Ep. 81: Whether Intense Exercise and Endurance Training Should Be Avoided (Fitness vs. Health Part 2‪)‬ The Energy Balance Podcast

In this episode we discuss:

How to determine how much exercise is right for you


Why working out regularly is not enough to make up for sitting all day


Why fitness and health are not synonymous


Whether lactic acid production, breathlessness, and fat oxidation due to exercise should be avoided at all costs


Whether intense exercise and being highly active is always more harmful than helpful

 
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Timestamps:
2:55 – the benefits of movement and exercise 
6:41 – whether intense exercise involving lactate production and heavy breathing/breathlessness is harmful 
10:13 – whether endurance training involving fat oxidation is harmful 
18:31 – drawing a line between fitness and health 
25:06 – how to determine how much exercise is right for you
38:23 – whether intense exercise and being highly active is always more harmful than helpful
43:33 – why “eat less and exercise more” doesn’t work and ignores major aspects of our physiology