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Exercise isn't natural - neither is being sedentary

Exercise isn't natural - neither is being sedentary

Humans were meant to move but not to be active for no reason.

When you study modern hunter-gatherer tribes, you see them sitting around a lot, doing nothing. They do move a lot, but that is because they have to. They are about as fit as modern people who exercise an hour a day.

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