On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Charles Alban wrote:

> The native paleo indians that lived here in California certainly did do
> weight training. They competed to see who could carry the heaviest rock. They
> took their health seriously.

There's a differenbetween weight training and bodybuilding, which
is what the original comment was about.  Bodybuilding involves
creating a metabolically expensive physique, for aesthetic
reasons.  Many bodybuilders will willingly forfeit health
considerations, if necessary, to do it.  There is a trade-off
between things such as strength, size, form, speed, and metabolic
expensiveness.  Bodybuilders emphasize size and form.  This is
probably not something that paleo people would have done.

Todd Moody
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