You can exercise yourself to death, says new study

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[Songcraft]

"I am in absolutely no danger of exercising myself to death. Whew!"

:-)

(That's funny!)

Leaving you personally completely aside for this comment I'm about to make, and just talking in very general terms here, I think that the only exercise many people get today is the thumb and finger exercise they get on their smartphones!

(And I think that a day will come when they will start getting painful cramps in their thumbs and fingers, as all that excessive thumb/finger exercise will start to catch up with them!)

[Songcraft]

He really was an obnoxious character, wasn't he?

       

[familyop]

Wow. Pure evil.

[familyop]

Jack LaLanne (September 26, 1914 — January 23, 2011)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne

[spokeshave]

You can wear out your organs by exercising too much. The body is a self-healing machine that wears down with age.

You may believe that,

In my case I was fit enough to get at truck drivers license at age 70

my last job was delivering propane which is more physical than sitting down driving.

When I quit 2 and a half years later I started weight lifting.

In another 2 and a half years my average bone density went up by 4%

I'll take that regeneration thank you very much.

The only problem I had was breaking the clutch linkage twice on my 78 Ford F100 (no power steering, brakes and manual transmission),,,I guess because my leg press is 370 pounds,

[gawatchman]

It increases the heart rate while exercising and shortly thereafter but exercises also increases cardio pulmonary output allowing the heart to pump more efficiently thereby reducing heart rate. So for 22 hours out of the day my heart rate is less than someone’s who doesn’t exercise.

[miniTAX]

“The heart has only so many beats. “

Very unlikely. The heart is a living organism, with self bulding, healing, and feedback. Exercising and stimulation do wonder to it, as to any other body parts, especially the bones. The article is about excessive (even additive) stimulation, which can be bad, a no-brainer.

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[neverevergiveup]

Not a very compelling study. This study wasn't set up to look at this, and this looks like retrospective database mining. First, ‘exercise’ can be many things, and self-reporting has lots of variability and holes. If someone only lifts weights, for instance, this is very different than aerobic cardio exercise. Also, there are lots of different factors involved in coronary calcification. Although it is a ‘marker’ of coronary disease, it isn't a definitive marker of obstructive coronary disease (e.g. an obstructive plaque in the artery). There are plenty of patients with extensive calcification of their arteries, but who have no obstructive plaques. The reverse is true as well.

Stay active, live your life. No one gets out alive.

[BlueDragon]

I think that the only exercise many people get today is the thumb and finger exercise they get on their smartphones!

There are other thumb and finger exercises that do not require smartphones (or dumb ones)

And I think that a day will come when they will start getting painful cramps in their thumbs and fingers, as all that excessive thumb/finger exercise will start to catch up with them!

That poor girl. I can hardly imagine the suffering she's in for. I must help her...

I know! -- I will train to become a masseuse! And for her -- wherever it hurts (or may be at risk to) I'll be willing to sacrifice my time (and all best effort --scout's honor I swear to it) to be at her service.

No, really guys. I got this one. Just, chill.

[Daffynition]

[FrdmLvr]

I’ve always believed that myself.