Too Much Exercise May Not Be Better Than a Sedentary Lifestyle

jones_supa writes: The importance of exercise has been arriving in spades for geek culture. However, when approaching extremes, a point is reached where vigorous jogging erodes some of the benefits light jogging has over a sedentary lifestyle. "Long-term excessive exercise may be associated with coronary artery calcification, diastolic dysfunction and large artery wall stiffening," wrote lead author Peter Schnohr of Copenhagen's Frederiksberg Hospital in a Danish study (abstract). Although previous research has found that physically active people have at least a 30% lower risk of death compared with inactive people, the ideal amount of exercise remains somewhat uncertain. In this study, strenuous joggers — people who ran faster than 11 km/h for more than 4 hours a week; or who ran faster than 11 km/h for more than 2.5 hours a week with a frequency of more than three times a week — had a mortality rate that is not statistically different from that of the sedentary group. Medical journalist Larry Husten notes that this study, while interesting, should not be taken as the final word on the subject.

Comments

The biggest failure of science:

[netsavior]

Everything ever about diet and exercise.

I guess we need to rehash this?

Re:The biggest failure of science:

[Jeremi]

Runners High... It's like Heroin. They are no different than junkies.

They don't steal your television to fund their habit, so that's one difference.

Re:The biggest failure of science:

[YrWrstNtmr]

Have you seen the price of running shoes?

Holy shit

[OrangeTide]

You mean there is nothing I can do to live forever?!

Obviously

[Kohlrabi82]

To quote Stephen Fry:

"Of course 'too much' bad for you. 'Too much' of anything is bad for you, you blithering twat. That's what 'too much' means. 'Too much' water would be bad for you. Obviously 'too much' is precisely that quantity which is excessive. That's what it means. Jesus!"

Re:Moderation

[Tyler Durden]

"Is it true that you smoke eight to ten cigars a day?"
"That's true."
"Is it true that you drink five martinis a day?"
"That's true."
"Is it true that you still surround yourself with beautiful young women?"
"That's true."
"What does your doctor say about all of this?"
"My doctor is dead."

- An interview with George Burns

Re:Jogging sucks

[Dogtanian]

Lifting weights is incredibly boring. Ride your bike :)

Jaws was never your scene, and you don't like Star Wars then?