Fitness

Training your body.

Resources

• Julian Shapiro's bodybuilding guide
  • A complete guide to bodybuilding, universal principles of how to build muscle
  • Expectations, motivation, preparation, supplements, plans, nutrition
• How to feed a runner
  • Simple rules, categories of food, timing, hydration, common myths

Sites

• A 15-minute daily stretch routine for desk workers

Links

• YouTube: How stretching changes your muscles | Ted Ed
  • Muscles are viscoelastic, 30 seconds stretch can help muscles retain strength at a longer length for 10 minutes
  • To improve permanent flexibility: 10 minutes a day for 2 months
  • However, it is unsafe to hold a stretch for too long and stretching too much might potentially move joints in dangerous ways
• YouTube: Ab Workout Videos Doesn't Make Sense | Sean Nalewanyj
  • There is no need for a special routine for ab workouts. All the ab workout videos on YouTube exist because they drive views, higher views don't mean more useful. There is no extra benefit in doing 20 abs exercises in 10 minutes, just like there is no need to cycle through 20 different positions to train biceps
  • Instead, focus on 1-2 exercises, find a suitable number of reps and do 3-4 sets, just like any other muscle groups
• What Type of Exercise is Best for Mental Health? (Paper, HN)
  • 1000 randomized controlled trials with over 128,000 participants
  • People got more mental health benefits out of higher-intensity exercise
  • 4-5 sessions per week and 30 minutes every session is already good enough
  • HN Thread: We are not a brain being carried around as a meat sack. The mind and the body connect