Ep. 80: How Much Exercise Is Too Much From The Bioenergetic View? (Fitness vs. Health Part 1)

In this episode we discuss:

• The harmful effects of excess exercise

• Why increasing exercise beyond moderate amounts is NOT effective for weight loss

• The harmful effects of excessive endurance training on cardiovascular health

• How excess exercise can drive degeneration and contribute to various health issues

• How much exercise is “too much”

 

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Timestamps:

2:37 – framing the question of where health and fitness meet from the bioenergetic view

13:12 – how excess exercise can cause degeneration and contribute to various health conditions  

21:03 – what level of exercise is harmful for cardiovascular health 

29:55 – how the expensive tissue hypothesis applies to exercise 

45:14 – how excess exercise can steal energy from other areas of our physiology, and how this affects the calorie equation 

1:08:23 - can moderate-intensity endurance training for 25 minutes 3 days per week be too much?