Thanks to an alert reader of the blog in Toronto we have a well-researched article on exercise-related deaths from Men’s Heatlh.
It adds new statistics and explanations for the benefits and risks of exercise. As with nearly everything in human physiology, there is an increasing, but concave, benefits curve; the benefits of exercise rise, reach a peak, and then decline. There is an optimum or a range of optima; to be below or above the optimum range is harmful. Exercise beyond the optimal region is destructive and dangerous. 6 METS is a good upper limit for continuing activity. One can hit 8 or even 12 METS briefly in weight training. The hormesis concept tells us that these very brief stresses make us more able to tolerate the real stresses that life brings.
Weight lifting shines for its benefits and low risk. Running can be truly dangeous. Other aerobic endurance activities share the risks of excessive running.
Thanks to an alert reader of the blog in Toronto we have a well-researched article on exercise-related deaths from Men’s Heatlh.
It adds new statistics and explanations for the benefits and risks of exercise. As with nearly everything in human physiology, there is an increasing, but concave, benefits curve; the benefits of exercise rise, reach a peak, and then decline. There is an optimum or a range of optima; to be below or above the optimum range is harmful. Exercise beyond the optimal region is destructive and dangerous. 6 METS is a good upper limit for continuing activity. One can hit 8 or even 12 METS briefly in weight training. The hormesis concept tells us that these very brief stresses make us more able to tolerate the real stresses that life brings.
Weight lifting shines for its benefits and low risk. Running can be truly dangeous. Other aerobic endurance activities share the risks of excessive running.