{"id":58,"date":"2019-12-09T02:26:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T06:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2019-12-09T02:30:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T06:30:46","slug":"chapter-6-exercising-the-paleofantasy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/chapter-6-exercising-the-paleofantasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 6: Exercising the Paleofantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those who live a paleo lifestyle also exercise in a manner thats assume to reflect the way early hunter-gatherers would have moved. With the CrossFit program, they focus on short yet intense workouts and embracing randomness and variety. This type of exercise would reflect paleolithic activities such as carrying a rock and tools, gathering plants, splitting wood with an axe, and butchering an animal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The author introduces the concept of an \u201cActive Couch Potato\u201d, where people work out vigorously for a short period of time but spend the rest of their day sedentary. These individuals have a higher than expected rate of mortality and cardiovascular disease.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corporatefitnessworks.com\/are-you-an-active-couch-potato\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/corporatefitnessworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/active-couch-potato_fullsize-1024x683-1024x683.png\" width=\"449\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. James Levine <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0claims that a sedentary existence is responsible for the \u201cpandemic of obesity.\u201d As a solution he claims that we should increase our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/15102614\">NEAT<\/a> (non-exercise activity thermogenesis), such as mowing the lawn, using the stairs, and walking to get the mail. These small little actions add up throughout the day and end up burning a significant amount of calories.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The author moves on to discuss the running abilities of humans. Compared to other animals, our sprinting ability are quite poor and we burn more calories doing it. However, humans are remarkable at running long distances compared to other animals. People from across the world have hunted animals like antelopes simply by running after them until they were too exhausted. From panting to millions of sweat glands, humans are the \u201cbest air-cooled engine\u201d that evolution has to offer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Human Mammal, Human Hunter | Attenborough |  Life of Mammals | BBC\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/826HMLoiE_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diving into the genetics, skeletal structure, and physiology of human running, Dr. Zuk discusses the debate on running barefoot and concludes that it is not possible to isolate a single, natural exercise pattern. She also discusses the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACTN3 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gene and its connection to athletic ability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can genetic tests predict athletic performance in kids?\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YiOmni2Wjh8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who live a paleo lifestyle also exercise in a manner thats assume to reflect the way early hunter-gatherers would have moved. With the CrossFit program, they focus on short yet intense workouts and embracing randomness and variety. This type of exercise would reflect paleolithic activities such as carrying a rock and tools, gathering plants, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/chapter-6-exercising-the-paleofantasy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 6: Exercising the Paleofantasy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3610,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/vy-sanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}