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Actually, everybody was lactose intolerant 15,000 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerant#History_of_g...
"15,000 years ago, nobody was lactose tolerant"
Ugh, sorry, yes. Totally misread that.
Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
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Re: Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
#372If you really want to get fit, there's one easy thing you can do that actually works: Take up a sport that gets you fit as a side effect. I have two obsessions in life: Rock Climbing and Surfing. I'm pretty good at the first, and borderline hopeless at the other, but I'm committed to the point where I've arranged my life so that I can travel for months at a time to pursue one or the other each year. When I'm working…
Could not agree more. I never got in shape until I found a workout which I loved and could not wait to get back to (ironically, it was crossfit which the author calls out as "sadistic"). All of a sudden I even enjoyed planning my diet just on the chance that it would make me strong/faster in the next workout. So, yes, like all in things in life, put the right incentives there (and just getting fit/healthy, obviously…
I'm guessing the bit about sadism was added by the headline writer, since a lot of what the author describes is textbook Crossfit. Besides, isn't it more strictly speaking masochistic?
That said I'm currently taking a break from it due to a jumper's knee that won't go away.
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No, he's wrong. Natural selection doesn't speed up or slow down, it just is. Each passing generation there are pressures put on the spreading of human genes, and those pressures are the manifestation of natural selection. Whether those pressures are different now than before, or whether they shape "the future" is irrelevant to the biological impact of natural selection.
Sure it does, in the sense that there are fewer selective pressures on us, and those pressures are weaker. Our intelligence is able to overcome many of the pressures our environment exerts on us.
I'm highly skeptical that there are fewer selective pressures. One example, aren't industrial countries having fewer and fewer kids?
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#374Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure it does, in the sense that there are fewer selective pressures on us, and those pressures are weaker. Our intelligence is able to overcome many of the pressures our environment exerts on us.
I'm highly skeptical that there are fewer selective pressures. One example, aren't industrial countries having fewer and fewer kids?
Just to clarify, When I say "us" I mean the western world. True, industrial countries are having fewer kids, and thats an example of a new selective pressure. It's a result of a new environment we've created for ourselves. I'm sure there are many to go along with that. But the sheer number of (potential) selective pressures we've removed through technology doesn't compare: many diseases, muscle size, brain size, vitamin D synthesis (its put in everything now), body hair, skeletal structure, the list goes on. Our interaction with our environment is on such a fundamentally different level that there are many classes of environmental pressures that simply don't affect us anymore.
Think of it this way: we used to be directly reliant our the environment for survival, like animals are. But now, we process our environment to such an extent that small variations in it are overcome by our intellect. Those variations in the past would constantly be exerting selective pressure on us in many different directions. Those pressures are processed out now.
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#375I swear by bodyweight-only resistance / circular strength training. Currently doing TacFit -- despite their ridiculous hard-sell marketing which is uselessly and pointlessly "spec ops" and warrior-themed (I won't link as I'm not affiliated other than a legit happy user). But there are more body-weight approaches than that one. Google circular strength training / CST and much cheaper than buying the TacFit videos woul…
For TacFit, what resources do you have (or would recommend)? I found one very shady looking website selling some DVDs and a book...
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Re: Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
#376If you really want to get fit, there's one easy thing you can do that actually works: Take up a sport that gets you fit as a side effect. I have two obsessions in life: Rock Climbing and Surfing. I'm pretty good at the first, and borderline hopeless at the other, but I'm committed to the point where I've arranged my life so that I can travel for months at a time to pursue one or the other each year. When I'm working…
Even better, take up a daily activity as a matter of routine that gets you fit as a side effect. I locked up my care for a summer and biked to the coffee shop and grocery store every day.Before long I was taking 5 mile bike rides on the spur of the moment. I lost about 35 pounds that summer. Unfortunately, I live somewhere that has a winter which makes biking impossible. I should have switched to cross country skiing…
Winter doesn't make biking impossible, just challenging. Get a basic aluminum mountain bike, put studded tires on it, and dress pretty much the same as you would for skiing (but with right pant cuff held down somehow). Make sure to clean salt off the bike, or you'll have to replace components more often.
Way more here: http://www.icebike.org/ and here: http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/winter?so...