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[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Working out. (I do it most weekdays, too).

I work in software, and I've seen far too many guys in my industry who are either skinny as a rail and surviving on Cheetos dust, or painfully overweight. Had several co-workers croak unexpectedly, at shockingly young ages.

It's a real problem in the industry. People simply plop themselves down at their computers and forget to do anything else for an entire day.

I have kids, and refuse to let them lose their dad early, so I hit the gym for an hour in the mornings, at least every other day. I do a mix of cardio and weight training. I also never stay seated for longer than 45 minutes.

Seriously, guys... If you work in the software industry, make a habit of getting up and moving around. It doesn't actually take much to reap enormous benefits just from staying more active.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have an IT company, and believe the same. We’re all working remote, and we organize competitions regularly like who is doing the most interesting sports, making the most progress, being the most consistent, etc.

I think it’s also important for the long term sustainability of the team too, we want people to have healthy lifestyle balances and not burn out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Bingo. When my body is healthy, my brain is healthy. When my brain is healthy, my code is better.

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