Rethinking Fitness: Beyond Endurance Running

This chapter reflects on the speaker's transition from a successful endurance runner to embracing a more holistic approach to fitness, emphasizing strength training and functional movement. It challenges the common belief that running is an effective weight loss strategy while presenting evidence of high injury rates and advocating for walking and strength exercises instead. The discussion also highlights the detrimental impacts of modern running shoes on biomechanics and underscores the importance of aligning fitness practices with our evolutionary heritage.