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Long distance runners live shorter lives?
fleetzz
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http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/03/running-more-may-not-help-you-live-longer/?hpt=hp_t3
Would be interested in more studies that can answer "why?" And can this study be replicated with the same results?
Would be interested in more studies that can answer "why?" And can this study be replicated with the same results?
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We have already been over this. It's total bull**** based on one flawed study that some nimrod decides to trot out about every 6 months.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1240394-long-distance-shorter-life0 -
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25480683/study-suggests-too-much-exercise-might-not-be
This one is interesting as well = ) :smokin:0 -
This "study" is not a study. It is a survey. (The researchers simply had a webpage where runners could post answers to some questions.) Surveys might be a fair gauge of who is going to win an election. But they are far too fraught with problems to either identify a possible medical problem or to detect the kind of minor difference there might be in life-expectancy, even for something as dangerous as, say, cigarette smoking, let alone running.
I know many, many, ripe, old runners. And, I have never heard that former professional soccer players keel over at a young age.
Seems kinda unlikely, this finding.0 -
No idea about whether running causes a shorter life or not, the fact is I love running, therefore I will run. The end.0
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