August 7, 2008 at 10:01 pm
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August 8, 2008 at 1:30 am
I used to play competitive football (soccer for you US residents) until I ruptured my ACL. Waterpolo also used to be a big part of my life, but long working hours put an end to that as well.
Nowadays I play badminton twice a week. Its a great way to do away with the acumulated stress that goes with my (our!) job. I also try to play squash, but not as much.
George Camilleri
Malta
August 8, 2008 at 1:52 am
Aikido 2-3 nights a week and archery every second weekend. I also do a little weightlifting and other gymnastic-style workouts from time to time, purely for fitness.
Gail Shaw
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August 8, 2008 at 3:21 am
I tried many things such as working out at a gym, cycling etc without much success.
This month, I am trying swimming with Interval training. Interval training is swim very fast (as much as you can) for 1 minute then take rest for another minute. Then start again so on.
We dont have such a lovely summer months in the UK therefore trying to enjoy as much as we can with same bad food habits.
Thayal
August 8, 2008 at 4:00 am
I hit the gym at least 4 time a week doing primarily weight training.
I'm starting to focus again on interval training on one of those rowing machines as I'm starting to prepare for a cycling race later this year.
I start to get frustrated if I can't get to the gym for too long a period as I think it helps in getting rid of built up stress etc.
August 8, 2008 at 4:16 am
Hi Steve,
I usually hit the gym for weights 2-3 times a week, and karate 2-3 times a week, and when I can find the time I walk for a 1/2 hour or so a few days a week. My goal is to have some sort of activity 6 times a week, although many weeks I fall short!
I'm carrying a few extra pounds, and being in a sedentary job doesn't help.
Mark
August 8, 2008 at 4:24 am
For me its got to be the extreme sport - Powerkiting at the moment with a bit of Mountainboarding and Snowboarding in the Winter although have to make do with Indoor snow
Jim
August 8, 2008 at 4:43 am
Every day for 2 hours I do weight training, used to go to the gym, but I've bought myself a whole equipment and install it in my house 🙂
also baskeball 2 times a week, and because it is summer time I do swimming almost every day on the lake, and hiking through the woods which is not that easy as I thought it would be 😀
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August 8, 2008 at 4:58 am
Dinghy sailing with racing weekends and one eveining a week in summer.
No, don't think sitting there on a big boat with the G&T, this is Olympic stuff - a physical sport hikng out hard to counteract the power of the wind in the sails and frequent leaping around the boat as you tack plus the capsizes when you get it wrong. Plenty of adrenalin, especially in close situations yet dinghy racing is one of the safest watersports, with rescue boats on standby watching to lend a hand when it all gets too much.
Britain has won more olympic medals in sailing than in other sports yet it gets least media coverage.:crazy:
August 8, 2008 at 4:59 am
I suppose my answer here is a bit more fundamental than just participating in a sport, and I'm not really a team sport kind of person anyway.
As Steve mentioned in his article, there are a lot of poor food choices available, and even more liberties taken by retailers/manufacturers with the "good" food choices to make them more questionable (how many pesticides? which extra additives? exactly which bit of the animal does that "meat" come from? how many food miles?). Therefore, my family decided a while ago to get closer to source, so we grow all the vegetables we can, we keep chickens for eggs and use a friend with an organic farm just down the road for as much of our meat as we can. Our meals tend to be measured in food yards. That, of course, means a fair bit of exercise in the garden and allotment (for US readers, look here for the explanation of "allotment" if you're really interested....), and eats up plenty of our time. We also have a relatively old house (mid 1800s), so there's a fair bit of maintenance work there which is also far from sedentary.
Being a father of two young kids, I'm not allowed to have much time to myself, and they're constantly active, demanding the same of me. However, if I do get any free time that coincides with daylight, I indulge in my only formal exercising activity - mountain biking. I'm fortunate enough to live right in the middle of one of the best pieces of mountain biking geography in the South East of England, so don't really need to touch any tarmac at all.
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August 8, 2008 at 5:05 am
I leave office around 10 in night and not able to go to bed before 12. Due to this its late in the morning. How can I do any excercise which keeps me fit. So many times I tried to leave bed early in the morning around 6 but that time all the day I was feeling uncomfortable.
August 8, 2008 at 5:08 am
Volleyball every day with a bunch of frnds..and workout every other day. but once i am done with it i surely go through my daily checklist as in jobs,disk space,backups,production servers error logs...and the occasional forum posts...that's my kind for an active DBA...:D
The_SQL_DBA
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August 8, 2008 at 5:19 am
I try to go to the gym first thing every morning before work - we're lucky to have on-site facilities. Until August, when the summer heat is brutal in N Texas, I shoot baskets in the evening after work. Occasionally taking the kid to the pool where she can play and I can swim laps is a nice addition.
It's no secret that a healthy lifestyle improves productivity and keeps the mind sharper, or at least better oxygenated. I feel off when I miss more than a day of exercise (like this week - grrr). That feeling of doldrums reminds me why I take the extra effort to stay active.
I wish I could make it mandatory for staff to exercise but of course it is a personal commitment. Those I work with who exercise and eat well are sick less often and are more productive at work. No surprise there.
I'll bet everyone who is 40 + years old will agree that it's harder to stay with it as you get older but even more important. I don't look at it as time lost but as an investment in my future health.
Good topic. Cheers.
August 8, 2008 at 5:36 am
I know that it's not really a sport, but I love to go out flying. For about a year I had a client who couldn't (or wouldn't) commit to a database design. I worked with them for a long time on this, and the process was slow and mind numbing. I decided that I needed to do something that kept my mind active and decided that flight training would certainly do that, and boy, was I right! While working with that client, I got all the way through my private pilot training and got my ticket. Now when I'm stressed at work and it's nice outside, I get to view the world from 5000 feet. Nothing like that view to melt away the stress.
August 8, 2008 at 5:47 am
I run, an average week being five runs for a total of twenty miles. I've got two young boys, so outdoors at lunchtime functions as my 'gym' time nowadays. Fortunately, there's a shower room at work. I've also been trying get into some form of resistance-based workouts at home. That's been a bit challenging, since we don't have room for equipment. Thus far I've tried push-ups and resistance bands.
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