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See: people working out even when injured, people who exercise to be as thin as possible. People doing steroids and other drugs for performance or appearance. T

• toolz 3y ago
  Feel free to ignore this if it feels like nit-picking, but I'm particularly sensitive to "addiction" language. We don't have a biological framework for addiction, we have a framework for building routines and healthy habits. The system is incredibly beneficial and we'd do ourselves a great disservice not utilizing that system to improve our health and lifestyle. Again, I'm fairly sure we all understand what you're saying, but I find there's a great deal of cumulative power in the language/framing we use day-in and day-out and I believe my characterization isn't just optimistic, but more accurate.
  • red-iron-pine 3y ago
    > We don't have a biological framework for addiction yeah, we do. and it involves neurotransmitters. "addiction" may not be the right word in this (workout) context, but it's a well established concept in other contexts.
    • toolz 3y ago
      No, we don't - we have a biological framework for creating motivation for certain behaviors. This is a well established concept. Motivated behaviors (or habits) are the framework, addiction is when we misuse that framework. We're not born with some defect that gives us negative evolutionary fitness. That makes no sense at all.