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Re:Ask HN: Physical skills/activities for programmers by lhorie on Monday June 21, 2010 @06:45PM (#1450331)
My current offline activities are guitar and martial arts.

I also studied card magic when I was a teenager. That does wonders for exercising a "hacker" mindset.

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Re:Ask HN: Physical skills/activities for programmers by stiggz on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @02:35PM (#1452734)
Any instrument really is a great switch for the brain after thinking about logic and fitting requirements all day. Reading and improvising music, as well as increasing your own skills on any instrument allows you to use both sides of your brain- feels nice.
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