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by becuzThrowaway 1520 days ago
Dude, that study is _garbage_.

> The researchers analyzed health data from 1,104 active male firefighters collected from 2000 to 2010.

Active male firefighters? You mean people whose entire job is predicated upon physical strength? People for whom pushups are essentially an aerobic exercise? People who are in no way representative of the population at large???