#25 - Herman's theory that exercise doesn't affect body weight with Dr Herman Pontzer

[@billsharer1876]

Based on what I've read and watched, and personal experience, I do believe weight responds way more to diet than exercise. I think he's spot on for most people in their day to day lives. You literally need to push the envelope to through diet and exercise to gain muscle. His book. "Burn" is an interesting read.

[@geoffbowling757]

Don't completely agree with his hypothesis but it does explain why many struggle initially. Something we'd call "set point theory" back in the day

[@MD-ib4ix]

Interesting

[@elyseplays912]

My 30 yrs of fell running suggest this is crap. Exercise definitely burns calories, for me at least. No amount of compensation elsewhere in the body will account for a 2hr run or 20+miles a week.

[@Bb5y]

The questions in this podcast were poor and came from a lack of understanding about what the constrained model of energy expenditure hypothesis is actually saying.

[@nech060404]

BS 😂