> > Mild exercise may or may not do much, but occasional _vigorous_ > exercise, done intensely enough to get you out of breath, is certainly > worthwhile. (Your body seems to react to getting out of breath the way > it would to being chased by something large and hungry -- it tries to > "adjust" things so you can run away more effectively next time. If you > don't get out of breath, though, your body seems to think the danger > couldn't have been imminent, and the "gosh we need to be able to run > faster" switch doesn't get thrown.)
Very true. But normal exersize as comes from manual labor is not effective, or do builders etc... look different in the US? ;) It is only short bursts of vigorous exercise that is effective, HIIT. It's very good, should get back to it myself. But Bush isn't borderline looneytoons. On 9/26/07, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Jed Rothwell wrote: > > This guy is amazing! Almost as stupid as Mark Mills. See his latest > here: > > > > "The Scientist and the Stairmaster > > > > Why most of us believe that exercise makes us thinner -- and why we're > > wrong." > > > > http://nymag.com/news/sports/38001/ > > > > His hypothesis is that you always eat more to compensate for exercise. > > Apparently he has never met manual laborers. > > Or men in the military subject to "forced marches". > > But in any case it's almost irrelevant, IMHO. Exercise has major > benefits that have nothing to do with losing weight, and besides, as > every famine victim knows, losing weight can be done without exercising. > > Mild exercise may or may not do much, but occasional _vigorous_ > exercise, done intensely enough to get you out of breath, is certainly > worthwhile. (Your body seems to react to getting out of breath the way > it would to being chased by something large and hungry -- it tries to > "adjust" things so you can run away more effectively next time. If you > don't get out of breath, though, your body seems to think the danger > couldn't have been imminent, and the "gosh we need to be able to run > faster" switch doesn't get thrown.) > > * Reduces intraocular pressure (it's good for preventing > or helping treat glaucoma). Exercise alone, sans drugs, > can drop intraocular pressure by ~ 10%. > > * Can reduce, relieve, or prevent migraine attacks. > > * Relieves depression. (Short term effect -- but isn't everything?) > > * Reduces anger, helps with interpersonal relations. > > * Reduces inflammation in general. The number of inflammatory > diseases is too long to list and they probably all benefit, > to some extent, from occasionally revving up your endorphin > system. > > * Leg exercises followed by stretching can help relieve RLS, > without the occasionally disastrous side effects of the > drugs which are sometimes used. (10% of users of one > common RLS drug turned into compulsive gamblers ... drugs > which play games with your dopamine and serotonin systems > should not be treated lightly. Can't recall the drug > name off hand -- if anyone cares, I can dig > up more information on this one.) > > > George Bush and Vladamir Putin are both exercise fanatics, and, IMHO, > they're both borderline looneytoons as well. This is not coincidence: > It's regular vigorous exercise that helps them "keep it together". If > exercise can keep someone as whacked out as George Bush on a > sufficiently even keel to function as President, think what it can do > for someone who's just got the normal run of the mill set of issues... > >
