Even people who were active for less than the recommended 150 minutes a week saw heart benefits
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from:msnbc.comMove it! Even a little exercise is good for you
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I've seen people around here use their cars to go from the house to the mail box at the end of their driveway (about 100-150 yards). They even start the car up and go back into the house for a minute so the AC has time to cool it down.
Guess who'll likely be paying for their bypass surgery? If you have medical insurance, you should have your hand raised.
What about the folks who circle in parking lots to find the parking place that will keep them from having to walk 50 yards??
Yeah, there is nothing like being stuck behind the idiot who has to wait for the guy who just got into his car and has not even put his key in the ignition to back out of the parking space right next to the store rather than taking the spot three cars away. Never mind that the idiot has three or four cars backed up behind him who merely want to get into the parking lot.
MyHealthNewsDaily Staff - would you please make this article more complete and a lot more useful by stating what is considered "exercise"? Recommended 150 minutes per week ... of what? cardio with high heart rate? Walking? Not too many people do 150 minutes per week of cardio, much less 300 minutes per week (for a 20 percent less risk of coronary disease).
Robert - studies that are compilations of previous studies are usually the most inaccurate and least reliable because there are so many inconsistencies in design among the studies. Control groups are not the same, etc. That's probably why no specific recommendations were provided...because the types of exercise in the previous 33 studies were not consistent. How can a recommendation be given when one study includes walking, a second includes jogging, and a third one includes step aerobics? These compilations are a waste of time and money, which is why the article is so vague.
300 minutes is alot of excercise, especially if it is something vigorous like running or swimming. At a 9 minute pace that is a little over 33 miles per week......the amt of running one would do if training for a marathon.
It is far better to run a marathon than to run down to the local funeral home;)
You got it...although I think half marathons are more fun...maybe im getting lazy.
It's not really marathon training, madness.
I used to run 4-5 miles a day, and at the end of the week I'd have somewhere between 30-35 miles logged, but in no way was I ever even close to "marathon" shape. More like 10k shape. To practice a marathon, I think you've gotta train a bit differently, like 10-10-10-off-20-off-off or something like that for a weekly routine. My brother has done a few marathons and he did that for like a month before doing the marathon. It's a lot of running.
Ive run a good handful of marathons. Usually training involves a day of speed work, a tempo run, an easy run day, and a long run. Thirty five mles a week will very largely get you toward a decent marathon time. the exception might be the three weeks that include long runs of 18 - 20 miles. Most people follow a twelve week training program.
I thought they said if you don't use it you lose it.
Not really new info. I was told the same thing 20 years ago by the local heart healthy folks.
It's not NEW news but a good review for all of us. So please don't be so sarcastic? Would be interesting to see where you fit into the whole picture. "Judge not lest ye be judged."
Another stream of data pulled from 30+ studies - manipulating data to prove something. Perhaps the individuals who exercise are more likely to eat better (i.e. less refined sugar and carbs). Exercise, especially at the rate the US Govt. now tells us we need daily, is not sustainable. At this rate, people in the US will need to exercise 5-6 hours a day in a couple years. The issue with heart disease is directly related to sucrose and fructose ingestion - which results in increase in VLDL.