We live in an age that is obsessed with not just “being”, but instead with well-being. And we live in a time when it seems eminently possible to be better than well, even. We can now strive to be the fittest, strongest, healthiest humans that ever existed. But we do not need to achieve such levels of “wellness” and fitness to thrive. Consider that modern humans have been around for some 300,000 years and our genus is perhaps 2 million years old. For most of that time, we did not have much of an understanding of health and nutrition. And exercise was not a pursuit unto itself.
But contrary to prevalent and popular messages, we do not have to become extreme athletes to avail the benefits of movement. In fact, the very notion of exercise as a distinct activity is a modern one. As the journalist and author, Dan Harris, humorously pointed out, fifty years ago if you told some one you were running, they would wonder who was chasing you. So how can we fit more movement into our lives more easily? See full transcript here.
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