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04-21-13, 11:05 AM | ||
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04-21-13, 11:07 AM | ||
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Health (defined by Phil Maffetone) is the optimal interplay of organ systems. Fitness is the ability to perform a task. This fits in well with what Katy says, and both assert that you can work on both, but there's a point where one might compromise the other. IOW, you can train for your personal best running a marathon, or be a linebacker, or a Highland Games competitor (Dan John's background), and optimize your performance at those tasks. But in pursuit of those tasks, you may not actually doing what is best for optimal organ function. And both say that it's perfectly fine to work at that task, if it's what you desire. Just don't confuse those objectives. I'm still thinking about it, but am finding this view increasingly persuasive. Alta, simulposting. LOL!
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04-21-13, 11:56 AM | ||
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It's really hard to talk to people about "Katy says" type stuff. Some of it is so counterculture that people really resist the ideas. She has a lot of information on how arterial plaque forms but since it's drawn from a field of science that no one has ever heard of, including many doctors, people just assume she's making things up. She talks about the origin of the idea that running leads to optimal health. It came from a paper presented at a medical conference in the 1970's where one doctor had performed an autopsy on a famous runner and made the observation that his blood vessels were much larger than normal and he had no signs of heart disease. He drew this HUGE conclusion from a sample size of 1 person. The guy could've naturally had larger blood vessels from birth and it may not have had anything to do with running. But it caught on in the media and was all over the place for the next year. At the next medical conference another doctor presented evidence of heart disease in several runners he had autopsied and basically disputed the first guy's paper, but it was too late. His presentation was ignored by the media. The media and culture had already jumped on the meme that running was great for your health and lots of people started running. |
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220 - your age is pretty old school, and not generally used because it has a standard deviation of 10-20 bpm at either end. I think there is are more complicated formulas that take your resting HR into account. For the majority of people, RPE is a better indicator of your individual limitation for what is "moderate". If you're into performance training, you would want to look into the other formulas so that you can gauge your progress.
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04-21-13, 12:33 PM | ||
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And I agree with you. I agree with much of what Katy asserts, but that doesn't mean I'm going to throw Ballet Body or floorwork or yoga out of my fitness routine, because I enjoy doing them and they do use muscle. What I take away from Katy is that I need to do that stuff AND walk at least 10K steps a day AND limit sitting as much as possible AND work on stretching chronically tight areas for maximum force and blood flow to those areas AND work on my alignment. |
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blood pressure, high blood pressure, high intensity, michael mosley |
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