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"We’re all susceptible to what our bodies tell us. When there’s a strange pain or sickness, our bodies are hinting at us that there should be something done abo
by ghostly_s 4y ago
"We’re all susceptible to what our bodies tell us. When there’s a strange pain or sickness, our bodies are hinting at us that there should be something done about it," the article opens, then goes on to uncritically describe people using alarming techniques to power through with a grueling activity which has just caused a serious injury.
Spending 8 days in near-constant intense aerobic activity on 1 hour of sleep is likely to cause lifelong health repercussions. We should not be glamorizing these people.
- woodruffw 4y agoI didn't read this article as glamorizing. At worst it's neutral to the health effects of ultraendurance athletics, and describes their consequences as "creepy" and "bizarre."
- Barrin92 4y ago>Spending 8 days in near-constant intense aerobic activity on 1 hour of sleep is likely to cause lifelong health repercussions the most dangerous part here is probably the chance of having an accident on that little sleep, but there's no need to be hyperbolic, there's very rarely lasting health repercussions to short term stress like this (physical at least) in healthy adults, soldiers go through similar conditions in training and during war. Sometimes for much longer. You'd be surprised how much your body can actually take. (and recover from)