Improve thyself

Mountain-Biking.

Off-road and with the lads as often as possible, and if not, put a set of slicks on and do ~45 mins cardio on the pavement.

first thing in the morning, this time of year....o yes.

And drumming, of course, for the catharsis

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Def key to send hh's back and forth and talk about them with others too.

how many people are you regularly talking too about hand histories and strat these days?

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Last week I played roughly 32.5 hours.

nh

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

I am going to get to the gym at least 3x this week. I think this is probably one of the most important things to do in order to keep sane and not get too lazy. The fact that you have to get up, out of the house, commute to gym, change clothes, workout, shower, eat etc. keeps me feeling busy and gets me into a productive vibe. Gym may not be for everyone, but doing something active is for sure important. Even just going for a walk is for sure very +EV.

agree completely

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

I'm interested in hearing what you guys do to stay active. Are you a gym rat? Do you hike? Ski? Play on a sports team? I encourage anyone reading to leave a reply.

No gyms for me.. I try to ride instead of drive whenever i can, fitness + i enjoy being on my bike. Generally I go climbing at an indoor climbing wall a couple of times a week minimum, and outside climbing on top of that. Running 4-6 days a week, i've got a couple of good friends i run with and it's great for sanity to hang out with a friend while getting a heavy sweat on for an hour or two either before or after a few hours of grind. I haven't been surfing for ages, even though i can check the surf from my lounge window. Surfing is another one of those things that is great for life.

I think it's impossible to overstate how beneficial regular exercise is for professional poker players. Now that i can't exercise for a while I'm definitely having to be a lot more careful on the sanity and tilt management fronts.