Re: Pearls Before Swine: Rat The Luddite

On Sat, 17 Aug 2024, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 11:21:27 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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On Fri, 16 Aug 2024, Paul S Person wrote:
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On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:22:11 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
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Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:13:46 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
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<snippo mucho, response is to plastic reusable shopping bags>
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I use cloth bags....

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I have a box with handles (e.g. a document storage box) that
I keep in the car.  Tell the checker to leave everything in
the cart and transfer from cart to box at car.
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No bags necessary.

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I'm non-motorized, so I not only need bags (currently boxes, as noted
elsewhere) but need exactly two of them (having exactly two arms to
tote them with), which affects how much I can buy at one time.
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But walking to and (especially) from the store is great exercise!
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This is the truth! I try to make it a point to walk to the store and walk
back with the bags for the exercise aspect.
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I call it "micro-exercise" by which I mean all the small physical things
in life, that adds to our calory burn such as:
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1. Walking to the store.
2. Carrying groceries.
3. Walking back.
4. Taking the stairs.
5. Walking to business meetings (if they are a maximum of 20-25 minutes
away).
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It is my firm belief that this has a positive effect on my health. It is
also my firm belief, that calling home food, using electric
bikes/scooters, taking the elevator, in the aggregate detracts from ones
health.

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News articles on exercise go in cycles (no pun intended).
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For a while, you /must/ have a special time (and special clothes) and
spend at least X hours a week for it to count.
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Then, when it becomes apparent that that message merely discourages
people, we get minimum daily step counts, with no special stuff
needed.
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Finally, the number of steps required to count decreases and we reach
the attitude we appear to share: everyday activity works. Or at least
helps.
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Interestingly, I rarely see diet mentioned in those articles. Have the
Gurus of Health given up on getting people to eat sensibly and so
become fully focused on exercise? At least they tend to stress
cardiovascular exercise rather than calisthenics.

I have never followed any of this, and generally don't read health articles. It seems to me, as you say, that one month X is bad for you, and then a month later X is good for you, and then no one knows.
So I'll just do what I enjoy and try to keep moderately active, and so far, basing it on the comments of my doctor, it seems as if it is working! ;)
When I was younger I did train boxing, which is probably the single best exercise I have ever encountered. And no, one does not have to spar in boxing, and if one does, one can choose to do so softly or without head shots.