Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work?

Re:Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work? by yaseer on Saturday April 09, 2022 @01:45PM (#30970183)

I find it starts off this way, when your body isn't in the rhythm of exercise. As you exercise more your body changes, and its response to exercise changes.

When I was exercising 5x a week, for months, the exercise routine was energising.

When I did nothing during months of COVID, I gained weight, felt lethargic and found exercise draining.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work? by tootie on Saturday April 09, 2022 @03:25PM (#30971143)

I was 3-4X a week at the gym. Weights plus HIIT for over a year before covid. Nothing. Didn't help my sleep, didn't slow my weight gain, didn't boost my stamina in daily tasks. And layered on muscle soreness.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work? by brianwawok on Saturday April 09, 2022 @03:30PM (#30971210)

Sounds like you weren’t doing the right things in the gym. Which is fine if that’s not your thing, but your quality of life will suffer to not have a fitness component.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work? by voakbasda on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:29PM (#30971727)

This could be a hormonal imbalance, such as your thyroid. Most people (eventually) react positively to such lifestyle changes, unless your biological machinery is off the rails.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do to recharge after a day of work? by tootie on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:34PM (#30971780)

That's what I thought. I requested a load of blood tests but doc didn't find anything.

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