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DrPhleecingD Sep 2021 12:11pm, 16 Sep 2021 53,160 posts	0 DrPhleecingD Sharkie and Canute: I think the happiness podcast comes from a very traditional perspective of exercise being something painful but necessary, rather than something joyful. Obviously, I have some problems with this perspective! It is however deeply embedded in societal ways of thinking about exercise, and exercise promotion
DrPhleecingD Sep 2021 12:12pm, 16 Sep 2021 53,161 posts	0 DrPhleecingD There’s another podcast about exercise I found interesting, I’ll find it
Chrisull Sep 2021 12:13pm, 16 Sep 2021 18,410 posts	0 Chrisull sallykate / G - mental tiredness = physical tiredness. Great study that Alex Hutchinson blogged about here, where even elite athletes slowed after performing a 45 minute computer task first: outsideonline.com (Alex Hutchinson and Samuele Marcora are both good follows on Twitter)
DrPhleecingD Sep 2021 12:15pm, 16 Sep 2021 53,162 posts	0 DrPhleecingD Oh and also, this happiness podcast perspective is also quite behavioural economicsy in its stance, so Katy Milkman is a well known behavioural economist and has done some interesting work on temptation bundling. Basically, rewarding yourself for doing something boring but necessary (the treadmill) with something fun (an engrossing audio book). As I say, problematic in many ways but maybe the US is even more keen on seeing exercise as work?
Sharkie Sep 2021 12:34pm, 16 Sep 2021 18,616 posts	0 Sharkie Thanks Fleecio. And Phew to encounter grown up who doesn’t cry at hint of disagreement. Would be silly not to encourage debate and analysis on a thinking thread.
HappyG(rrr) Sep 2021 12:38pm, 16 Sep 2021 39,711 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Elites sleep 9 or 10 hours a day, in addition to there 5 - 10 hours of training and conditioning. I program in 8 hours sleep every day and if I need to justify it (to myself) I say it's cos I is an afleet! G
Hanneke Sep 2021 12:42pm, 16 Sep 2021 79,616 posts	0 Hanneke This really worked for me today: I have been super anxious about all the Covid Shit and not seen my sister for well over a year. I persevered. I forced myself to climb the burocratic barriers. It was very very very hard... Palpitations, breathing issues, physically sick, you name it. But I got there! Now I have cleared my head completely, walking, for nearly 2 hours. The dog was slightly distracting but: Walking meditation: put one foot in front of the other, find a natural rhythm for your breath and steps and with every step and outward breath, you expell your tension, anxiety, fear etc until your mind is free of burdens. Then you start focussing on the beauty around you: cobwebs full of dew in the heather, butterflies, swallows, ants, wildflowers, a red squirrell And breathe in all that beauty. And smile! Invincible!
Sharkie Sep 2021 12:45pm, 16 Sep 2021 18,617 posts	0 Sharkie Interesting piece by Simon Hattenstone - with assistance from his daughter- about how Autusm is portrayed in the cinema. Guardian yesterday.
Hanneke Sep 2021 12:46pm, 16 Sep 2021 79,617 posts	0 Hanneke I am a great fan of walking meditation rather than sitting meditation. I find that it is a great transition from our Western minds into Eastern philosophies. Zen, Tao, Yoga all use a physical way to support the mind. Something much easier for us "afleets" to use. Setting achievable goals is the way forwards. And if/when sitting, it doesn't have to be a pretzel shape either. As long as you are comfortable enough to let go of your body! Then the mind will follow.
Hanneke Sep 2021 12:47pm, 16 Sep 2021 79,618 posts	0 Hanneke Oh, can I find that on line Sharkie?