A Frightening Exercise

[Phillip V]

Sometimes when I am scared, my hearts beats rapidly. Theoretically, if I keep getting scared for 30 minutes, would that be a beneficial cardiovascular workout in any way?

[Valmy]

That is your fight or flight response.  Any benefits in increasing your heart rate are offset by your body doing things like shutting down your immune system to preserve energy for combat.

[crazy canuck]

Laughing gives more mileage then fright.

[The Brain]

I find katmai both amusing and terrifying.

[syk]

Doesn't work as people aren't able to be physically agitated by fear over a long time. The agitation simply drops after a while. That's how expositions for angst patients work.

[Admiral Yi]

I find katmai both amusing and terrifying.

Really only true at night.

[Ed Anger]

I find katmai both amusing and terrifying.

Really only true at night.

Or at cookouts. When attracted by the smell of food, Katmai raids the picnic area.

[garbon]

Stop getting scared?

[CountDeMoney]

Sometimes when I am scared, my hearts beats rapidly.

What the fuck are you getting scared about? What are you, an infant?

[Phillip V]

What the fuck are you getting scared about?

Your face.

[Queequeg]

Sometimes when I am scared, my hearts beats rapidly.

What the fuck are you getting scared about? What are you, an infant?

Is that "infant" bit a quote of something?

The only way I could think of being sufficiently freaked out is watching Blue Velvet or The Night of the Hunter on a few tabs of acid.  And the idea of using acid as an exercise (ie something supposed to make you more healthy) is a little weird. 

[jimmy olsen]

Sometimes when I am scared, my hearts beats rapidly. Theoretically, if I keep getting scared for 30 minutes, would that be a beneficial cardiovascular workout in any way?

I think you'd have to continuously be having worse experiences to remain frightened that long, otherwise you would adjust to the situation and become inured to the horror.

[CountDeMoney]

Is that "infant" bit a quote of something?

Yes. Galaxy Quest.

[jimmy olsen]

Is that "infant" bit a quote of something?

Yes. Galaxy Quest.

Never give up. Never surrender.

[citizen k]

And the idea of using acid as an exercise (ie something supposed to make you more healthy) is a little weird.

It was used in psychotherapeutic settings.