Most fitness advice is "how to not get fit, for people who don't want to get fit".
It's honestly not that hard once you treat physical health as being an _essential_ part of the human experience. It's not a chore, it's not a task, it's fundamentally important, it's what you are on this planet to do.
You "don't like it"? I'm sure you do loads of other things that you like even less (8 hour work day?) - society just supports those things more.
If someone told you that you could become a great chess player by playing 30 seconds a day would you buy it or would you think they were completely full of it?
> I'm sure you do loads of other things that you like even less (8 hour work day?) - society just supports those things more
Well, it does not merely supports those things. It almost coerces you into them. There are few ways to get enough money so you can live. I would not work the same 8h/days if I could.
> it's what you are on this planet to do
Not at all. I'm here for no reason. Now that I'm here, I'll optimize happiness while creating as little harm as possible to others.
Doing sports would at best be a means to this happiness if it helps me feel better, longer. Even knowing it is not quite enough to like it and be motivated to do it enough. I say this as someone who likes hiking, does most of their trips by bike, and runs regularly, as long as I'm not too tired and it's not extremely hot or cold outside.
I don't like practicing, and I won't lie to myself about it. I only do it because I believe it makes the rest of my life better. I guess considering it as essential helps indeed, but that's a very abstract idea, to be honest.
The threat of suffering and death are the threats used both to make you work for money, and to make you eat healthy and work out. However, the consequences of the former are much more imminent, while the consequences of the latter can take years to show up. Unfortunately, we find delayed reward or punishment to be a much weaker motivator.
The context of the article is that you should work out a little each day and is about advice on how to keep basic fitness. In that case, no, steroids do nothing for you. If you go ahead and take steroids and do your (from the article) “ Just lowering a heavy dumbbell slowly once or six times a day is enough.” nothing is going to be different.
Steroids are going to help ppl who need extreme performance.
I am a meat-based robot, and see exercise as a natural form of maintenance. The gym is my favorite physical activity, and I see it as performing physical upkeep on myself, to offset my hilariously sedentary lifestyle.
> I'm here for no reason. Now that I'm here, I'll optimize happiness while creating as little harm as possible to others.
Same, but I enjoy having my bodily maintenance, and the semi-sculpted look I've achieved. Different people will have different fitness goals.
Yes, that's advice for if you want to not get fit.
If you're happy (can have a good life) not being fit, you can just follow advice that will not make you fit.
If you're unhappy not being fit, then it is essential to fix that, because unless you are a depressive it is essential to fix any fixable issues that are making you unhappy.
It's honestly not that hard once you treat physical health as being an _essential_ part of the human experience. It's not a chore, it's not a task, it's fundamentally important, it's what you are on this planet to do.
You "don't like it"? I'm sure you do loads of other things that you like even less (8 hour work day?) - society just supports those things more.
If someone told you that you could become a great chess player by playing 30 seconds a day would you buy it or would you think they were completely full of it?