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People of Lemmy! How to get fit? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by jaykay@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi guys! For the past… ever, I’ve been putting my health and fitness aside. I tried a few times to get into the habit of exercising to no avail. I’m not overweight or anything but neither am I strong or flexible as I want to be. Mainly because I don’t want to have health troubles later in life. HOWEVER, to get started I needed to google of course and… best 10 xyz, do this, don’t do this, you breathe wrong, you stand wrong, you do everything wrong, this is the only solution. All of these can be found about anything related to fitness. How does one get started with all this nonsense, misinformation and clickable? What’s even real anymore? Thank you in advance :)

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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Walk very far distances. Before cars, a lot of people walked between towns. It was completely normal and safe if you know what you're doing. I have friends who sometimes walk up to twenty miles to the neighboring towns because they swore off vehicles, and they show up and people are flabbergasted like they're thinking "holy crap it's a miracle you must be gods" as if the friends didn't just have to use two feet for two hours to get there. But that's what a human is supposed to do, biologically that is. And you don't even have to run, in fact it's better for your body and mind to walk than run.

Also, sleep well and stay hydrated. Sleep controls metabolism. Metabolism controls fitness. Bad sleep equals bad metabolism. Same goes for hydration. Drink a pint of water every time you piss. That's probably why there are drinking fountains next to bathrooms. All this advice has worked for me too.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I've been living abroad in Barcelona for the past month and it's fucking wonderful to go for a fifteen kilometer walk before lunch... the city is so comfortable to walk in and I never feel in danger as a pedestrian (unlike Vancouver).

[–] aDogCalledSpot@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If your friends are walking 20 miles in two hours they very well might be gods

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

To be fair, I rounded that up a little crudely. Sources say it's ten to twelve miles, but nobody knew if that counts the distance between their house and the town edge, and when they do it, it's about two and a half hours, but I mistakenly rounded it down instead of up for the same reason.