2% With Michael Easter The Comfort Crisis: Physical Activity
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Feb 12, 2025 Explore the alarming decline in human physical activity from pre-Industrial times to today. Discover eye-opening statistics on how much less we move now and the serious health consequences of this trend, including obesity. Delve into a fascinating study comparing modern workers to 18th-century settlers and learn from the Hadza tribe's active lifestyle. Michael shares practical tips to help combat this drop in activity and inspire a more active life!
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Amanda Orson's Farm Fitness
- Michael Easter shares a Twitter exchange with Amanda Orson, who lives and works on a farm in Amish country.
- Her farm chores have made her the fittest she's been in years, highlighting physical labor's fitness benefits.
The Drop in Human Activity
- Humans walked about 10 miles daily before the Industrial Revolution compared to 2.5 miles today, a fourfold decrease.
- A study with actors living like 1700s settlers showed they were 2.3 times more active than modern workers.
Hadza Activity Compared to Americans
- The Hadza hunter-gatherers are 14 times more physically active than Americans.
- This highlights that modern sedentary lifestyles are drastically different from historical human activity patterns.
