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TL;DR: Stop working out. Blasphemy, I know. Summary: A decade long love-obsession with "health and fitness" has taught me that 99% of what our health indust
by geoffreyhale 10y ago
TL;DR:
Stop working out. Blasphemy, I know.
Summary:
A decade long love-obsession with "health and fitness" has taught me that 99% of what our health industry says is nearly-useless or unhealthy.
Half the battle of "health" is to stop self-destruction: drug-abuse (obvious), working out "hard" (less obvious).
Replace gym and repetitive activity with natural exploratory movement. If you are "supposed to stretch" after, the workout wasn't healthy.
The other half is basic. In gentle regular moderation: sleep, eat decently and drink water, go for a walk outside, have some friends and some activities you enjoy.
Everything else is minutia and can be left to bodybuilders, professional athletes and fighters, and military personnel.
- mrfusion 10y agoCan you share some examples of what to replace exercise with?
- carlesfe 10y agoI guess he means "functional workouts". These workouts exercise your natural movements: standing up, sitting, laying down and getting up quickly, push, pull, etc. All done with your own body, no extra weights. I've done them for some time and you quickly notice the difference. Instead of inflated biceps which hurt when you stretch them to grab a jar on the top shelf, you'll squat without hassle, jump, get up from bed, and have better core strength. This is the program I've followed and I'm happy with it: https://mhunters.com https://mhunters.com. Check out their videos on youtube and decide for yourself!