You know,

It's been a very interesting afternoon and evening; and I have you, Built, to thank for it! You piqued my interest in finding out more about it.

I now I know that there many more ways to go about reshaping the body and they don't have to be about physical-fitness training.

Your comments about creating an inefficient bodily metabolism, and how it can be particularly useful for women has also led me to some newer understandings. Until now, I've always trained toward efficiency.

Cortisol sounds like a great marker. My reading about it also may explain why some people may get injured more often and may become more sickly when doing certain physical activity. It also may explain why some people, myself included, experience better health, get injured less, and become less sickly when engaging in the same activity in a different way.

I don't know if I will ever change over to your camp or not; but it is great to have a better understanding of it. Who knows, I might even order Rob's book.....

J.