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This is Your Brain on Exercise (2017)

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Re: This is Your Brain on Exercise (2017)

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So how addictive is exercise exactly? If you're exercising, past the point where you feel physical hurt, because it makes you feel immediately more alert (or straight up euphoric depending), is it dangerous? It's usually attested that too much of one specific kind of exercise (e.g. running) can have problems for certain muscles and joints but I'm not finding a lot on the dangers (if any) of more diverse exercise (whe…

Humans are meant to be active for long periods of time. There aren't any dangers of exercise. Only in the minds of people who are trying to justify their fat lifestyle do they perceive some sort of risk associated with what us, animals, are meant to do be doing naturally.

Re: This is Your Brain on Exercise (2017)

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A contrarian caution on exercise worship: Everything that makes us feel good is neurochemical in nature, including exercise. Exercise can lead to a withdrawal period of feeling shitty and unproductive, and it can be quite addictive. Really important not to confuse "feeling good" with being good for you. Have seen a lot of people overdo it and lose their lives to pointless exercise while accomplishing very little else…

I would be hesitant to call it pointless if it makes them feel good.

It's pointless because of the hedonic treadmill. Any feel good feeling is neurochemical in nature, and any moment of feeling good will be counterbalanced at one point or another.
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