RomeoStevens comments on Post Request Thread - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 11 April 2013 01:28AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 11 April 2013 05:46:55AM 22 points [-]

Exercise seems to be full of very-confidently-given advice not grounded in evidence. I am keen to have more energy for doing stuff and would love to know how to figure out what advice to follow.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 11 April 2013 07:38:16AM 9 points [-]

The state of exercise science is absolutely deplorable. You're stuck with what coaches who train athletes say after having trained lots of people.

Comment author: gyokuro 12 April 2013 12:52:52AM 4 points [-]

Similar for music and other arts. Despite the lack of science, the successful teachers tend to produce the best students (or they wouldn't be successful). Yes, this forces each new teacher to start from scratch, but old, good teachers should be fairly trustworthy after years of internalized, natural experiments.