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Somehow I have trouble equating a rat climbing a wall with a tiny weight attached to its tail, with a human doing heavy weight lifting.
by Kluny 11y ago
Somehow I have trouble equating a rat climbing a wall with a tiny weight attached to its tail, with a human doing heavy weight lifting.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoWhy do these need to be equated?
- Kluny 11y agoThey said that they were testing for the result of "resistance training" in rats. For rats that means climbing a wall with weights tied to their tails. However, if a human was going to do resistance training, they would probably do it by lifting weights. There are other ways, I suppose, but that's the main one. Weightlifting, once you get to higher weights, is a pretty cerebral activity that requires perfect form and close attention to training schedule, repetitions, amount of weight, and diet. It's a very different activity from pulling a weight along because it happens to be attached to your ass and you can't escape it.