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My wife and I are reading this book called "Move Your DNA" (by Katy Bowman). She has an interesting thesis: modern exercise is "junk movement" (like "junk" food

by calebm 11y ago

My wife and I are reading this book called "Move Your DNA" (by Katy Bowman). She has an interesting thesis: modern exercise is "junk movement" (like "junk" food). The idea is that humans were meant to move more throughout the day, and that trying to cram all of our needed movement into a small 45-minute block is similar to how junk food crams tons of calories into a small bit of food. We're not finished with it yet, but initially, I find it interesting.

tertius 11y ago
> The idea is that humans were meant to move more throughout the day I don't know if you can necessarily compare this to tons of calories (think fat from an animal) into a bit of food. Now the source of the calories yes.
dghughes 11y ago
Then you have studies showing High Intensity Training (HIT) where you only exercise three minutes per week is beneficial. But it may depend on your genes. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-17177251 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-17177251 >The idea is that humans were meant to move more throughout the day My parents are always on the go gardening, going to auctions, walking a bit, always doing something. Dad eats a lot but eats everything fish, shellfish, many kinds of meat, all kinds of vegetables he gets a huge variety of food. I'm sitting watching my computer screen not moving, I eat a limited diet and I think I will be worse off than my parents. And I think Millennials will be even worse I've never seen so many fat people at such a young age, at least bottom out at mid 40s and not mid teens.
djhn 11y ago
Along the same lines (speculatory evolutionary biology?) is the observation that in training for endurance sports such as running, cycling, skiing and rowing we best respond to either long, slow distance training at very low intensities (like in persistance hunting) or high-intensity sprints/bouts (like combat) because those were the main "athletic" stimuli for our ancestors. http://www.sportsci.org/2009/sai.htm http://www.sportsci.org/2009/sai.htm

by calebm 11y ago

tertius 11y ago

> The idea is that humans were meant to move more throughout the day I don't know if you can necessarily compare this to tons of calories (think fat from an animal) into a bit of food. Now the source of the calories yes.

dghughes 11y ago

Then you have studies showing High Intensity Training (HIT) where you only exercise three minutes per week is beneficial. But it may depend on your genes. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-17177251 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-17177251 >The idea is that humans were meant to move more throughout the day My parents are always on the go gardening, going to auctions, walking a bit, always doing something. Dad eats a lot but eats everything fish, shellfish, many kinds of meat, all kinds of vegetables he gets a huge variety of food. I'm sitting watching my computer screen not moving, I eat a limited diet and I think I will be worse off than my parents. And I think Millennials will be even worse I've never seen so many fat people at such a young age, at least bottom out at mid 40s and not mid teens.

djhn 11y ago

Along the same lines (speculatory evolutionary biology?) is the observation that in training for endurance sports such as running, cycling, skiing and rowing we best respond to either long, slow distance training at very low intensities (like in persistance hunting) or high-intensity sprints/bouts (like combat) because those were the main "athletic" stimuli for our ancestors. http://www.sportsci.org/2009/sai.htm http://www.sportsci.org/2009/sai.htm