“The image of a band of brothers, burgeoning brains hungry for meat and effortlessly chasing down a panting antelope is undoubtedly a romantic one, but not necessarily the basis for a sound theory of human evolution. As with most complex issues, the truth probably lies somewhere between the extremes. Endurance-running may well have been the ‘unintended’ consequence of multiple traits that were initially selected for another purpose or purposes. While it seems unlikely that human intelligence is a direct consequence of persistence-hunting, it is clear from the !Kung people that the practice can be a huge advantage under the right circumstances. These data, coupled with those from paleo-archaeological studies, raise the possibility that the cause and effect relationship may be the other way around! Perhaps, it was the combination of a body selected to walk or carry weights, and growing human brain that made persistence-hunting possible, not only by improving tracking abilities but enabling hunters to seek out environments suited to endurance-running?”
We were not born to run…but we can…only if we need to.
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Not much mention of running here…
”In communities like the Hadza, adults get about 2 hours a day of moderate-and-vigorous physical activity – meaning anything more strenuous than a casual stroll. Most of this comes in the form of hard walking: moving fast over hilly terrain, while scouring the landscape for food. There are plenty of other activities, though. Women often spend an hour or more digging starchy wild tubers from rocky ground. Men climb trees and chop into branches to expose bees’ nests and take honey. Kids drag firewood or haul buckets of water back to camp. Other indigenous communities have similar workloads.”
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Total fitness wrote:
Hope that clears it up for you. If you need any help reading between the lines, let me know…😉😂
In other words, you can't supply the requested quote and you're still blindly battering a strawman. Bye bye; I'm not going to check in on this thread again.
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How much pretentious drivel ate you going to spout? Is there a lot more to come?
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😂😂😂
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Didn’t ask you to read this thread, let alone post on it in the first place.
You we’re emotionally charged enough to do that all on your little ownsome.
Bye…
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Sorry…I didn’t realise that you were so emotionally invested in this activity. It seems as though I’ve attacked your “child”. 😂
Can I suggest maybe finding some other hobbies / interests so that it doesn’t hurt so much when someone happens to question the one activity that your world seems to revolve around.
Its really not too healthy to invest so much in one area…😄
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I’ve clearly stated where my stance is on this topic. You either are a bit slow in comprehending…and / or you are so wound up by someone questioning your beloved activity that you can’t see straight or think properly.
There are plenty of articles out there that cite running as the key reason for human development. Go and do your own searches.
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Total fitness wrote:
Sorry…I didn’t realise that you were so emotionally invested in this activity. It seems as though I’ve attacked your “child”. 😂
Can I suggest maybe finding some other hobbies / interests so that it doesn’t hurt so much when someone happens to question the one activity that your world seems to revolve around.
Its really not too healthy to invest so much in one area…😄
You're not making an intelligent argument, just semantics.
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Sure, we were designed to acquire food originally by hunting and gathering but now we acquire food by buying it.
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What might be an interesting take on this is that while the typical hunter-gatherer never did, say, 3K @ vVo2max straight through to near-exhaustion, or even anything like 10x400 with 90 seconds jog; the ability to cover 40-50 efficiently by mostly walking with interspersed fartlek around the game encounter itself, is enough conditioning to lead to the current capabilities we see across the board for modern athletes.
Put in other words, how fast could the top modern runners run for 800-5000 meters if they followed a training of say months or a year of: 3-5 days trekking with some sprints on little or no food, followed by 7-10 days of complete recovery and on a diet of primarily fresh meat and organs? I know that many top runners in the late 1800s to 1930s did long walks, especially off-season, combined with various time trials and interval work in order to run at levels in the 4:10-4:03 range for thee mile, 30:00 for 10000, etc..
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