Posted on 04/18/2017 12:59:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Running may take time but a new study claims that it can also add time to your life.
According to a new research study published in Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, for every hour you spend running, you add 7 hours to your life.
It’s 7 hours for every hour until you hit about the 3 years mark, then it caps off.
“You can break that up into two or three fifteen minute bouts of activity a day so it doesn’t have to be all at once,” said Dr. Bob Morrow, a board member with the American Heart Association in Houston.
Other exercises like cycling and walking are seen to extend life, too, but not as much as running.
The years added are seen regardless of health behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking, or even obesity.
“The benefits of exercise help everybody, certainly those that choose to make poor life decisions, whether they run or not, may have to deal with the consequences of those life style decisions,” said Dr. Morrow.
So when these researchers tell you to run for your life, they mean it.
Ah, but those added hours only come at the end.
It’s 7 hours for every hour until you hit about the 3 years mark, then it caps off.
Did the Army know what they did for me \o/
One marathon a week for eternal life.
Or kill me on the spot.
Not if you get hit by a truck.
The best part is that those last years are often going to be much healthier.
I mean we all die eventually, but the single biggest advantage of a good exercise regimen and balanced diet is in the enhanced QUALITY of life in those last few years that many people experience.
Cardio condition and muscle mass are sometimes the difference between barely shuffling behind a walker and being able to travel and enjoy this country and other parts of the world at the same age.
Yeah, but it also ruins your knees seven hours faster for every one hour you spend doing it. :)
Fixx was a 3 pack a day smoker before he started running, with congenital heart problems. He was the longest live male in his family for 3 generations. Running can only do so much.
Then the ferals in the ‘hood should outlive all of us
I’m already capped off so will never bother to run again.
RIP Jim
Junk science.
The human body was primarily designed to walk - not run, though it can do both.
It’s a whole lot healthier to take a brisk walk, once a day.
Sounds like the books he wrote may have killed thousands.
Source: Wiki
Life’ll kill ya.
-Warren Zevon
tell that to jim fixx’s family
Give it a think...
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