Stop Thinking of Exercise as a Way to Lose Weight, You May Actually Enjoy It
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Stop Thinking of Exercise as a Way to Lose Weight, You May Actually Enjoy It
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#2That's good because I do enjoy it, and it doesn't help in the slightest.
Re: Stop Thinking of Exercise as a Way to Lose Weight, You May Actually Enjoy It
#3Something i have personal experience with -- I knocked off 80 pounds a few years ago.
Diet controls mass.
Exercise controls fitness.
They're mostly[0] decoupled. This is not intuitive to reason about.
[0] there are some interesting things in difference in metabolic rates of tissue types, but it doesn't really matter much for mere mortals.
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#4I once did a research paper on how exercise affects depression for a persuasive writing class. I don't remember much about it, but one particular study compared people with active jobs and people who were only active in their free time. It suggested that exercise as a form of leisure was more effective in combatting depression than just overall activity.
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#5Great article - we saw the same lack of correlation between activity level and weight when analyzing data from 750+ fitness tests:
https://hack.fitness/2017/04/09/what-we-learnt-from-750-fitn...
Increasing activity however does have a positive impact on your fitness (specifically VO2Max) -- the challenge is that this increase in fitness is invisible to most.
That's a big part of the reason why we started Revvo (http://revvo.co) - to make it easy to measure the vital but often invisible elements of fitness.
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#6I do not like repetitive motion without productivity. I understand the argument that this type of movement ("exercise") leads to enhanced capacity for mental labor, and less healthcare budget. What bothers me is not getting anything done.
Riding a bike is repetitive, but you instantly see results (going somewhere).
Swinging an axe into a tree over and over is repetitive, but a felled tree can be a useful resource.
Rearranging all your furniture may seem repetitive, but you are creating a fresh space, simultaneously cleaning. Doing this with others further reinforces community.
"Exercise" became a common term as we gradually started expecting machines to do the heavy lifting.
Now we pay a "membership" fee to go somewhere safe and climate controlled so we can simulate labor (mostly iron going up and down up and down).
The hydrocarbon killed creativity and fortitude?
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#7Great article - we saw the same lack of correlation between activity level and weight when analyzing data from 750+ fitness tests: https://hack.fitness/2017/04/09/what-we-learnt-from-750-fitn... Increasing activity however does have a positive impact on your fitness (specifically VO2Max) -- the challenge is that this increase in fitness is invisible to most. That's a big part of the reason why we started Revvo ( http…
The authors only looked at weight and BMI, and not bodyfat % or lean mass, which are much better indicators of health than weight or BMI alone.
Someone who is 6' and 200 lbs could either be a body builder or a coach potato, and they'd have the same BMI.
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#8I do not like repetitive motion without productivity. I understand the argument that this type of movement ("exercise") leads to enhanced capacity for mental labor, and less healthcare budget. What bothers me is not getting anything done. Riding a bike is repetitive, but you instantly see results (going somewhere). Swinging an axe into a tree over and over is repetitive, but a felled tree can be a useful resource. Re…
Wow, judgmental much?
For some of us the "productivity" is the mental high you get from the workout. Honestly I just feel damn good. Lifting weights and cycling (yes even indoor) both are very enjoyable and give me a high equivalent to eating chocolate, sex, or other chemically rewarding activities. I pay for a personal trainer not because of the air conditioning, but because there is tens of thousands of dollars in equipment to help me train that I have no interest in buying myself.
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#9Something i have personal experience with -- I knocked off 80 pounds a few years ago. Diet controls mass . Exercise controls fitness . They're mostly[0] decoupled. This is not intuitive to reason about. [0] there are some interesting things in difference in metabolic rates of tissue types, but it doesn't really matter much for mere mortals.
Excercise also changes body composition. It is usually missing from these articles - people are so much conserned about sheer body weight.
Even if one didn't lose weight may look much slimmer, just by having lower fat percentage... People with low enough body fat (especially taller people) can be rather slim even with BMI over 25...
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#10I do not like repetitive motion without productivity. I understand the argument that this type of movement ("exercise") leads to enhanced capacity for mental labor, and less healthcare budget. What bothers me is not getting anything done. Riding a bike is repetitive, but you instantly see results (going somewhere). Swinging an axe into a tree over and over is repetitive, but a felled tree can be a useful resource. Re…
I find going running to be a good way to think. When my mind isn't occupied by the task at hand is when I think most clearly and creatively. I consider that to be getting something done. Uninteresting tasks which require thought are the boring ones.