your best interest.
The end result is not "letting in more techies", but an increase in off-shoring knowledge and jobs. I've had a ring-side view watching this happen while at the same time watching American workers get laid off.
No. This is bullshit:
"That's bullshit right there. Strength training is done for short periods of time and large amounts of weight. If it takes you that much time, then you're doing it wrong."
10 to 20 minutes will not get you in the 'large amounts of weights' arena. If you are just starting SL 5x5 or SS's novice program and are at beginner's weights you might be able to finish in 20 minutes. But once you get to an intermediate level you'll be spending that 20 minutes on just one of the major lifts, let only two or three. And this doesn't even incorporate any accessory work to help your core lifts (squat/bench/dead lift/overhead press).
But the OP wasn't asking about getting strong. The OP was just asking about getting fit. That is a pretty general term and needs further explanation as to what the OP's goals are. That would be my recommendation for step 1 - what are you trying to achieve. All else follows from there. Without goals what can motivate and push you to stick with it? A couple other suggestions for addressing the lack of motivation would be to get a workout partner and/or join a site like fitocracy (it's free). If strength training interests you then checkout: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/
No. This is bullshit: "That's bullshit right there. Strength training is done for short periods of time and large amounts of weight. If it takes you that much time, then you're doing it wrong." 10 to 20 minutes will not get you in the 'large amounts of weights' arena. If you are just starting SL 5x5 or SS's novice program and are at beginner's weights you might be able to finish in 20 minutes. But once you get to an intermediate level you'll be spending that 20 minutes on just one of the major lifts, let only two or three. And this doesn't even incorporate any accessory work to help your core lifts (squat/bench/dead lift/overhead press). But the OP wasn't asking about getting strong. The OP was just asking about getting fit. That is a pretty general term and needs further explanation as to what the OP's goals are. That would be my recommendation for step 1 - what are you trying to achieve. All else follows from there. Without goals what can motivate and push you to stick with it? A couple other suggestions for addressing the lack of motivation would be to get a workout partner and/or join a site like fitocracy (it's free). If strength training interests you then checkout: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/
This is the result of just another technological revolution. Replace 'nerd' with 'industrialist' and you could be talking about issues from over 250 years ago instead of in 2013. So who do you blame now? And who is the rest of the country? Blue collar folks? I'm sure I could find someone to get upset about your arrogance and the fact that you chose to operate machines that cost other people their jobs. Get over yourself, re-train and find new opportunities. As one of those 'nerds' I'm certainly doing the same and not spending my time bitching about it.
I work for a company that has outsourced a significant amount of work to Indian IT companies. Most of them work offshore. How would restricting visa's fight that?
Don't bet on it. It only takes time before a bean-counter finds a way to shove the jobs offshore. We can only hope that the standard of living of India rises enough to make it less attractive.
The sooner we can replace human drivers with computers, the better off we'll be.
I too welcome our car computer overlords.