Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you knew before you got RSI?
by kleer001 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @05:29PM
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I got RSI when I was 12. AT 45 the only things that keeps it away are frequent breaks, smart ergonomics, and resistance exercise. And I only discovered those things in the last 5 years.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you knew before you got RSI?
by swyx on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:55AM
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what kind of resistance exercise works for hands? I feel like everyone needs to know this.
Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you knew before you got RSI?
by kleer001 on Monday June 22, 2020 @11:35PM
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Anything with grip strength. Work on the forearms and biceps. Basically anything above the waist is good for your hands.
However, do not try to focus on only the hands. The human body is a big bundle of sticks and elastic see-saws. It a very real way (as hippy dippy as it sounds) the human body is all one-thingness.
Do:
Pushups, all kinds.
Pullups, all kinds.
Punches, presses, windmills, do it all.
Have a 15 minute daily exercise routine before breakfast. Make it up yourself. If you have room to turn around you have enough room to exercize.
There's tons of body weight exercizes to find online for free. This is your body. No amount of money can get you a new one or improve the one you have. The only way to get better is discipline and consistent effort. Just 15 minutes a day, I swear.