Minimalist physical exercise

Part II of the Fitness for nerds series.

Edit 7 Sep 2020: minimalist rewrite of this article here.

I like minimalism. Clean desk, no-paper, closing unused browser tabs, you name it. And I’ve more or less applied it to my physical exercise as well, almost all my life. At least in hindsight. Most importantly, it’s a convenient theme for weaving this post into a nice story under a conveniently catchy title.

For example, in judo, aikido and some other martial arts, a central principle is to use your…