I believe that every human has a finite amount of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
― Neil Armstrong
You probably know, if you read this blog, my basic stance on exercise. I’m agin’ it.
Well, not totally against it. I’m just against what is in vogue today, which is hours and hours of useless treadmilling/biking/jogging/running. All those things do are wear out your joints. Running can make you a better runner–but that’s it. It can’t make you a better jogger, a better dancer, a better swimmer, or help you improve your “cardiovascular fitness.” Take three devoted runners and three sedentary fat guys. Tell them you’ll test them in two weeks to determine their heart/lung rate when using an elliptical for 20 minutes. Tell the “fit” runners to just keep doing what their doing. Tell the fat guys to hop on the elliptical once a day for 20 minutes till the test, but otherwise behave normally.
The fat guys will pass your test, and the runners will not.
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