How do you stay healthy?
Adrian Cole
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Being a founder/builder is a lot of work and can take its toll on your health.
What's your strategy for staying healthy?
I'm a walker and can easily crank out 15+ miles a week, eat only plants and hit the gym 3-5x a week.
What's yours?
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Iliya Valchanov@iliya_valchanov
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I am also a walker. I try to hit 30-40 miles a week.
Doing repetitive rhythmic movements (e.g. walking) helps the nervous system relax as the blood circulates around the body at a constant pace.
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@adriancole Oh, wow. Maybe I should try walking for longer haha
@iliya_valchanov That will explain why I get my best ideas during my walks. My last walk was 4 hours and I solved 80% of my current problems in just one day.
Yoga helps for it combines stretches, meditation and breathing exercises. Btw, yesterday was the International day of Yoga.
@deleted-3472183 Hi, I am always worried about my health. That is why I always take precautions when it comes to my health. Because precaution is much better than cure. I always take a healthy diet like fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains and mostly avoid junk food. I consume less sugar and salt. I only drink clean water instead of drinking alcohol and neither I do smoke. I will always be active. I always check my blood pressure regularly. I always do full-body tests and one more secret is to follow the advice of my ayurvedic doctor that I found on https://www.alveda.life. I have changed my lifestyle and daily routine, lean more towards meditation and prefer to take Ayurvedic herbs because I trust them more than chemical medicines.
@aditya_joshi7 I'll be starting my journey
@adriancole Awesome! :) Good luck, Adrian
Jogging daily in the early morning.
jogging 2 times per week
@maxime_clementz Not sure that's enough. Do you run for like 2hours at a time?
Mindbreath
Meditation and breathing techniques can gradually improve the overall health-
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I think that I'm in the best position on that topic. As a PM of health solution, I'm trying and implementing the health suggestion for myself. Meanwhile, I do kundalini yoga and meditation on daily basis, but you know when you're above the 30s, sometimes it isn't enough. So I check my health markers from time to time and, for example, the last time I defined that my hormone profile needs to be improved and my inflammation is a little bit higher than the norm. I added some natural ways to improve it (like superfood) and became happy not just because I saw the better numbers, but mostly that I get a lot of energy.
@adriancole It depends on the lab test results. Just for example, when I discovered that my HDL was too low, I added Flax seeds and Chia. But when my lipid levels became perfect I stopped using it often. Although I still add them and the Goji berries to the porridge from time to time because I like their taste. Goji berries help with my dry eye disease. I also took DHEA supplements when my DHEA level appeared low as well as my cortisol level became abnormal hight. When it became the norm, I stopped taking it. I used to walk for 30 minutes per day, but some of the tests showed that that isn't enough. So I increase my walking to 60 minutes per day and started to listen to audiobooks because it seemed to me too much time to waste. So in general, I think that my health approach is clear.
@anna_panchenko ohh what superfoods did you try.
KosmoTime
For me, it's daily yoga/meditation, cooking pretty much every day, and drinking lots of water
@audrey_rampon I recently got into the recipe / cookbook game and wow. A good podcast and I can drop 2 hours in my kitchen just cooking and living it up.
I follow a semi-vegetarian diet. I avoid sugar and drink more water. Any physical activity for 30 minutes daily and 8 hours of sleep.
@manish_rawat1 Reducing the amount of sugar is key! Infact I build a site to keep me accountable for the same - to avoid sugar 😅 No Sugar Today
@manish_rawat1 The sleep is the hard part for me.
ManageEngine
Clean eating + good sleep + 10,000 steps a day. Have started following this regime recently and seeing good results. It's simple and easy to follow.
@chandru19902008 Thats a solid baseline.
@chandru19902008 100% that's one of my 2023 new year's resolution!
Good natural home made food, 7hrs sleep everyday, early mornings, stretch everyday, light aerobics 4-5 days a week, positive thoughts, light hearted music, some time in the Sun, intermittent fasting, conversations with friends and family, reading - news n books, less than 10mins meditation, create a bit - tweet/write/draw, journal, write down daily tasks, be nice to a stranger, be nice to people you live with, practice boundaries.. Healthy mind, healthy body.
Between
@gogloballakshmi If your'e doing all this then you're definitely up there with your health!
@between_team yes, it has definitely helped me... this routine was the lesson learnt from a previous routine which almost killed me..
@gogloballakshmi you're going to live to 200 with that schedule 📅
@adriancole I just realised I mentioned nothing about work 😂
I feel you! Not gonna lie, the app I'm building is keeping me healthy at the moment because I earn trees whenever I am active 💚 it actually encourages me to get up and exercise often!
Shout iOS and Chrome
This is something I struggle with sometimes. I've been getting into going on more walks, riding bikes, and yoga. For me, it feels like a constant effort. Does it ever get easier? haha
@jeffweisbein It does. It takes about 6 months to cross into what experts call the maintenance phase.
keypup.io
I used to go to the gym but since the pandemic I started home work out about 3 times a week. Plus I love manual activities like gardening and sewing, they keep my mental health balanced.
@cica_laure_mbappe OK ok I'm all for gardening 🌱🌿
Be physically active for 30 minutes most days of the week. Eat a well-balanced, low-fat diet with lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
Truepush for Shopify
exercise, healthy food, sleep
@manojsurya3110 The simple ones are the hardest huh
Yoga, Good sleep, good food and live in present
InAppStory
Jogging in the morning and stretching in the evening
@nataliekarakina What stretching routine do you follow?
@nataliekarakina I am looking to be better about stretching! Is there a resource to help me? I have a very very weak back and I've been told to make sure my hip flexors are being stretched.
@justinchitla If you have a weak back you probably shouldn't stretch your hip flexors! Are you in pain or have a bad posture?
@dkaravias I've definitely heard of stretching the hip flexors so I've been giving that a try this week and will continue to do so. I actually stumbled on a good hip flexor stretch on tik tok lol!
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typeboost
Habits focused on the health of your mind and body are super important when it comes to performing at your peak. These are the basics that I stick to.
Healthy Body:
Intermittent fasting, eat clean (mostly plants), 8 hr sleep, high intensity resistance training 3x/week, drink 100oz water daily
Healthy Mind:
10 min daily meditation, time box social media consumption (brain candy time), read long form (feed the mind)
I built wombo.io to help me stick to my habit system.
Match.dev
Hitting the gym three times a week without excuses. Drinking lots of water. Using pomodoro technique when working to make sure I have enough breaks :)
@kirillgorokhov Solid habits that compound