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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Actually, the article doesn't really tell you anything. It doesn't say what kind of exercise.
It doesn't include physical labor. It's just kind of a blurb.
Terence57
Level 7
Mar 2, 2023
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I agree Terence. Like so many articles it is pretty much unsupported opinion, which is fine. It is their right. And it is my right to kind of make light of it.
My dad was an amazing athlete. Quarterback for the high school football team right through Captain of the local baseball team in his 40s. At 50 he had his first heart attack.
I don't really think we needed a study to prove that their is a relationship between stress and heart disease. Stress can be either emotional or physical but generally you will find that athlete types are "high strung", intense, emotional, aggressive, which combines emotional stress with physical stress. In males that means high levels of testosterone which is a anabolic steroid. "Anabolic steroid excess has been associated with development of a reversible dilated cardiomyopathy and potentially severe heart failure and sudden death." [academic.oup.com]
Based on personal experience I know that sporting dogs that are routinely engaged in "athletics" such as field trial Labrador Retrievers have significantly shorter life spans than their pet cousins. I have even lost pointers to heart attacks. Some of that is breeding as field trial dogs have got to be intense, driven. Plunging into ice cold water is stressful as is running at high speeds for hours in the case of pointers. But the psychology or motivation to do that has to be in their genes. Big hearts is an interesting colloquial analogy when associated with that "champion has heart".
"Good genes" is interestingly subjective because it is a case of good for what.
wolfhnd
Level 8
Mar 2, 2023
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As a former aerobic instructor in my youth, we had a saying:
"Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway."
But fitness junkies like me are still alive and kicking, and doing better than most at my age.
TimTuolomne
Level 9
Mar 2, 2023
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Yeah---I fit into the "not an elite athlete, but enviably fit and active my whole life" category.
I have seen people break down from too much exercise, but again, I don't know what this means in the article. Yeah, if you're putting in 8 hours a week doing anaerobic weights or some damn thing, you're going to slide down hill. But honestly, a well rounded program can be upwards of 10 hours a week and leave plenty of room for rest and body rebuilding.
Gotta pay attention to what you're actually doing and if you're benefiting from it.
It's the difference between doing something for yourself vs doing something TO yourself.
@Terence57 Well said Terence. My regimen is plenty and its only an hour a day. Took years of refining to get it there, but all the numbers speak for success, and I had enough time for everything else.
I get the obsessives, but I’m definitely not one on ‘em.
@TimTuolomne It can, and usually does, take years to assess your approach to regular physical activity---beyond which, as the years go by adjustments are in order.
My guess is that for someone who's been active most of their life, the assessment includes not only diminishment in measurable aspects, but the occasional surprise on the positive side.
Fact: Overall, I'm probably about 90% of where I was at 35. Nonetheless, there are a few areas which I've exceeded performance at that age. I should guess it has something to do with neuromuscular efficiencies and acquired life skills. The whole process fascinates me.
@Terence57 Yes, some surprises. I expected to not have the strength I did in my 20s, but lo and behold, it turns out to be possible. I work with 20 somethings, and when they need to lift something heavy, they call the "old man."
@TimTuolomne Boom!
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