Why Continuing to Work Is Good for a Man’s Health

Re:Why Continuing to Work Is Good for a Man’s Health by heartsucker on Friday July 01, 2016 @11:46AM (#12017077)

Then decide right now that you want to be fit enough 30 years from now to mountain bike <insert local singletrack here>. What does that take? Probably the ability to pedal a bike with a heart rate of 150 for 3 hours. What does that take? You going out and riding a bike for 3 hours per day 2-3 times per week, every week until then. There ya go.

Not saying don't take the time to enjoy life now, but don't sell your future self short. Especially on fitness. I feel like it's "ok" to be unfit after 35 the way it's "ok" to be bad at math. Like somehow society agreed that both of those just don't matter.

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Re:Why Continuing to Work Is Good for a Man’s Health by mike4ty4 on Friday July 01, 2016 @01:48PM (#12018182)

The real problem is we have mechanized so much. Granted, machines can let us do so many things that would be utterly impossible without them, but the problem is we've allowed them to _substitute_ our natural labor and not to just _extend_ it.

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Re:Why Continuing to Work Is Good for a Man’s Health by gerbilly on Friday July 01, 2016 @06:18PM (#12020096)

Sure and I am doing that, but 'stuff' can happen.[1]

[1] And already has, at least to me.

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