For developers, staying fit is as important as learning new skills in the market. Because most of our days we spend sitting at a table, staring at a screen. Though I tried my best to work out regularly sometimes life throws things at you that you can never predict and have to stop. But you can always start again. These days are good, as I'm back to my routine and working out, so I thought why not ask you all, how do you folks stay fit?
I'm personally into weight lifting and do running occasionally.
So How do you stay fit I'm curious. Tell me your fitness mantra in the comment section below.
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Thanks, see you next week.
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I hung up a heavy bag in my garage and do boxing workouts. Was cold in the winter and may scare the neighbors, but helps with stress.
Stress is how I stay fit lmao
Covid quarantine really played a number on all of our fitness, as gyms are closed, but that's understandable. I've gotten success with adding 3 things, particular # 2 & 3 below which I can do while at work coding.
(1) I walk for about a hour at nights, when there are not a lot of ppl around . (I'm in a residential low crime area of Toronto GTA; I cover only one ear while listening to an audio-book, podcast, or music).
(2) I purchased online a standing desk; I got one wide enough & strong enough to support 2 monitors and a laptop. My goal is to stand at least 1/3rd the day while I'm coding. Cost me CDN$220.
(3) I bought an under desk mini exercise cycle for $99 online. I pedal at least a couple hours daily while seated and coding. Ensure you have a desk tall enough so you don't keep knocking your knees on the desk underside as you pedal; you will need a rubber mat to put the exercycle on to prevent it sliding away. ( See amazon.ca/Stamina-Products-15-0141... )
As best as I can I try to do burpees, pushups, and situps at least every other day in the mornings. Forgot to mention doing planks daily.
Also, I try to limit the carbs I eat, and eat more veggies. I try (but often fail) to get 7.5 hours of sleep per night, and I leave my phone and electronics in another room to get more restful sleep.
I currently Work from Home at the kitchen table, in full view of my refrigerator and pantry (very bad idea if like me you have low self discipline). During quarantine when my fully stocked refrigerator and I were "imprisoned" together for hours, my fridge "lost weight" and I gained weight. 😔 I now try to eat less, eat healthier, and workout at least a couple hours WHILE I work my regular job.
Hope this helps someone 😊
Actually, it all depends on what kind of physical achievement one is after. For example, if you are normally doing a bodybuilding style workout, to keep the volume in lockdown, I would strongly suggest using resistance bands since they are cheap and easy to use for a high variety of exercises anywhere. I personally use resistance bands, and to keep cardio I go running. This year also CrossFit announced no equipment required workouts for the open. I would say those exercises are the best for developers, not so much time is required to complete and very effective.
I've definitely fallen victim to "The Lockdown 15" 😬 Delivery apps are a real danger! Never used them before but they've become a real addiction in lockdown.
Glad you asked. I have a BOD subscription (beachbodyondemand.com) it has hundreds of workout routines. I also have a nutritional plan which allows me to eat anything, yeah, and has 2 cheat days he-he, its more complicated than that but overall I love staying fit, right now im doing The Work for the 4th time (at week 5!!) 💪
Oculus quest! Has some great games that make you move
Exercise with dumbbell and bicycle, is very cool for me.
I do elliptical bike every morning, everything is closed here so I am kind of just getting by. I do not enjoy it. I hope everything opens soon so I can go back to Muay Thai and weights
i do powerlifting. my training program is based on the 3 fundamentals, bench press, squat and deadlift, plus complementary exercises