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Nobody sees all the work (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 46 points 4 months ago (25 children)

The idea of regimented excersice is such an adult drag. I went back to viewing it as a consequence of unstructured play time. Riding your bike, climbing trees, walking up hills and jumping around still count as being active. This way it can be spontaneous and organic and fun.

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  • [–] [S] 62 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    If only adult jobs had recess. Someone needs to ring a bell for everyone to go play freeze tag outside for an hour, then back to staring at excel.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (13 children)

    except none of that has the health benefits of structured exercise. especially as you age.

    same with food.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    You're increasing your heart rate and likely getting sun. What more health benefits do you need? Sure a good stretch first "as you age"

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    I think the "especially as you age" part of the previous comment was important. Yes walking/biking/moving are good and healthy, but as you age you start losing muscle and bone mass (I forget, like a few percent every 10 years?). The only way to offset this is something like resistance weight training.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago* (10 children)

    because it's not a real work out.

    a real workout involves straining your heart and muscles so they are forced to become stronger to deal with the load. that is where the real health benefits come in. light exercise does none of that. all it really does it burn some extra calories. for light exercise to be effective it has to be endurance, as in hours and hours of it.

    people may not like that fact, but it's how biology works. it's not exactly convenient.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    If I get on my bike and ride 40 minutes I don’t think my body cares that it wasn’t done in a structured way. I like to go fast so its not like an evening stroll. Unless you are a body builder, you don’t need a strict regiment. Just an openness to push your body doing things.

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  • [+] -14 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    40m on a bike is nothing. that's like walking 10minutes.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Then take a 10 minute walk. Any amount of exercise that you can get in a day is better than none. The maximalist approach to it can be overwhelming and off-putting for people.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    That person is making lots of reductionist assumptions, I think you might be getting baited, you could keep replying to him but I don't think anything productive could come out of this.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago*

    Yeah, cardiologists, physicians, and physical trainers... are all just full of reductive assumptions... lol

    I mean I get it, people want to be lazy. They want to believe that drinking wine is and going for a walk is going to magically cure their lack of activity and poor diet. It won't.

    The only thing that cures those things is activity, and good diet. Sadly people would rather throw up their hands than take on that burden. Hence why the health/wellness industry is so full of snake oil and miracle cures people pay a lot of money for... instead of just going for a proper run and eating healthy food.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    It's not maximalist. It's reality.

    If you want to be healthy, you need to put in serious work. 10 minutes walks won't cut it. Sorry that busts your bubble or whatever.

    You are trying to say anything is better than nothing, and then using that as some sort of 'just do the bare minimum'.

    The cardiologist association recommendation is 150 minutes a week of medium intensity, or 75 high intensity minutes. That's 5 days of hard work for 15m at threshold, or 5 days a week of 30m of aerobic intensity. That's zone 3 or higher, which is you can feel your heart pounding and you are sweating sweating.

    a casual bike ride isn't aerobic activity, it's zone 1-2. a walk is zone 1, it's slightly above resting.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    That is also only focusing on the cardio side. The benefits of a structured workout routine is cardio as well as balanced strength training.

    You are very unlikely to match the benefits organically unless you are already extremely active.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    TIL my body will only burn calories and build muscle if I run at the same time and the same way every day, or get a gym membership and do sets. Better give up going on hikes, and biking, and walking in the snow. It just won't deliver those Chris Pratt personal trainer results that every one has to look for.

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