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Humans can run, they just don't like doing it.

15-06-2013 03:17PM

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Capt'n Midnight

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http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/why-do-we-run-ask-a-pig-on-a-treadmill-1.1429126

“Humans are endurance champs – why do we hate exercise?”
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As a species, it became advantageous to be good at endurance running, but at no point did humans evolve to like running. On the contrary, he points out in New Scientist, humans evolved to avoid “needless exercise”. In a world of limited resources, early man wasn’t going to waste his energy on popping out for a jog.

The result is a body built for running but a mind trying to flee that trait. The ensuing mental battle has had huge societal consequences among the overweight, heart-disease-ridden populations of the developed world.

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#2 17-06-2013 09:35PM

Frankie Lee

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Nice one, a decent scientific excuse for my laziness.

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