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An ‘exercise pill’ may replace workouts in the future

Ikari said:
What part of this hypothetical constituted forcing people to take these pills? Where are you getting that from?

Someone commented that soon there would be a pill to replace sleep and I was all like "hell yeah, I'd take that!". I didn't say "Hell yeah, can't wait to force everyone to take those so no one dreams ever again!!!"

Sleep is generally a waste of time and if we can get away without needing it, I think that would be awesome. But in this future world of pill replaced sleep, do as you like. Hell, you can put yourself into a medically induced coma and remain sleeping for the rest of your life for all I care.


Jeesh, some of y'all take the fun out of these silly hypotheticals.
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Sorry, I did not mean to take your fun away.

I was just making it clear part of my fun is my dreams. I look forward to sleep and thus enjoying my dreams.

Also, 8 hours of sleep is plenty, just enough for several dreams, thank you very much.
 
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minnie616 said:
Sorry, I did not mean to take your fun away.

I was just making it clear part of my fun is my dreams. I look forward to sleep and thus enjoying my dreams.

Also, 8 hours of sleep is plenty, just enough for several dreams, thank you very much.
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Nope, now you messed up.

I'm creating a sleep machine, and it'll force you to remain asleep for 14 hours a day, and you're going to dream math and non-euclidean geometry equations. Hope you're happy now.
 
Ikari said:
Nope, now you messed up.

I'm creating a sleep machine, and it'll force you to remain asleep for 14 hours a day, and you're going to dream math and non-euclidean geometry equations. Hope you're happy now.
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Too funny!
:lol: :peace
 
sanman said:
A newly discovered compound may provide the body with the same benefits as exercise, thus making exercise no longer necessary:

An ?exercise pill? may replace workouts in the future | Fox News



Well, if it could stop the obesity epidemic, then it could save the US a lot in health costs - not to mention making people feel better about themselves.
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I feel like this is clickbait.

I am no gym rat, but I am not sure a pill can replace old fashion sweat equity.
 
HonestJoe said:
Too true. :(

Exercise isn’t treatment though it is (or should be) normal behaviour. How long before people are demanding “oxygen pills” because breathing is just too much effort?
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It's not about effort. It's about not having enough time and/or energy at the end of a day busy with highly-productive, yet unfortunately sedentary, tasks and activities.
 
Blue_State said:
I feel like this is clickbait.

I am no gym rat, but I am not sure a pill can replace old fashion sweat equity.
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I think it's probably a chemical way to get a persons heatbeat up like exercise does.

They already have a chemically induced stress test for people whose knees cannot with stand using a treadmill.
 
JMaximus said:
Except that "magic pills" have indeed solved many of our problems, from simple things like aches and pains to managing life-threatening heart conditions.

And instead of making a mess, this has made us all live happier and longer lives.
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Have they? The US consumes the most medicine per capita. We consume 80% of the worlds opiods. We aren't anywhere near the top of life expectancy. We aren't healthier.

Instead the overprescription of pain killers has led to massive heroin epidemics. Over-prescription of the antibiotics has made the US a leader in the amount of antibiotic resistant strains of various diseases. Even something as simple as NSAIDs decrease the bodys natural ability to heal itself.

Medicines have an incredibly important place, but like most things in life there are no short cuts without long term costs.
 
minnie616 said:
I think it's probably a chemical way to get a persons heatbeat up like exercise does.

They already have a chemically induced stress test for people whose knees cannot with stand using a treadmill.
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Exercise causes the body to adapt through the activation of otherwise dormant genetic code. It's what happens when you push yourself further than you thought you could, the body adapts and over time that same effort becomes easier. If you stop doing the efforts, the body reverts.

This pill supposedly triggers some of these changes chemically.
 
Mithros said:
Exercise causes the body to adapt through the activation of otherwise dormant genetic code. It's what happens when you push yourself further than you thought you could, the body adapts and over time that same effort becomes easier. If you stop doing the efforts, the body reverts.

This pill supposedly triggers some of these changes chemically.
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I agree. And if a person feels more energized by the pill/chemical they will do more.
 
minnie616 said:
I think it's probably a chemical way to get a persons heatbeat up like exercise does.

They already have a chemically induced stress test for people whose knees cannot with stand using a treadmill.
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Meh. Caffeine and tobacco can also get your heartbeat up.
 
JMaximus said:
It's not about effort. It's about not having enough time and/or energy at the end of a day busy with highly-productive, yet unfortunately sedentary, tasks and activities.
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Rubbish. There is nobody currently doing zero exercise who couldn't find time to do a little, they just have to value it enough. I'm not talking hours in a gym every day, just things like taking short journeys on foot rather than driving or taking up a hobby involving a bit of physical activity rather than just veging in front of the TV or computer every evening.
 
HonestJoe said:
Rubbish. There is nobody currently doing zero exercise who couldn't find time to do a little, they just have to value it enough. I'm not talking hours in a gym every day, just things like taking short journeys on foot rather than driving or taking up a hobby involving a bit of physical activity rather than just veging in front of the TV or computer every evening.
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Huh? Journeys on foot? To where? When do chronically busy people find the time to stroll around town when a car not only gets them where they need to be faster but can also carry the groceries and the kids with it?

And where do overworked and exhausted people find the energy to exercise instead of relax after eight+ hours of wage slavery a day?
 
JMaximus said:
Huh? Journeys on foot? To where? When do chronically busy people find the time to stroll around town when a car not only gets them where they need to be faster but can also carry the groceries and the kids with it?

And where do overworked and exhausted people find the energy to exercise instead of relax after eight+ hours of wage slavery a day?
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These are excuses, not reasons. Your health should be a high priority in your life (especially if you have young children) so you should make time for it. However long people work and whatever other pressures they have on their time, the vast, vast majority could make some kind of small improvements to their lifestyles in this area if they really wanted to.
 
JMaximus said:
Except that "magic pills" have indeed solved many of our problems, from simple things like aches and pains to managing life-threatening heart conditions.

And instead of making a mess, this has made us all live happier and longer lives.
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In terms of the obesity epidemic, if anything they have made it worse though. For example, Type 2 Diabetes is an entirely preventable disease. You can have a genetic predisposition to it, but it is always preventable with diet and exercise. However, with modern medicine you can live with it (a good thing of course). Just the same, prior to being able to treat type 2 diabetes, if you got it you had a hell of a motivation to lose weight and exercise because if you didn't you would be dead in a couple of years. In the vast majority of cases, knee replacements are due to obesity. Heart disease, often due to obesity.

So while modern medicine can treat many problems, it doesn't actually solve many of the problems that result from a poor diet and sedentary lifestyle.
 
JMaximus said:
It's not about effort. It's about not having enough time and/or energy at the end of a day busy with highly-productive, yet unfortunately sedentary, tasks and activities.
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If you are remotely able bodied, there is nothing that prevents anyone from stepping out their door and going for a run rather than sitting down in front of the TV. It is simply a question of what you choose to do. I work full time, we have 3 kids that are High School age so they have something going on every night, and yet I still am an avid runner and strength train on a regular basis. I just watch very little TV.
 
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