| > every one of those studies found greater longevity and fewer lifestyle diseases in endurance athletes than in speed or power athletes. Do share. I hope you know what I mean by observational and understand how it's a worthless way to develop understanding. It's for forming hypotheses. Resistance training reverses aging in muscles: http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchArticle.action?articleUR... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_ea... Short bursts of intense exercise every few days could dramatically cut the risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, according to an expert. "If we can get people in their 20s, 30s and 40s doing these exercises twice a week then it could have a very dramatic effect on the future prevalence of diabetes." Strong people live longest (I post this despite acknowledging it is also model derived garbage):
Jonatan R. Ruiz and his co-authors tested more than 8,000 subjects aged 20 to 80 for muscular strength. They grouped individuals into three categories of strength and found that the age-adjusted risk of cancer was 17.5 per thousand in the weakest group, 11.0 in the middle group, and 10.3 in the strongest group. The weaker groups also had higher blood pressure, higher cholesterol, more cardiovascular disease, and more of them had diabetes. (Cancer Epidemiological Biomarkers Prevention 2009;18(5):1468–76). >the actual study behind your NYT link paints a different picture than the NYT article did No, it incidentally raised a question, just as the previous link about heart rhythm problems in cyclists raised a much more strongly indicated question about exercise induced damage. |