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If a person lifted weights for 7 years and never became stronger I would guess he was doing it wrong[lifting too much, lifting too little, not increasing intens
by dmm 16y ago
If a person lifted weights for 7 years and never became stronger I would guess he was doing it wrong[lifting too much, lifting too little, not increasing intensity, etc]. If a person meditates for 7 years and can sees no effect...
- krschultz 16y agoLifting weights with the proper diet will give results. That is a biological fact. Is mediating leading to a better life a scientific fact?
- Detrus 16y agoThe scientific fact is it changes how your brain works, it's obvious on a brain scanner. That's when they scanned experienced monks, champion meditators. A better life is something else though, hard to quantify.
- runjake 16y agoAn important question and I'm not sure why you were downvoted into oblivion: Yes. Quick link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation
- chalst 16y agoThere's a lot of research results on mindfulness meditation not covered in the WP article, and WP doesn't cover the methodology well. Baer (2003) is, I think, the most highly cited survey of the theoretical & empirical evidence (not cited by the WP article), and has a good historical overview of research. The conclusion states that effects are comparable for depressive patients to cognitive behavioural therapy, whose effectiveness as a therapy for depression is well-established (and incidentally, much more effective than Prozac). The effectiveness for relief of distress from chronic pain is also attested. Kabat-Zinn, cited by Baer, is probably the most accessible scientist writing for a popular audience on this. ---------- Reference Ruth Baer (2003) Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review http://www.wisebrain.org/papers/MindfulnessPsyTx.pdf http://www.wisebrain.org/papers/MindfulnessPsyTx.pdf
- daniel1980fl 16y agoUP TO SOME POINT. If you think you will be lifting weight for 80 years and look bigger than someone that does that for 30, you wrong. same goes with yoga.
- dmm 16y agoFor almost any man that point will be beyond 7 years.
- dalore 16y agoThere is a link the article to the study he mentions: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-brain-weeks.html http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-b...
- PostOnce 16y agoI think he is saying he hit a plateau. At some point, lifting weights, you stop growing bigger. You're never going to be the size of the moon.
- dmm 16y agoI realize that. It's very common, especially for people who do not have a teacher/community to guide them. papaf didn't give many details so I can't really say much more.