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Fitness

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zone 2 exercise has never been shown to improve anything in a controlled study better than going vegan

in fact, going vegan having drastic health benefits has more solid research than zone 2 workouts, when compared side by side

but yeah

keep sweating that sweat and negating this by eating a steak

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I doubt veganism gives you increased density of capillaries, aerobic enzymes, and mitochondria i.e. the performance-based reasons people do aerobic running. It also doesn't give you a daily dose of meditation and endorphins which are another reason we do it for our mental health.

Just because performance benefits of zone 2 training aren't scientifically proven, doesn't mean they don't exist. Science lags decades behind what coaches and athletes empirically know, because exercise science is a tiny niche. When someone wins a competitive marathon or bike races without zone 2 training, we'll notice

i never said you shouldn't exercise, it's the zone 2 training has no advantages over usual consistent training