The Workout Paradox, Explained

The Hadza tribe is 7x more active than the average American, yet they burn the same number of calories per day. How is this possible? Let’s break it down:

💡 About 70% of the calories you burn daily go to things you can’t control—like your heart beating and your immune system working. The rest, around 30%, is tied to movement and exercise. But here’s the twist:

🚴 The more you exercise, the more your body adapts to save energy. That’s why the Hadza, despite their high activity levels, don’t burn extra calories overall. And ever notice how after working out, you feel like moving less? That’s your brain conserving energy too!

🎯 Bottom line: Exercise is amazing for health but not a magic bullet for weight loss. Long-term results often come down to eating less—not easy, but backed by science.

[Ru-mklp]

Plateau-ing might not be the right wording as it implies it would be impossible to break this caloric limit. A fullday of cardio (have a look at triathletes) burns about 10k calories. Its not like you could defeat thermodynamics

[privatkanal]

Not eat less, eat fewer calories. don't eat less food and starve yourself, look for food that is low in calories but high in volume so u can feel satiated while still being in a caloric deficit.

[angusjohnsmith]

you know all tribes spend as much time sitting as possible right? they HAVE to conserve energy. they dont have the luxury of a shop full of food whenever they want

[lostman]

Easy
There minds don't consume that much