Is Extreme Fitness Replacing Religion?

16 Oct 2014

Is Extreme Fitness Replacing Religion?

Extreme fitness programs have become a multi-billion dollar industry. What drives people to train like Navy SEALS? According to Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily, “longing for experience over what makes rational sense is a very real piece of what it means to be human”, and that longing for experience is reflected in the way Americans currently view religion.