We Need to Rethink Exercise – The Workout Paradox

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Years ago I read a saying that went something like this: "Exercise for your health, kitchen for your weight"

My body is a machine that turns Steam purchases into unplayed games.

7:10 "It's like taking on more debt when you're in the red. It works for awhile, but then you go bankrupt and die." That got dark fast 😵☠

I’ve worked in the fitness industry the majority of my adult life and there’s a saying that ‘abs are made in the kitchen’ even when I was a PT I stressed to clients that you can’t outrun a bad diet and you do not need to train to lose weight you have to cut calories in a staggering controlled manner, consistently, overtime. But of course exercise is a very healthy thing to do!

"Exercise is not doing something extra, it's what your body meant to do," is a motivational bar to start light or moderate exercise!

My body is a temple that turns 8 hours of sleep into daytime fatigue

Now it makes sense why you should wait and really let your body rest after being ill. If you start exercising too soon, you're taking all the calories away from your immune system. The one time it really should get as much of them as possible.

Exercise reduce cortisol. This explains a lot. Especially heartbroken gym bros. Therapy without opening up. Neat.

One of the best things I heard that helped me change the way I think about exercising: “Stop correlating exercise with weight loss. You need to exercise as part of regular maintenance for your body.” Some people might find that depressing, but putting exercise in a different box than weight loss helped me make it more of a priority.

I am currently losing weight. I started at my maximum weight of 360 pounds and am currently at 315 pounds after two months. I began with strength training and then added a diet. I have significantly improved my mobility and can now last longer on bike rides, walks, and while doing work in general. I couldn’t be happier now that I am active and can stand up without using my hands. Life is good

I started working out for the hundredth time two months ago, and for the first time in my life, I’m sticking with it and enjoying it. I’m really looking forward to your new video because I have no idea how to effectively change my diet without missing out on important nutrients.

Kurzgesagt: Exercise doesn't make you lose weight, but is essential to your.... Everyone: Speak no more *cancels gym membership*

brain thinks, heart pumps, gut digest, immune system...............immunes

I decided to lose weight around two years ago, and went from 250 lbs to 170 (6’2 F). I started out by swimming , but I went too hard and ate too much to compensate so I didn’t lose as much the first year. The next year I cut out fast food and soda entirely, and tried to eat as few ultra processed foods as possible. That plus continued swimming five days a week but not overdoing it was the sweet spot. Now I met my weight goal and am the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been! It is possible!

I always shake my head when I see new, very overweight people at the gym killing themselves on the stepper or treadmill. They’re only making themselves more ravenously hungry and teaching their brains that the gym is the most torturous place on the face of the earth. When I learned the hard way, through trial and error, that diet is 80%-90% of the game (i.e., simply burning more calories than you consume), it was a total revelation. I see cardio and lifting as merely a way to build strength and endurance - not as a primary weight management strategy. Also, when you really become more mindful of how many calories you put into your body on a daily basis and actively seek to budget your intake, there’s an amazing point you reach where your body becomes accustomed to less calories and your appetite significantly lessens. That’s why I always tell my friends struggling with their weight to count calories for a couple weeks and endure that short period of time where your body (appetite) is begging you for more. It eventually goes away. And in the beginning at the gym, be very, very mindful of going easy at the beginning and very gradually ramping up the intensity. The intention is for this to be a consistent lifestyle change, right? So who cares how many minutes you spend on the treadmill or how much weight you press in the first month? It’s about where you finish. Learn your target heart rate (TR= 220-age). Use a wearable or the heart monitor on the cardio equipment. In the beginning, try to hold steady at your target HR for 20-30 minutes a day - even if it’s just 3mph on the treadmill at a slight incline. Again, it’s NOT about where you start.

My body is a temple - old, decaying, and probably even haunted.

"But then you go bankrupted and die" caught me off guard 😭 7:13

This has actually kinda motivated me to exercise again. When I thought exercising was about losing weight it just wasn't that attractive of an idea to workout everyday to lose all of like 10lbs or something within a few months, but understanding its far more about just kinda making you feel better, I can get behind that.

In my opinion most people workout not with the purpose to burn fat but to look good (muscular, not only more thin).