The Internet’s Richest Fitness Resource Is a Site from 1999

Re:The Internet’s Richest Fitness Resource Is a Site from 1999 by sdwr on Saturday March 11, 2023 @01:28PM (#35111084)

Scientists and "put up or shut up" people optimize for diff things. People who get results, in my experience, do the right things but don't usually have correct explanations.

Part of it is the subconscious figuring out what works, and hanging it onto the closest known concept. The other half is that false beliefs are practical and helpful sometimes.

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Re:The Internet’s Richest Fitness Resource Is a Site from 1999 by bluGill on Saturday March 11, 2023 @04:30PM (#35112922)

The results I want are long term health. That is much harder to measure and study. I can see which exercise methods results in competitive wins quickly (though some may be a few years), but what will my efforts today change about my life span or old age quality of life?

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Re:The Internet’s Richest Fitness Resource Is a Site from 1999 by sdwr on Saturday March 11, 2023 @07:48PM (#35114902)

I got a dog recently, have been out on walks a lot and talking w other owners. Met a guy with an old dog a few weeks back, she was grey in the muzzle + stiff in the joints, but still moving around happy + unencumbered.

He said she was 20 years old, and his second 20+ y/o one. His said he went by:

- a balance of positive + negative reinforcement

- regular dog food, nothing fancy

and that

- if she was a seeing-eye dog she'd have been dead by 10

My takeaway is that mental stress is a killer. He was letting her have her "dog-nature". Roam around, sniff things, unburdened.

But the #1 has to be people. Everyone withers away alone + takes cues from our environment. The dream is having people around who make it feel natural to be healthy.

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