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[tonnot98]

Well I thought I would offer some input...
In my life I don't have a gang as the vast majority of people would pronounce it. We don't do bad shit,
We just hang out and stick together regardless of events. It's a close group of friends. Maybe gang was or isn't the right word (constructive criticism here) but my philosophy differs in that aspect.

I would just say that it's only a close group of good friends. I have some great friends that I occasionally refer to as my "crew" or just simply as "the guys" or "the group." There's a pretty big stigma associated with the word "Gang."

[gimlet]

"We are not a gang, we are a club!" /nostinkingbadges

Anyway, while you should do some strength/flexibility exercises (start slowly), you can get a lot of benefits just from walking - shoot to work up to at least a half hour and keep picking up the pace, ideally you want to raise your heart rate a bit.   Try to do it every day, or almost every day.  If it's hard to block out time for it, sneak it into your daily routine - leave 20 minutes earlier and instead of walking to school/work/store directly, walk around the block (neighborhood permitting of course).

[Infinityforce]

"We are not a gang, we are a club!" /nostinkingbadges

Anyway, while you should do some strength/flexibility exercises (start slowly), you can get a lot of benefits just from walking - shoot to work up to at least a half hour and keep picking up the pace, ideally you want to raise your heart rate a bit.   Try to do it every day, or almost every day.  If it's hard to block out time for it, sneak it into your daily routine - leave 20 minutes earlier and instead of walking to school/work/store directly, walk around the block (neighborhood permitting of course).

This is great advice. Walking, specifically, is what humans are made for.
If you're walking long distances, make sure you buy the right kind of footwear and choose a route which is not hard on your joints. I learnt this the hard way. Thick soles and cushy roads (grass, or some kinds of tarmac) for example are a pleasure to walk on.
A stony path with shoes or thin soles will hurt everything from your ankles/knees to your hips and back. Be careful.
Still it's nice to walk in nature and enjoy the sights.
There's a hill I like to walk on, from which you can see London, all lit up at night. S' Beautiful.

Try mixing in yoga, breathing exercises and things like that.
Meditative practices also have a big effect on metabolism and health. It's worth looking into these things, as they can affect nerves, digestion, pain tolerance etc. through the power of concentration alone. Even if it doesn't make things easier, it gives you more concentration to deal with things around you, and makes you more stable internally too.

[x2yzh9]

I have to agree with 74s here. I've learned through trial and error in my early years that you can quite literally expend your mental energy while exercising if you focus and concentrate on the muscle area groups in particular. This has beneficial effects instead of feeling all worn out and sore you can use your head to work your body. Mind over matter as they say in a simplified, better IMHO form. If you'd like me to elaborate on how I specifically did it, feel free to ask.

PS an example: if you simply run up a flight of stairs but concentrate mentally on the muscle groups while having a fixed endpoint, you can exercise your muscles far more and less strenuously.

[Infinityforce]

I have to agree with 74s here. I've learned through trial and error in my early years that you can quite literally expend your mental energy while exercising if you focus and concentrate on the muscle area groups in particular. This has beneficial effects instead of feeling all worn out and sore you can use your head to work your body. Mind over matter as they say in a simplified, better IMHO form. If you'd like me to elaborate on how I specifically did it, feel free to ask.

PS an example: if you simply run up a flight of stairs but concentrate mentally on the muscle groups while having a fixed endpoint, you can exercise your muscles far more and less strenuously.

Mind over matter indeed. You always hear stories about how mothers can lift cars off their children. You don't have to be in a life-or-death situation, but it helps if you concentrate a lot, and practice.
Actually, if you can get into lucid dreaming, you can control and feel your body more intensely, sometimes I can move my limbs whilst I'm laying asleep in bed. It also helps if you have pain, you can concentrate on it much whilst sleeping. I've found that examining the organs as well as muscles also helps, because of how hormones affect your body's homeostasis. A little something to do with how the body repairs itself faster when it's asleep.
Make sure you get good nutrition if you're starting exercise, or attempting to repair your body through meditation/concentration: it depletes your reserves of things:
Sugar

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(the brain uses glucose as an energy source. If it works alot, it needs more glucose. All kinds of mental concentration need glucose)

Water

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(the body uses water in virtually all reactions. It is used as a solute (it absorbs stuff) too. Depending on the reactions your body is attempting to process it may need more or less at any given time. Hack that shit! Drink water until you can roughly control your urinary cycle too. Then it becomes easier to cycle water in the body (water fasting-water detox). Balancing water in your diet also affects the rate and ability of digestion, and therefore the ability of the body to synthesise new tissue.)

Salt

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(your nerves use this to fire. Your mind fires the nerves when activating muscles or organs, for example. If you are trying to hack your body, you will go through (slightly) more salt. You only need a pinch, but if it's depleted, it's noticeable. There's different kinds of fatigue, and you can figure it out after a little !SCIENCE!... You can just pick it up like "oh! I'm dizzy! I need sugar!", or "I'm feeling a little sluggish... I need a tiny bit of salt..." or "I'm awfully thirsty after running up and down these stairs so many times.... I feel dehydrated.... I need good old fasioned WATER. Better than any sports or soft drink and infinitely more satisfying")

Also get protein, and vitamins and minerals etc. I won't go into it, because it's a LOT and it varies wildly. You should really ask your doctor, or consult medical advice, but use !SCIENCE! as well, and figure out what works for you.

EDIT:
Don't forget the various Oils that the body needs.

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The body uses oils to look after joints, and to form cell barriers, especially those of neural cells. You also needs a variety of different oils. Strictly speaking, you don't need much, but the right kind.
2 of them (EPA/DHA) are somewhat rarely found naturally, so the easiest way to get them is through, for example, Cod Liver Oil, or Omega supplements.