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Adrian Cole

How do you stay healthy?

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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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Sara Intikhab
Try to have an active lifestyle. It's hard to always get to the gym, so being active in just basic routine activities is helpful. For example, I don't keep a water bottle next to me, I try to get up and get water again and again and again. Some people might think it's unnecessary, but this helps me get on my feet time and again, and makes me look away from the screen, helping me think better (trust me it helps). Moreover, not doing fad diets but generally just watching what I put in my body helps. This means I don't refrain from eating what I like, but just practice mindful eating. What you put in your body really determines the level of productivity and also well, helps you stay healthy. (bonus: a healthy relationship with food) Lastly, I get for some people gym might be fun but personally, I thrive on some healthy competition. For this, I play some sport, usually, just getting to neighborhood courts and joining people. I have a basketball court close by and shooting some hoops and getting that adrenaline pumping helps keep me active and healthy.
Hanna Barzakouskaya
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.
Adrian Cole
@anna_panchenko ohh what superfoods did you try.
Hanna Barzakouskaya
@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.
Manish Rawat
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.
Adrian Cole
@manish_rawat1 The sleep is the hard part for me.
rinas 🧑‍💻
@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 Rawat
@onerinas sweet will check it out
Lakshmi
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.
David J. Kim
@gogloballakshmi If your'e doing all this then you're definitely up there with your health!
Adrian Cole
@gogloballakshmi you're going to live to 200 with that schedule 📅
Lakshmi
@adriancole I just realised I mentioned nothing about work 😂
Lakshmi
@between_team yes, it has definitely helped me... this routine was the lesson learnt from a previous routine which almost killed me..
Natalie Karakina
Jogging in the morning and stretching in the evening
Adrian Cole
@nataliekarakina What stretching routine do you follow?
Justin Chitla
@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.
Dimitris Karavias
@justinchitla If you have a weak back you probably shouldn't stretch your hip flexors! Are you in pain or have a bad posture?
Justin Chitla
@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!
Chandramouli Dorai
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.
Adrian Cole
@chandru19902008 Thats a solid baseline.
Eileen Simons
@chandru19902008 100% that's one of my 2023 new year's resolution!
Kirill Gorokhov
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 :)
Adrian Cole
@kirillgorokhov Solid habits that compound
Maxime Clementz
jogging 2 times per week
Aurelian Spodarec
@maxime_clementz Not sure that's enough. Do you run for like 2hours at a time?
Utsav Shah
Meditation and breathing techniques can gradually improve the overall health- How? Kindly check out- https://www.producthunt.com/post... @adriancole @aditya_joshi7
Audrey Rampon
For me, it's daily yoga/meditation, cooking pretty much every day, and drinking lots of water
Adrian Cole
@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.
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