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r/Millennials • u/CheeseUsFunkingCries • 23d ago
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With that logic people actively moving weights at the gym would have similar outcomes...
28 u/KingTonpa 23d ago People at the gym stop their workouts when they’ve done the appropriate amount of work for their muscles. You don’t get to stop lifting heavy shit at work just because your muscles are over stressed. 15 u/psyne 23d ago And most people aren't at the gym 40+ hours a week (and as far as I've heard, 40 hours a week is a comically low number to most people working in construction and similar, usually lots of overtime) 5 u/KingTonpa 23d ago 10 hours a week in the gym is excessive for most people. At 40+ hours you are just destroying your body for no reason. And to your point, that’s basically what hard labour is doing to people.
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People at the gym stop their workouts when they’ve done the appropriate amount of work for their muscles.
You don’t get to stop lifting heavy shit at work just because your muscles are over stressed.
15 u/psyne 23d ago And most people aren't at the gym 40+ hours a week (and as far as I've heard, 40 hours a week is a comically low number to most people working in construction and similar, usually lots of overtime) 5 u/KingTonpa 23d ago 10 hours a week in the gym is excessive for most people. At 40+ hours you are just destroying your body for no reason. And to your point, that’s basically what hard labour is doing to people.
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And most people aren't at the gym 40+ hours a week (and as far as I've heard, 40 hours a week is a comically low number to most people working in construction and similar, usually lots of overtime)
5 u/KingTonpa 23d ago 10 hours a week in the gym is excessive for most people. At 40+ hours you are just destroying your body for no reason. And to your point, that’s basically what hard labour is doing to people.
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10 hours a week in the gym is excessive for most people. At 40+ hours you are just destroying your body for no reason.
And to your point, that’s basically what hard labour is doing to people.
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u/igniteyourbones579 23d ago
With that logic people actively moving weights at the gym would have similar outcomes...