I just shared this with my brother, explaining that The Bioneer was responding to someone who had criticized his whole schtick:
I’m the first to admit that I don’t need to be able to climb a rope. Or sprint really fast. The average Joe just needs to be able to sit and type.
That’s why I coined the phrase “SuperFunctional.” I want to be able to do more stuff than is strictly necessary. Because it’s cool.
He called this “Larping as an Athlete.”
This is preposterous: I am larping as Batman!
Seriously, though. That’s what I’m doing.
Source: Functional Training is NOT a Waste of Time – A Defense – The Bioneer
My brother indicated that he understood, which made me think: We might all be happier if we thought of ourselves as larping at whatever we’re doing.
Best if we do it seriously.
Anybody who follows me knows that I’m all about fitness, gamification, and especially the intersection of fitness and gamification. Add to that a bit of program design, and I’m already patient zero for @TheBioneer’s latest video, even before thinking about larping.
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