[NathanielK]

Why? Exerting yourself and pumping out the watts forces your body to adapt to that and become stronger. Certainly better than being "efficient" and letting your body adapt to being sedentary.

[stavros]

Imagine eating French fries all day and then exercising to burn the calories. It would be better to not eat them in the first place.

[BizarroLand]

Imagine thinking that human bodies are CICO machines with no other function or utility

[stavros]

Imagine not being able to comprehend the sentence "if you were planning on exercising just to burn calories, just don't eat them in the first place."

[BizarroLand]

Imagine continuing the argument when you've been repeatedly, definitively, and elaborately told you're missing the point

[stavros]

Yes, apparently I'm missing the point I made myself.