Moment 143: This Is Why You Can't Lose Weight: Daniel Lieberman

Uh What are some of the other biggest r uh myths with within exercise? That um You've come across in writing this book. Gosh there are so many. I had to actually limit limit it to ten. So I think um

If you want to understand physical activity and exercise, you also have to understand inactivity. And I think one of the biggest myths out there is that you need eight hours of sleep a night. Um and that sitting is the new smoking, you know, that but basically and I if you if you think about those two different myths Uh why is it that we're constantly told to sleep more and to sit less? Actually it's kinda seems a little contradictory to me, right? And it turns out that um

Um That let's take sitting first. So Um uh you know, the slogans like sitting is then you're smoking and it's really bad for you and you know, every time you sit in your chair you lose two hours of your life and whatever

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