Episode 61: Modern Fitness Myths vs. the Simplicity of the Past

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Episode 61: Modern Fitness Myths vs. the Simplicity of the Past

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Setting the Scene: How Did We Get Here? To understand why modern fitness is so complicated, we need to understand how we got here. For the vast majority of human history, movement was not something people scheduled into a calendar. It was simply life. You moved because you had to. You walked to find food, you carried things because they needed to be carried, you climbed, you crouched, you sprinted, you rested. Movement was woven into every single hour of the day. Then something shifted. The industrial revolution started pulling people off their feet and putting them into chairs. The twentieth century brought cars, elevators, desk jobs, and remote controls. By the time we realized we were not moving enough anymore, an entire industry had risen up to sell us solutions. And those solutions, well intentioned as some of them may have been, brought with them a mountain of complexity that has done as much harm as good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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