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Study: Running 5 Minutes a Day Could Add Years to Your Life
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Posted on 08/03/2014 12:24:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: TalBlack

I think my 11 year old nephew might have gained 20 lbs this summer playing XBox


21 posted on 08/03/2014 1:08:49 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Good answer! I don't drink beer and with all the various torn cartilage , arthritic joints, pinched nerves and other stuff I have at 74 years old, I'll not be running.
22 posted on 08/03/2014 1:11:55 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: nightlight7
Typical junk science ...
Soooooo, you're the expert and we should just ignore the American College of Cardiology? I mean, WTF do they know?
Here's the report for anyone who's interested - but why bother, it's just "junk."
23 posted on 08/03/2014 1:17:44 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Ditter
The health Nazis don't want to hear it, but regardless of what they eat or what kind of exercise they do, they too will die one day.

Just like the shlub that only got his exercise from changing the channel on the TV while eating KFC.

/johnny

24 posted on 08/03/2014 1:24:19 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: nickcarraway

Does this mean that Jim Fixx would have died at 20 instead of 52 if he was not a runner?


25 posted on 08/03/2014 1:29:08 PM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: nickcarraway

26 posted on 08/03/2014 1:32:20 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I stopped reading when I got to the line that said they tested people from 18 to 100. I wonder how much exercise the 100 year olds got? I wonder if the 100 year olds could even roll over in bed. I think the more exercise you get the sooner your joints wear out and you have to get new ones.

I didn’t get my skeletal problems from sitting on the couch.


27 posted on 08/03/2014 1:49:09 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

Mine seem to have. Use or lose it also applies to bones and muscles.

You need SOME exercise.


28 posted on 08/03/2014 1:51:53 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL
I do get some exercise but I don't run anymore. Torn cartilage in my knee and arthritis in my hip took care of that.
29 posted on 08/03/2014 1:55:26 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ditter

walking is fine

running would hurt until I lose some more weight


30 posted on 08/03/2014 1:56:37 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: nickcarraway

I love the avalanche of excuses to not exercise at all.

5 minutes of semi-strenuous activity a day is just too much?

What about quality of life for your last 20 years? If you don’t move around, sometimes aggressively, you lose the ability to do so. Early. There’s a universe of difference between destroying your knees from running dozens of miles a week, and just running a little. The idea that working into a jog or light run for five minutes is somehow going to end your knees is garbage.

And if you ALREADY destroyed your knees or just refuse to get outside, there are elliptical running machines. I am a huge believer in these machines, especially learning how to use them WITHOUT the handles if you can. It works your core and balance while you get a wicked cardio workout FAST and without any knee impact.

Frankly, I think almost everyone should either own one or use one at the gym.


31 posted on 08/03/2014 1:57:39 PM PDT by Advil000
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To: nickcarraway
(Reaches weakly towards refrigerator)

"Pie..."

32 posted on 08/03/2014 1:58:01 PM PDT by SIDENET
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My grandfather commuted/worked until he was 92, and lived to be 94. He drank with others and smoked a pipe and cigarettes.

His “secret” was eating what he needed, and no more; tomatoes, lentils, an occasional steak, and what hosts served him when out for dinner — always in small portions. He ate very few carbohydrates; one small piece of toast with butter was about the most.

He lived long and healthy.


33 posted on 08/03/2014 2:09:27 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Well, if you are in Berlin, chances are she ate real food.

The chemical cocktails most Americans eat can't be adding years.

34 posted on 08/03/2014 2:18:45 PM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: GeronL

Oh No! Don’t tell me you are fat! I have mental image of you as being 6’3” and 220 pounds of solid muscle. Well you ruined that! :)


35 posted on 08/03/2014 2:19:54 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Advil000
I don't know how people do not get exercise. 3 days without some real vigorous activity and I get pretty miserable to be around.

Exercise and sunshine, both needed to keep me balanced.

36 posted on 08/03/2014 2:21:48 PM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: nickcarraway
running 5 minutes per day can reduce an individual’s risk of premature death by about 3 years.

Well, I'm now too old to die prematurely, so I guess I can skip the running now, too.

37 posted on 08/03/2014 2:24:35 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("The commenters are plenty but the thinkers are few." -- Walid Shoebat)
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To: nickcarraway

All and I mean ALL of the people I worked with in the 80’s and 90’s were runners. Most are on their second hip replacement and have enough knee jobs to start a Rockets squad. No thanks to running. Besides those extra years are on the crappy end of life.


38 posted on 08/03/2014 2:24:59 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Ditter

Unfortunately I am only 6’2” and a bit overweight but I always wondered how long it would take to lose it if I tried. Would it be worth a shot?

I blame it on me being a daydreamer. I’ll call it my “trade”. Daydreamer by Trade... heh. Gotta be a science fiction story in that.


39 posted on 08/03/2014 2:28:25 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: oh8eleven
Soooooo, you're the expert and we should just ignore the American College of Cardiology?

It doesn't matter who said 2+2=5, it remains invalid. See and think for yourself -- the study simply measured correlations on non-randomized samples (namely, the researchers didn't assign randomly half the subjects to the exercise group and and half to non-exercise, but subjects selected themselves for reasons beyond control and largely unknown to researchers).

Claiming causal relation between correlated variables on such samples is a junk science based on a logical fallacy as trivial as 2+2=5, no matter who claims it.

40 posted on 08/03/2014 2:28:30 PM PDT by nightlight7
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