<story><title>Perceived Physical Activity and Mortality: Study</title><url>https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/mind-over-matter-how-fit-you-think-you-are-versus-actual-fitness-2017081412282</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wufufufu</author><text>I wish physical movement was somehow integrated with software engineering more. Weak solutions like standing desks don&amp;#x27;t make it the cardio equivalent of something like a cleaning job.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s sad that we sacrifice health for more money only to spend it on health-related issues we accumulate from our career choice.&lt;p&gt;I always thought that maybe having to carry a medicine ball up a hill in order to deploy a service would be fun.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>brandonmenc</author><text>I love to exercise - but I really like being able to keep that separate from other aspects of my life.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve worked manual labor jobs. They suck, and they damage your body. If you think sitting all day long is bad for your health, imagine what even just pushing a broom thousands of times a day is doing to say, your rotator cuff.&lt;p&gt;Pack a healthy lunch, keep your hours reasonable, get up from your desk and walk around every couple hours, exercise in your free time, and your office job won&amp;#x27;t kill you.&lt;p&gt;As to which type of job is more &amp;quot;fun&amp;quot; - a construction foreman once told me that he always sees these guys who try working construction to get away from their office job, who try to find meaning&amp;#x2F;enlightenment through manual labor - a sentiment you hear here a lot - and they always go back to their office job. Always.&lt;p&gt;But the guys who manage to escape the jobsite for the office - they never, ever come back.</text></comment>
<story><title>Perceived Physical Activity and Mortality: Study</title><url>https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/mind-over-matter-how-fit-you-think-you-are-versus-actual-fitness-2017081412282</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wufufufu</author><text>I wish physical movement was somehow integrated with software engineering more. Weak solutions like standing desks don&amp;#x27;t make it the cardio equivalent of something like a cleaning job.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s sad that we sacrifice health for more money only to spend it on health-related issues we accumulate from our career choice.&lt;p&gt;I always thought that maybe having to carry a medicine ball up a hill in order to deploy a service would be fun.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eckza</author><text>&amp;gt; I always thought that maybe having to carry a medicine ball up a hill in order to deploy a service would be fun.&lt;p&gt;Fittingly Sisyphean.</text></comment>