Tendered: exercise a niche activity peculiar to the West and especially the US. FYI: I don’t do much in the way of structured routines anymore and I feel better for it. From the article … Such bursts are often dismissed as insignificant, but actually impose a higher metabolic cost on the body than the same amount of continuous exercise. The reason? Inefficiency. Each time you go from rest to movement, your body must scramble to meet a sudden demand for energy, burning more fuel in the process. How Stop-And-Go Motion Supercharges Your Metabolism | ZeroHedge
If the premise is that an hour of slow flow yoga is better for your body and health than rec league soccer destroying my body, I'm way ahead of you
That’s interesting. It seems to tie into the practice of interval training. When I cycle, I will alternate between speed and endurance pace with hard starts on the speed cycle. Of course my speed pace isn’t very fast.
My mtb rides are def interval just by the nature of mt biking. The few times I have to do a steady hard effort (20 minutes), I have noticed I'm not that great at it.
According to this, we’re not at the top of the exercise ranking: https://meridianweightandwellness.c...-americans-compare-with-the-rest-of-the-world
I’ll be sitting on the couch and then suddenly, without warning, will get up and run up the stairs for something. Interval training in its purest form ?
I dont think that's some radical insight. But most people's lives are scheduled and structured (including fitness routines), not going to get spontaneous cardio at the office or commuting. You aren't going to join 15 different things to vary your fitness approach due to costs. That's a problem of capitalism - your whole day is structured around earning money for you and/or someone else, you have to schedule your other stuff around that.
When you think long and hard, fitness is like a virus, which would make you a former virus consultant. That’s kind of awesome, all things considered.
Heavy lifting is my structured exercise. I did it for decades. I maintained max 2x body weight on squats, 1.5x body weight on presses and rows, 1x body weight on overhead presses. Side note: My physical therapist just gave me the green light to increase my weights to 5 lbs. following shoulder surgery back in March. I can even raise my hand all the way up without help. Good times
Wasn't something similar to this the initial premise for the P90X craze a decade or so ago? They kept touting something called "muscle confusion".
