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“I consider the human body a machine.” That analogy is as useful today as when Rene Descartes first expressed it in the 17th century. Our bodies generate energy by oxidizing food, and in the process emit carbon dioxide and other waste products. The eyes and ears and other sensory devices provide a central computer, the brain, with information that is selectively stored or ignored or acted upon. The machines of action are the muscles and, when properly guided by the brain, they can wink an eye or run a marathon or sing a song.
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Winter, J. (1991). The Training Effect. In: True Nutrition, True Fitness. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0479-4_19
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