Calling all Brogrammers

Personally I like to run outside. I stay in quite a nice suburb, and because I stay on quite a steep ridge, I get a lot of steep inclines both going up and down. I have to force myself to clear my head at first - this means getting *everything* out of my mind - be it programming related or otherwise. This allows me to focus and run for a very long time without breaks - once I'm really exhausted, I slow to a walk and enjoy the outdoors until I can run again. It does me a lot of good to not only exercise this way, but being outdoors is incredibly refreshing. During those runs I tend to realize mistakes I've made in my code too!

I used to do gym for a few years but it didn't really do it for me. Thereafter I did kung fu with some friends, which it turns out, was much more physically taxing than the judo I had done prior. That was wonderful - we trained outside and having friends there really boosted spirits - I trained over entire weekends sometimes, and at some point took it up to 18 hours per week. But that was a bit unreasonable and I no longer have such time. I wish I could have that kind of atmosphere again.

Although I absolutely cannot code while exercising!! I even find that listen to music while exercising annoys me. I don't mind having people around who are also pushing it, but when I exercise I focus on nothing else, and that's exactly why it works.