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The L.E.A.P. PodcastAuthor: John Tarr
I talk with teachers, coaches, artists and authors about Leaning, Exploring, Awakening and Playing, and how we can improve our health and well-being as well as advance the evolution of humanity for ourselves and our children. Language: en Genres: Alternative Health, Health & Fitness Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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LEAP 2 With Edward Yu: The Mass Psychology of Fittism
Saturday, 17 December, 2016
Dear listeners, I hope your year is coming to a meaningful close in spite of the craziness that often accompanies the holiday seasons and new year. Before you make those “New Year’s Resolutions” to get in shape in 2017, you may want to listen to this interview with Edward Yu. In this podcast, I interview Edward Yu, author of “The Art of Slowing Down” and “The Mass Psychology of Fititsm.” We talk about the latter, his latest book, which delves into how many of our ideas about post modern fitness are based on: the first and second laws of thermodynamics, are inhuman or even inhumane, and very, very outdated. We also talk about how fitness can be life enhancing if it includes learning and growth rather than just counting repetitions, weight or distance. What might you do differently than going to one of those gyms that has rows of shiny machines, innumerable treadmills and TV screens above each one? Listen and find out. And by the way, did you know that the treadmill was originally used as a means of punishing prisoners in England? We talk about that as well. I hope you enjoy our conversation and share this with your friends on social media or wherever you hangout in the virtual world. We talk about how modern fitness: is based on the steam engine and 1st law of thermal dynamics. can dumb down our sensory motor intelligence is reductionistic is de-humanizing is divorced from the word fitness is corporate based is a form of meritocracy In the podcast, Edward mentions the book, "Awareness Through Movement" by Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. You can find out more about Edward at The Art of Slowing Down And find his books from AchievingExcellence.com: The Art of Slowing Down The Mass Psychology of Fittism All the best for the coming New Year, John
