| > I’ve been working from home for the past 18 months now and at present there’s no indication from my employer that I’ll be going back to full time work any time soon. First of all, lucky you! I have been WFH since the whole kerfuffle started, but now and then there are noises about making us go back to the very contagious place. What works for me is to keep it small, incremental and consistent, as per "Atomic habits" by James Clear[0]. I researched exercises for different muscles using MuscleWiki, a Show HN from a few years ago [1], then used a private Github repository (basically a .txt list) to hold my "daily commitment", ie. the exercises and reps I commit to doing every day (or rather Mon-Fri, as I rest weekends). It started tiny, something to the tune of 5 abs. But, if I meet my commitment for a whole week, then I allow myself to increase it (ie. add a new exercise with 5 reps to the list, or pick an existing exercise and increase its reps by 5). To me, it has finally cracked the consistency issue, and I'm at a stage where I can notice my shape getting better. [0] https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25854523 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11202522 Edited to add: The best thing about it is that it doesn't need a lot of specialized equipment or space. I use a free-ish corner of my home office for floor exercises, and bought a couple of dumbbells, and that's about it. |