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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 11h \ parent \ on: Daily Accountability Thread HealthAndFitness
That's the most persuasive cold shower propaganda I've seen in a while.
Something to keep in mind is that, because WH is not a scientist, he's often right about his stuff, but for the wrong reason. š
I'm going off on a tangent now, but as an example, his explanation of his breathwork is not 100% scientifically sound, and that's because he does not seem to understand the physiological role of CO2. The critique is not mine, but has been made by at least two other people I know, who have a more solid scientific background.
That said, the man is undoubtedly very smart, and there's no amount of intellectual knowledge that will ever match his lived experience.
For someone who practices (and has occasionally taught) martial arts, I'm very well aware of the limitations of language when it comes to explain a lived experience happening inside ourselves, for others to replicate...
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I know what you mean. There were times in my martial arts training when our sifu, who was a year ahead of me in the physics program, would use qi to explain stuff we were doing because it mapped better onto the experience of the movements.
All models are wrong, but some models are useful.