Posted on 01/27/2022 2:45:26 PM PST by ConservativeMind
If everyone between 40 and 85 years of age were active just 10 minutes more a day, it could save more than 110,000 U.S. lives a year, a large study reports.
"Our projections are based on an additional 10 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity," said lead researcher Pedro Saint-Maurice of the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch at the U.S. National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. "If the walk is brisk, it counts."
And added exercise benefits everyone—white, Black, Asian and Hispanic, men and women, the investigators found.
For the study, the researchers examined data from more than 4,800 middle-aged and elderly adults who were part of a government health and nutrition study between 2003 and 2006. For seven days, participants wore monitors to record their activity. The researchers then combed nationwide death data to see how many had died by the end of 2015.
The upshot: Exercise paid off big time.
Adding 10 minutes of exercise lowered participants' risk of death over the period by 7%; 20 extra minutes reduced risk by 13%; and an extra half-hour of moderate to vigorous activity slashed the risk of death by 17%, the findings showed.
In other words, an extra 20 minutes of exercise could prevent nearly 210,000 deaths a year, and 30 more minutes could head off more than 270,000 deaths, the study authors said.
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Doin the best I can with my COVID-impaired body (day 37)! Still doing some weights and walking but hope to be back to running and biking by summer...
Whenever I get the urge to exercise I lay down until it goes away.
Lets seeeee.....that would equal about three times around the sack a day with the current Miss AZ Joe. Can’t wait to tell her the good news.
Just stick it in the room with the TV, and jog on the thing while watching whatever you want.
It's more effective than many other forms of exercise.
Yup. Every day for me.
Sounds great. I love it!
If I play with the cats an extra 10 minutes a day, does that count?
People interpret it to mean what they want.
An ordinary, ambling walk of 3 mph does not cut it. 3.5 mph minimum to count as "brisk".
Do not let that discourage you. Everyone has to start somewhere. Even if you only start at 2 mph, keep at it, and your speed will improve.
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Is it a mini trampoline or a little different?
My doctor recommended that to me. So we bought a house one mile away from our new church, and I walk to Mass 3-4 days a week @ 6:00 AM. That’s about enough for me.
Translated:
The ‘lockdowns’ were responsible for 220,000 lives lost, not including those they murdered by restricting treatments.
So if I am obese, I am more likely to get sick from covid. If I exercise after the jab, I am more likely to get a heart attack.
Darn…
Mini trampoline. I got the one that doesn't fold.
Theirs works. I tried a WalMart one. It had almost no resiliency and caused ankle pain immediately.
In this case, you get what you pay for.
I have nothing to do with the company other than using the thing.
That’s the best policy. Some dessert before I lay down helps to get a better sleep.
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