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From: Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Rat The Luddite
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:51:13 -0700
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D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 11:21:27 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 16 Aug 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:22:11 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>>>>> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:13:46 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
>>>>>> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <snippo mucho, response is to plastic reusable shopping bags>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use cloth bags....
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a box with handles (e.g. a document storage box) that
>>>>> I keep in the car.  Tell the checker to leave everything in
>>>>> the cart and transfer from cart to box at car.
>>>>>
>>>>> No bags necessary.
>>>>
>>>> I'm non-motorized, so I not only need bags (currently boxes, as noted
>>>> elsewhere) but need exactly two of them (having exactly two arms to
>>>> tote them with), which affects how much I can buy at one time.
>>>>
>>>> But walking to and (especially) from the store is great exercise!
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is the truth! I try to make it a point to walk to the store and walk
>>> back with the bags for the exercise aspect.
>>>
>>> I call it "micro-exercise" by which I mean all the small physical things
>>> in life, that adds to our calory burn such as:
>>>
>>> 1. Walking to the store.
>>> 2. Carrying groceries.
>>> 3. Walking back.
>>> 4. Taking the stairs.
>>> 5. Walking to business meetings (if they are a maximum of 20-25 minutes
>>> away).
>>>
>>> It is my firm belief that this has a positive effect on my health. It is
>>> also my firm belief, that calling home food, using electric
>>> bikes/scooters, taking the elevator, in the aggregate detracts from ones
>>> health.
>>
>> News articles on exercise go in cycles (no pun intended).
>>
>> For a while, you /must/ have a special time (and special clothes) and
>> spend at least X hours a week for it to count.
>>
>> Then, when it becomes apparent that that message merely discourages
>> people, we get minimum daily step counts, with no special stuff
>> needed.
>>
>> Finally, the number of steps required to count decreases and we reach
>> the attitude we appear to share: everyday activity works. Or at least
>> helps.
>>
>> Interestingly, I rarely see diet mentioned in those articles. Have the
>> Gurus of Health given up on getting people to eat sensibly and so
>> become fully focused on exercise? At least they tend to stress
>> cardiovascular exercise rather than calisthenics.
>
> I have never followed any of this, and generally don't read health
> articles. It seems to me, as you say, that one month X is bad for you,
> and then a month later X is good for you, and then no one knows.
>
> So I'll just do what I enjoy and try to keep moderately active, and so
> far, basing it on the comments of my doctor, it seems as if it is
> working! ;)
>
> When I was younger I did train boxing, which is probably the single
> best exercise I have ever encountered. And no, one does not have to
> spar in boxing, and if one does, one can choose to do so softly or
> without head shots.

Was the train moving when you tried to box with it?