Getting that exercise high
September 3, 2010 at 11:39 AM Leave a comment
In the future, we may have the option of doping up to help us enjoy exercise and want to be active. Researchers at University of California, Riverside conducted experiments on mice and found that mice they’d bred to be runners had offspring that became runners, which implies the baby mice inherited their running skills.
Which means that one day, we may be able to get a prescription to make us want to head to Spin class (and there’ll be no room for excuses). From one of the researchers: ”Down the road people could be treated pharmacologically for low activity levels through drugs that targeted specific genes that promote activity. Pharmacological interventions in the future could make it more pleasurable for people to engage in voluntary exercise. Such interventions could also make it less comfortable for people to sit still for long periods of time.”
Huh. Freaky.
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