Remember Jim Fixx? I’m beginning to think my couch potato exercise routine (pass the chips) may be the better way to go.
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Jim Fixx? I prefer to remember Karl Wallenda.
I always liked Jim Fixx. Before he started running he was up to 240 pounds (from 170.) He also smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. He did quit smoking when he started running. Fixx made a big mistake in that he thought running would cover all the sins of a poor diet and previous years of smoking. He had roughly 90% blockage of his arteries when he died, and supposedly ignored some chest pains. According to his autopsy, he had several heart attacks that he ignored prior to the one that killed him. He also was going through a divorce and was stressed out.
His dad died of a heart attack at 43 after having had one at 35, so he had genetics and diet working against him.
One thing, though, overdoing can be as bad as not doing at all. I know of quite a few people who have done permanent damage to themselves exercising.
Reasonable exercise, reasonable diet, get checked medically.
Fixx got me into running, which is still my favorite exercise. He made some errors that contributed to his death, but was a good guy, overall.