You Were Born to Run

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

For decades, some researchers have argued that the notable human capacity for endurance evolved from the hunting practices of our ancestors, which produced physiological adaptations that make us uniquely well suited for running.

But this theory has always had its detractors.

As my guest explains, a new study addresses these long-standing criticisms and adds evidence that, indeed, we were all born to run.

Alex Hutchinson is a journalist who covers the science of endurance and fitness, and today on the show, he explains what those criticisms were and how this new research counters them. We talk about the role running held amongst peoples of the past, how running is not only primal but cultural and even spiritual, and why we continue to run today, even though we’re not hunting for food. And we discuss how, even if we are born to run, that doesn’t mean everyone will always enjoy running all of the time, and how to get into running if you’re someone who doesn’t feel an innate desire for it.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness
0:10.2	Podcast for decades some researchers have argued that the notable human capacity on the adaptations that make us uniquely well suited for running. But this theory has always
0:24.6	had its detractors. As my guest explains, a new study addresses these long-standing
0:29.2	criticisms and adds evidence that, indeed we were all born to run.
0:34.4	Alex Hutchinson is a journalist who covers the science of endurance and fitness,
0:38.0	and today on the show, he explains what those criticisms were
0:41.2	and how this new research counters them. We talk about the role
0:44.0	running held amongst peoples of the past, how running is not only primal but cultural and
0:48.6	even spiritual, and why we continue to run today even though we're not hunting for food and we discuss
0:54.2	how even if we are born to run that doesn't mean everyone will always enjoy
0:58.2	running all the time and how to get into running if you're someone who doesn't
1:01.8	feel an innate desire for it.
1:03.2	Out of the show is over check at our show notes at a whim... I. S. Born to Run. All right, it's great to be here.
1:20.0	All right, Alex Hutcherson, welcome back to the show. Thanks a lot, Brad.
1:21.0	It's great to be here.
1:22.0	So you are a sports science writer you write over there at
1:24.3	Outside Online and you recently written about a study that's come out on why humans run. So we're talking jogging but also just running in general. Before we
1:37.0	get to the study let's just talk about human running. What makes human
1:40.4	running different from how other animals run besides the fact that we're
1:44.3	bipedal. Yeah I think the most obvious thing is that we do it when nobody's chasing
1:49.7	us and also when we're not chasing anybody else.
1:52.6	So I think that's the sort of starting point is that we run for the fun of it.
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