[roscoeiii]

According to the article linked to below:

"If you can stand up every 20 minutes — even if you do nothing else — you change how your body responds physiologically."

Conveniently, average length of one side of an LP: 20 minutes. 

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/09/152336802/stand-up-walk-around-even-just-for-20-minutes

[TONEPUB]

good one!

[Minn Mark]

I can really work up a sweat playing 78s-- 2 or 3 minutes per side !   

[BaMorin]

 does hand cueing improve the health as well?

[roscoeiii]

does hand cueing improve the health as well?

Absolutely. For added health benefits I put a ten pound weight on top of my cartridge.

[SET Man]

Hey!

    I got into vinyl back in the mid 90s no wonder I weight about the same as I was 10 years ago 

     Interesting that the 20 mins really correspond to the playing time of LP per side and it take a min or 2 to change side.

     Well, no wonder there are more overweight people now, thanks to MP3 I guess 

Take care,
Buddy 


     

[SET Man]

I can really work up a sweat playing 78s-- 2 or 3 minutes per side !   

Hey!

     It can be a real workout for sure especially if you have one of those hand crank antique gramophone machine one  I know... I got one 

Take care,
Buddy 

[TheChairGuy]

I've maintained for a while that vinylphools are thinner than digiphools on average.

But, it's probably not the few calories expended turning record sides...it's merely that vinylphools are thinner to begin with so there is less hurdles to loving vinyl.

Also, thin fingers tend to be very helpful with cartridge set-ups, etc.

I'm not necessarily saying vinylphools can't be overweight and digiphools are generally overweight...but it would be interesting (to me, anyway) to take median weights for both if there ever was a way to do that.

When I read a digiphool citing 'convenience' as a HUGE reason for them for preferring digital...I think either:

a.  They haven't heard vinyl set up well

or

b.  They tend to be overweight and 'convenience' is a bit of an excuse for it

I'm not saying one is 100% better than the other, btw.  Just stating the health/weight differences likely between the two camps.

John (5'9" / 160lbs)     

[neobop]

John (5'9" / 160lbs) 

John,
You just shattered my illusion. I envisioned you to be 6'3" and built like the Terminator.   

What about lugging around stacks of records?  That can be a real workout.  How many times have you moved in the last few yrs?

Absolutely. For added health benefits I put a ten pound weight on top of my cartridge.

Best one yet. Great idea!! 

[Trover]

Bin troving, it's an an aerobic excercise!

[rollo]

  Love it. Ah the journey to the TT. Pull LP rest sleeve aside. Place LP on TT. Cue it up, go sit. Ah get up, adjust VTA, sit again, VTA again, Ah shoot VTA again. OK thats it, sit. Eighteen mimutes later repeat process.
   Is it worth it, yes indeed. BTW also 5'-9" and 150lbs.



charles

[Wayner]

Ah, yes.....lots of get up and sit down when listening to LPs. My wrist also gets a work out hoisting a few brews......

Wayner is 5'10" and a mere 200lbs. Slightly overweight, but I do have muscles. I use to wrestle......

 

[jimdgoulding]

6 foot 2, 198 lbs and I don't jog. 

[mmakshak]

I believe the serotonin flows more with analog.

[ptmconsulting]

My wrist also gets a work out hoisting a few brews......

Ahh yes, if you time it correctly you can change a side and get another beer at the same time. Of course, too much alcohol and vinyl can be hazerdous to your stylus.

[Wayner]

That is why they make queing levers......

 

[MaxCast]

Great!  Can't wait for the benefit to kick in

Chair Dude, don't ruin the thread.  All we have to do is stand up every 20 mins and we'll look like you...eventually...maybe.   

[7x57]

The population of the USA has gotten fatter and more out of shape since CD's came on the scene. The other digital devices seem to have made matters increasingly worse. There seems to be a definite connection between decreasing vinyl use and increasing waistline.

Also, the cell phone frequency of 2 GHz is very hazardous to human health, especially brain development. Children should not use them, and there are bans to that effect in several foreign countries. First brain development is affected, then can come cancer with continued exposure. Well proven by Air Force studies in strong high frequency radar fields. The politicians now voted into office is another indication of brain damage in the general population.

My old 1983 era Garrett metal detector acts up very strongly in town because of the cell phone noise field, and an old 1980's Hafler tuner was rendered inoperable by cell phone noise. The metal detector works perfectly in the countryside away from cell phone interference.

If you think your brain and your health are not affected as well, then you are already affected quite a bit.

My college degree is in biomedical instrumentation, so I have a better-than-average knowledge of what EMI fields do to your health. European cars are designed with EMI fields in mind, while most American cars fail the European EMI standards by a gross amount. I have met people at an environmental health clinic totally screwed up by EMI exposure. Digital gear that leaks high frequency radiation truly is hazardous to your health, so be careful. American FCC standards relate to interference with other communication devices and they are in no way connected to a human health study.

My dog likes to lay in my lap when I listen to vinyl, but he generally leaves the room after a while when digital devices come into play. Our dogs and cats have been warning us about digital for years. I am convinced that some dogs are very tuned into any disturbances in the electromagnetic physical medium, as my dog seems to know what people are thinking and he never warms up to certain people who are indeed troublemakers. Brainwaves create a disturbance in the EMI field (which is why biomedical instrumentation picks them up) just as they are affected by EMI fields.

If I read something on the internet that really disturbs me and gets me angry, then without saying a word to him my dog will get up and leave the room, as he knows what I am thinking and doesn't want to be around an angry me. Then I know it's time to cool down and go grab a shot of brandy or something.

[hifitommy]

one of the reasons i dont like the 45rpm hi-rez reissues is the need to cut the 20 minutes in half.  i dont mind the 20 min cycle  but ten is a bit much.  along the opposite border of this is the reason i dont have a cd CHANGER.  i am not so lazy as to go four or five albums worth of being sedentary.