The Selfish Gene as a Possible Driving Force Behind HIIT

J 2022

The Selfish Gene as a Possible Driving Force Behind HIIT

FLORIAN, Jan a Emanuel HURYCH

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Selfish Gene as a Possible Driving Force Behind HIIT

Autoři

FLORIAN, Jan a Emanuel HURYCH

Vydání

Studia sportiva, Brno, Fakulta sportovních studií MU, 2022, 1802-7679

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50902 Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Online dostupné číslo časopisu

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14510/22:00128713

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sportovních studií

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85151897297

Klíčová slova anglicky

selfish gene; High-Intensity Interval Training; replicators; vehicles

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 4. 8. 2023 11:16, Mgr. Pavlína Roučová, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a training method aimed at increasing the fitness of individuals. It is based on a combination of periods in which high-intensity alternate with low-intensity exercise or passive rest. The topic of this paper is a reflection on the benefits and risks of HIIT health use in recreational athletes. We investigate humans’ conscious and unconscious motivations for choosing this specific method in the philosophical discourse. Problem: HIIT is a method that, in some ways and with particular approaches, strongly reflects the imperative of the postmodern age - to get as much as possible, as quickly as possible. Martin Heidegger perceives three fundamental existentials in the context of temporality – historicity, everydayness, and within-time-ness. Here conscious motivation may be linked to the temporal characteristic of human being. As Richard Dawkins presents, unconscious motivation may be related to the application of the selfish gene theory. The philosophical approach to the problem: The Heideggerian concept of temporality leads us to research the authenticity and inauthenticity of the Dasein phenomenon. Some features of motivation for applying HIIT can be examined as inauthentic forms of being. In focusing on possible elements of unconscious motivation, the concept of evolutionary biology, namely Dawkins’s theory of the selfish gene, provides a unique platform. It is primarily (a human) effort to spread genes. Here, in connection with HIIT, we build on the concepts of replicator and vehicle and deal with the basic selection unit of evolution and its form. Conclusions: HIIT presents an exciting training method that is examined in the context of effectivity of sports training, social benefits, or health aspects. Here we would like to offer the HIIT concept as the reflection of philosophical (mainly ontological, partly ethical) discourse.

Citovat

FLORIAN, Jan a Emanuel HURYCH. The Selfish Gene as a Possible Driving Force Behind HIIT. Studia sportiva. Brno: Fakulta sportovních studií MU, 2022, roč. 16, č. 2, s. 158-166. ISSN 1802-7679.

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FLORIAN, Jan a Emanuel HURYCH. The Selfish Gene as a Possible Driving Force Behind HIIT. \textit{Studia sportiva}. Brno: Fakulta sportovních studií MU, 2022, roč.~16, č.~2, s.~158-166. ISSN~1802-7679.

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