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Exercise hurts more Than helps when trying To lose weight?
Ricardo Trejo
Who would've known? Who could've even guessed? I just read a very, very, very (enough very's?) interesting and thought provoking article about the effects of exercise in our modern age. To sum it up: exercise, the way we do it now, with gyms and such, is a futile activity. You heard it right. The piece lists many sources; doctors and researchers with fancy titles, which incline me to believe them, or so they want me to; and they detail how our sedentary lifestyles of the 21st century have taken away our hard working roots - the kind of hard work our ancestors used to do. And that's the exact reason why I thought I'd share this finding.
By working out 30 mins to an 1hr a day we stress out our muscles, which are in reality meant to be used far more frequently than those short spurts of energy we call exercise. To benefit the most we need physical activity to encompass our entire life. That means parking further away from the store so we can walk more, or maybe taking the stairs rather than the escalator or elevator. In the studies done the research showed that kids who played catch frequently were just as fit or as active at those who played a rigorous sport.
The reason why we need a life altering method to exercise is because those who do work out for 30 mins or so give themselves some lenience when eating fatty foods. It's only natural to think that once you've done your workout you have the right to eat a slice of pizza. I mean, what would the result have been if you didn't do anything at all and ate that same pizza? Well, that's the problem. If we want to lose weight than that mentality has to go. Exercise makes you even hungrier than if you hadn't if you were to just take a lazy day, so to combat that hunger its best to eat salad or maybe an apple after your workout to bring back the balance in hunger. But even that isn't enough.
Exercise is healthy for many reasons, not just for losing weight. Like for keeping your lungs, heart, blood, and your brain working right, exercise is a perfect routine, but if you want it to help you get buff or shed pounds then the one big step you're going to have to take is throwing out fast food and other fat filled goodies. In another study done in that article a group of women were divided in half and half were given regular exercise routines, and the other half were told to do nothing to change their daily schedules. What was the result? About the same actually: Some women gained weight in both categories regardless of exercise, and others from both sides lost weight, and just about the same amount too.
I'll let the article speak for itself, but I thought I'd share some of this info to the technophiles out there. Sitting at a computer is fine and all, but get out and make use of your body, regularly.
