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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun May 14, 2017, 05:38 PM May 2017

Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body's 'finite' energy

By Rachael Rettner May 14 at 10:00 AM

President Trump reportedly eschews exercise because he believes it drains the body’s “finite” energy resources, but experts say this argument is flawed because the human body actually becomes stronger with exercise.

Trump’s views on exercise were mentioned in a New Yorker article this month and in “Trump Revealed,” The Washington Post’s 2016 biography of the president, which noted that Trump mostly gave up athletics after college because he “believed the human body was like a battery, with a finite amount of energy, which exercise only depleted.”

Exercise does deplete stores of glucose, glycogen and fats from the body’s tissues, but these fuels are restored when a person eats, said Michael Jonesco, a sports medicine and orthopedics specialist at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center.

Rather than thinking of energy stores as a battery, “a better analogy would be like the fire that you continue to fuel with more coal or wood,” Jonesco said. “You need to continue to add fuel, or your flame will die. This is true whether you exercise or not. .?.?. Simply by existing, we are burning energy.”

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Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body's 'finite' energy (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
He really is a fugging malaise May 2017 #1
Keep it up, Donald. ... defacto7 May 2017 #2
Comrade Casino* has to maintain his Precious Bodily Fluids Achilleaze May 2017 #3
giggle dawg May 2017 #6
"purity of essence", yes? dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #18
Don't get him started on.. Zoonart May 2017 #4
If only this dipshit would theaocp May 2017 #5
Breathing uses energy too, Donald. 50 Shades Of Blue May 2017 #7
Which is why his ass has blown up full CinemaScope. VOX May 2017 #8
Speaking of parasitic drain. Solly Mack May 2017 #9
Relax Don. Sit down. Take it easy. rickford66 May 2017 #10
You lost me at "Trump thinks..." n/t bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #11
Well, then, he should try to exercise as little as possible The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #12
Wonder how long Jack LaLanne woulda lived past 99 angstlessk May 2017 #13
The sloth's excuse for his sloth. moondust May 2017 #14
He has quite a bit... 3catwoman3 May 2017 #15
I'll File this in the "Good News" Binder Stallion May 2017 #16
What a whackadoodle. C_U_L8R May 2017 #17
Wtf uppityperson May 2017 #19
Please proceed, SCROTUS. tanyev May 2017 #20
Trump is a tremendous fat hog. he is not healthy. he should cut back the fat and should exercize trueblue2007 May 2017 #21
As a fitness fanatic, I can only say this to the shitgibbon: cwydro May 2017 #22

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
2. Keep it up, Donald. ...
Sun May 14, 2017, 05:46 PM
May 2017

I think you're on to something! I'm sure that because you are more advanced than the rest of us it works perfectly for you and your exquisite physique. This kind of intuitive thinking means great things for your future and those who think like you do. It should be good for us in the end as well.

theaocp

(4,237 posts)
5. If only this dipshit would
Sun May 14, 2017, 05:50 PM
May 2017

apply that "logic" to his brain and realize he used up its resources a long fucking time ago.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
8. Which is why his ass has blown up full CinemaScope.
Sun May 14, 2017, 06:06 PM
May 2017

Here's hoping it expands to the point that it consumes him entirely.

rickford66

(5,523 posts)
10. Relax Don. Sit down. Take it easy.
Sun May 14, 2017, 06:13 PM
May 2017

Why not treat yourself to some chips or ice cream. Just press the red button. Oh, and skip the Diet Coke. Go for the full sugar one.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,695 posts)
12. Well, then, he should try to exercise as little as possible
Sun May 14, 2017, 06:15 PM
May 2017

and restore his energy with lots of fried chicken, beautiful chocolate cake and double scoops of ice cream. We wouldn't want him to wear himself out!

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