I'm fortunate enough to work from home in an organization that stresses async-first communication.
I have kettlebells, I have a dedicated space for it which is one room over from my home office. There is nothing stopping me from making this my routine 100%.
Now I just have to stick to it!
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On a side note, tests and deployments have always been my version of "compiling" in the professional environments I've worked in. I wonder if we'll ever get to a "post-waiting-around" era of computing. 🤔
That's my all time favorite xkcd 😄
Love this idea, and may adopt it into my work in some way!
I used to do a push up for every death at the end of a match in Call Of Duty. I got quite strong.
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Hahaha, so I'm not the only one that feels like inside a prison cell exercising while compiling/testing?.
For me, was with a huge test set of a Django app in a slow machine and now with Rust, the compiler is a wonder of the technology but is slow as hell.
We should start something like CodeFit, people in the streets will say: "look at that fit guy over there, he must be a coder!".
Kettle bell get ups are tough 💪
Indeed 😄
We used to try this at cheer :)
youtu.be/mMmD6vypyo4
Add extra burpees if the tests fail 😈
Hey cool! I got some kettlebells a couple months ago and have been doing a similar thing -- I'll do a set while code is compiling or when I need a break. I also like having them handy during leisure time, and I'll do a kettlebell plank or some snatches during TV commercials or video game loading screens. Overall it's made a big difference in the way I feel.
Awesome!
I was on a good rhythm and I'll acknowledge I fell off for a while. I'm hoping some more direct action-response coordination will kick me back into rhythm.
I used to do that specific one - forgot all about it. I have kettle bells and do my 10 X 3 X 20 most days. Am building a startup, so unit tests aren't that forthcoming although have written my code with DI/testability in mind etc.
Good work...
That's a great use of your time. I also have kettlebells in my home office, plus a pull-up bar and a stationary bike. I actually like to ride the bike while coding. I also tend to 'super-set' coding and kettlebells, e.x. do a set of an exercise (or combine 2 exercises), do some coding for 1-3 minutes, repeat for several rounds.
Sounds like someone needs to parallelize their spec files.
It's true. But deployment is a fairly fixed time we also have to cope with.
Good for you! I'm trying to work out more consistently too, but the office where I work is not a place I can do that. (With the exception of going running during my lunch hour.)