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By: Lilith Saintcrow » Blog Archive » The Sports Bra of Doom

Lilith Saintcrow » Blog Archive » The Sports Bra of Doom — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:03:53 +0000

[...] Labor Day resolution (see this post) was actually in the works for a longer time than you’d think. I started thinking about [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:28:35 +0000

Yeah. I need to start doing something. I know I’m better off when I do some walking.

By: mazoku

mazoku — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:17:05 +0000

I don’t write, but God knows I spend an awful lot of time typing or simply hunched on some book studying. Well, I noticed that my krav classes do miracles to my focus: after those I can stay focused much better than before. And I get to relieve some of the stress too, so it’s really 2 birds with 1 stone.

By: Sassee

Sassee — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:20:24 +0000

Good article. I did something similar recently, except the topic was a massage instead of an exercise session.

I won’t go into a lot of detail here but I’m tellin’ you, if you haven’t had a massage recently (or at all, for that matter) then you might want to consider getting one, especially for your upper body. Shoulders, collarbone area, forearms, that squishy place between your thumb and forefinger… trust me, your body will love you forever if you massage away those writing induced knots. If exercise is considered preventative maintenance against old age, massage should be too.

(Really sorry for tooting my own horn here but it’s ridiculous how much tension a person can carry around. I’d rather not see another writer have circulation issues or some other discomfort in parts of their body due to something as simple as a few knots.
http://sasseebioche.blogspot.com/2008/08/massaged-back-of-doom.html)

By: Uppity

Uppity — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:16:06 +0000

I used to hate walking for fitness – going nowhere slowly was how I thought of it – until I realized I was getting great ideas for my story while I did it. Now I look forward to it. And you’re right – sitting at a computer typing all day without sufficient exercise breaks really does take a toll on the body – much more so than you’d think. It just takes a few years for it to become apparent. Unfortunately I have the chronic upper back pain to prove it.

By: ombren

ombren — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:37:24 +0000

two things i just had to share:

1: i totally agree with the exercise thing. it sometimes is a battle, though, i’ll freely admit, to find the gumption required to locate shoes, etc. but the exhilaration of tromping through the woods and scaring myself silly when i frighten a poor rabbit is unmatched.

2: reading material for your daughter: try Libba Bray. A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing were hands-down the best new YA i’ve had the pleasure of opening. i can’t say enough good things about them–and from the sounds of it, they’re the opposite of stephanie meyer, whose books have pretty covers but that’s about all i can say without sounding bitchy. (-;

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:16:59 +0000

I’ve done the forgetting to eat thing before, too. Not fun.

Thanks for the reminders on all the ways writing takes its toll on our bodies! Sometimes I forget, and wonder why I feel like I’ve been working hard all day when “all” I’ve been doing is writing…