Ask HN: Do you stretch before coding?
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I don't stretch before coding per se, because I am usually standing while coding, so I am already alert. but I do stretches in between coding sessions, like may be every 20-30 minutes. My wife is a physical therapist and I usually follow most of her advise to keep myself energized throughout a marathon of coding.
Usually if its something I'm not excited about coding I warm up with a sudoku. Other than that I sit down and immediately start working without a thought.
Nope.
No.
Holding a proper posture seems to, as a "low-cost body hack" strengthen the fluidity of thought. At various points throughout the day I notice that when I accidentally in engage in self-stimulatory behavior, either for need to reach a raised item on a shelf, before playing an instrument, even curiouser listening to noise music, and on, "sharpening my tongue" (guided vocal stimming: re-enacting preferred comedians), I find that various modes of thought are more readily accessible.