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I would wager that a "fit" worker is more productive than a sedentary worker, even taking into account the time for training.
by trapper 17y ago
I would wager that a "fit" worker is more productive than a sedentary worker, even taking into account the time for training.
- randallsquared 17y agoThat depends strongly on the amount of time it takes for getting fit, doesn't it? In my experience in Basic for the Army, even very high levels of exercise do not prevent one from putting on fat ("Oh, just eat as much as you want; they'll work it off you!", I was told. I believed them. I shouldn't have).
- abas 17y agoBeing fat doesn't mean you aren't fit. I've been thin my whole life, but am working to get fit now after a year or two of largely sedentary existence and it is making a big difference for me.
- zargon 17y agoBeing fat does mean you aren't fit. Being thin is necessary but not sufficient for physical fitness.
- jyellin 17y agoI suppose that the first step to "getting fit", or in other words living a wellness oriented lifestyle, is to actually define what this means to you in your world. My belief is that "change" starts from within, which means that you can eat all of the right food and exercise on a consistent basis, and still not be "well." The change that I was referring to is the space between your eyes, controlling how you think, also known as tangebalizing (I made this word up) your thoughts. Can you imagine having the literally controlling how you think and how you perceive a situation? Because you can and the first step to eliciting change is realizing that you were born with all of the tools to evoke this type of result...
- TrevorJ 17y agoI am not sure why you are being down voted, unless people are equating this with being able to 'think' your reality into existence. We can't magically effect the world around us with our thoughts, but it is the thoughts that control the actions we take, so in a very real sense it does need to start from the mind.
- jyellin 17y agoI was slightly confused as well...and I appreciate your support!
- dimas 17y agoI agree that thoughts cannot control the world with our thoughts, however keep in mind that Since the early 1930's, psychologists have known that the brain emits electromagnetic waves . There is no scientific evidence that it has any impact on materialistic outcome but there is no evidence that it does not either. I know it is totally unscientific and I would say more philosophical thinking but there is a possibility that someday we will discover that our thought might have some impact on the outer world. This is one of the main concept that new age philosophy manipulates. Also our thoughts not only control our action as far as our body goes but also effect biochemistry of our brain that might affect how our body reacts to it. For example depressing thought might lead to certain physiological disorders.
- randallsquared 17y agoThere is no scientific evidence that it has any impact on materialistic outcome but there is no evidence that it does not either. Absence of evidence is evidence of absence, especially if you have a cottage industry devoted to looking for evidence, fruitlessly.
- dimas 17y agoMany discovered facts that are known today did not have any evidence years ago what does not indicate its absence today. Absence of results of searching industries is not an indicator thus it takes many years and many intermediate discoveries before some hypothesize are proven. Keeping mind open to possibilities is the engine of progress and discovery.
- randallsquared 17y agoWell, not being fat doesn't mean you are fit, but being fat is certainly incompatible with being fit. I speak as a fat guy who's probably less unfit than 95% of people at my weight (over 320 lbs): I'm still not "fit".
- abas 17y agoI guess it depends on how fitness is defined. I would say a person can definitely have good cardiovascular fitness while being fat. They could also have strong muscles, low blood pressure, low cholesterol, normal glucose levels and generally be healthy. I would describe that as being fit. Seems like weight should be considered one indicator of fitness but not the most important one.
- SwellJoe 17y agoIs it wrong that I chuckled at this revelation that gives new meaning to your nick, "randallsquared"?
- randallsquared 17y agoHeh. People used to spontaneously call me that when I was a kid (due to my name "Randall Randall" rather than my size, I expect), and it's way easier to google for. :)
- SwellJoe 17y agomy name "Randall Randall" I'm not sure if that's cruelty or awesome on the part of your parents. I'm leaning towards awesome.
- ojbyrne 17y agoCurious if you've read Catch-22. One of my favorite characters in the book was called "Major Major" (and of course his rank was Major). At some point they managed to get a 4th one on the end too.
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