Surviving is exercise for a gorilla. They carry their mass around, climb with it, occasionally compete with other gorillas, etc.
It's also key to consider that they're genetically programmed to develop more muscle mass with relatively large amounts of rest and no need to explicitly work out. Humans have survived in less abundant conditions, with leaner times and lower energy requirements. We've adapted to sacrifice mass and strength at times. In order to develop strength, we need to do hard work. While we're remarkably similar to gorillas, this is one way in which we differ quite a bit.
> We've adapted to sacrifice mass and strength at times.
Can we please find a way to un-sacrifice mass, un-fit to survive in less abundant conditions? Right now, the food is so abundant it is actively killing us. But we are fat and not muscular.
Are we sentient species, after all?
I do not joke when I say it would be multiple Nobel prizes. Everybody will get around five quality-adjusted life years on average if you do it correctly.
Why is 500g of frozen pizza made up of modified starches and sugary sauce easier to eat and less filling than 500g of sourdough pizza of whole grains and real cheese/tomato
Maybe because our body is better equipped to register the calorie intake from the real food
It's also key to consider that they're genetically programmed to develop more muscle mass with relatively large amounts of rest and no need to explicitly work out. Humans have survived in less abundant conditions, with leaner times and lower energy requirements. We've adapted to sacrifice mass and strength at times. In order to develop strength, we need to do hard work. While we're remarkably similar to gorillas, this is one way in which we differ quite a bit.