>But we are still animals - our physical existence is, in the final analysis, the only one that actually matters.
Uhm, like I said - macho bullshit. There is not a single actual argument in that paragraph past "strength good weak bad".
People historically were as strong as they had to be; I have a pretty good intuition about this as I'm only about two generations removed from subsistence farming. It's not like you had the time - or often, the calories - to spend doing pointless exercise.
I care about feeling comfortable in my body. I'm sure being able to lift 300lbs makes you feel more confident! but I learned how to be confident a few years ago.
Do exercise because it makes you feel good, and because our bodies need a workout every now and then. Don't get caught up in some silly statistic; there's a diminishing ROI past a certain level of fitness (which, admittedly, I'm currently still far from attaining).
From personal experience, you start moving a bit differently, and not shy away from certain positions and ways of doing things. It's certainly nice, but it didn't change the way I interact with people or make different people attracted to me or anything like that. It's a bit of improvement, but learning the Bayes theorem was an order of magnitude more awesome, and reading up on syntax theory, physics, AI and bits of Marxism plus moving countries worked way better for getting people interested in me.
Of course this is anecdotal, but that's what I would expect from the experiment. Secondary confidence improvement would be expected, but that's thanks to awareness that you are more compliant with what Men's Health says you should look like, not inherent property of humans (see: places and times when fat people were seen as more attractive).
I find that it gives you a feeling of wellbeing that you can't get elsewhere. I don't mean that you can't feel good if you aren't strong. I mean the feeling of wellbeing that you get from it is unique and I haven't found it elsewhere.
Eh, I wouldn't relate it to squat strength, and it has diminishing returns. But biochemistry of the brain during exercise is fun stuff, and explains a lot of elation people have.
It's definitely related to squat strength. It makes me feel light of my feet, well balanced and generally younger than any other form of exercise that I've done.
Uhm, like I said - macho bullshit. There is not a single actual argument in that paragraph past "strength good weak bad".
People historically were as strong as they had to be; I have a pretty good intuition about this as I'm only about two generations removed from subsistence farming. It's not like you had the time - or often, the calories - to spend doing pointless exercise.
I care about feeling comfortable in my body. I'm sure being able to lift 300lbs makes you feel more confident! but I learned how to be confident a few years ago.
Do exercise because it makes you feel good, and because our bodies need a workout every now and then. Don't get caught up in some silly statistic; there's a diminishing ROI past a certain level of fitness (which, admittedly, I'm currently still far from attaining).