[ 💪🏽 ] 10 Things Humans Aren't Built to Do
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
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We explore a list of ten activities that we might not be naturally inclined to do as humans.
We talk about each of these activities, highlighting the contrast between our evolutionary past and modern lifestyle.
Topics include rigid work schedules, artificial environments, sedentary habits, and processed foods, raising questions about societal norms and their impact on well-being.
⌚ TIMECODE:
00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview
00:14 10 Things Humans Aren't Meant to Do
01:00 Work in Offices for Nine Hours a Day
06:43 Work 50 Weeks a Year for Two Weeks of Joy
09:20 Sitting for Most of the Day
13:47 Thanks to our Sponsors: SiPhox Health & Land Rover
16:27 The Impact of Artificial Light
21:06 Processed Food and Its Effects
24:10 The Importance of Sleep
25:42 Complacency and Purpose
29:39 Not Chasing Your Dreams
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❤️🔥 ABOUT THE SHOW
We answer listener questions about health, fitness, fulfillment, and what it takes to chase what truly matters. New episodes on Tuesdays & Fridays.
🤙 ABOUT US
📍 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.
📍 Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, writer, and podcaster. Find him on Instagram.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Chasing Excellence. |
| 0:03.4 | My name is Patrick Kermings. |
| 0:04.5 | As always, I'm here with Ben Bergeron. |
| 0:06.1 | Thank you as always for joining us. |
| 0:07.5 | How the heck are you Ben? |
| 0:09.2 | Doing so good, Patrick. |
| 0:10.8 | Thanks. |
| 0:11.8 | Good. Happy to hear that. |
| 0:14.0 | We've got this episode. |
| 0:15.1 | You posted something on social medias, |
| 0:17.5 | and it was just a list that you put together. |
| 0:19.3 | I think the header was like, humans aren't meant to. |
| 0:21.9 | And then you gave us 10 things humans are not meant to do so I thought |
| 0:24.8 | that'd be fun to have a chat on each one of these things and so I'm going to do a quick rundown of all |
| 0:28.8 | ten just so folks know what's coming and then we'll go back up to the top and spend a couple |
| 0:32.0 | minutes on each of these bullet points. |
| 0:33.4 | So here are your 10 things humans aren't meant to do. |
| 0:36.3 | Number one, work in offices for nine hours a day. |
| 0:38.8 | Number two, work 50 weeks a year for two weeks of joy. |
| 0:41.8 | Number three, sit for most of the day. Number four, be an artificial light. |
| 0:45.9 | Number five, watch Netflix. Number six, scroll on devices. Number seven, eat food that can sit on a shelf for months. |
| 0:52.0 | Number eight, be woken up by alarms. Number nine, be complacent, and number |
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