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That’s awesome! The benefits of exercise against aging, mental illness, etc are numerous and well documented. Everybody should do it.
If that was true athletes would be the youngest, mentally healthiest, and in many other ways better than average. But that's not the case if you look at them. My guess exercise is beneficial only to some level, after that it has a big toll on everything. Including IQ, mental and general health, and so on.
Can exercise make the face look younger? Or the body? Is exercise the best makeup? ;-)
There seems to be abundant evidence that exercise is often the best solution for any number of things. The problem is that doing it sucks.
Downside is there is a fairly steep learning curve to use them without injury.
Neat study, but I always chuckle at these, because has there ever been verified science that shows exercise is unhealthy ? (besides overtraining) The general consensus should just be exercising is good for you, that's it, done.
But I agree, it would be better if everyone exercised!
That’s awesome! The benefits of exercise against aging, mental illness, etc are numerous and well documented. Everybody should do it.
If that was true athletes would be the youngest, mentally healthiest, and in many other ways better than average. But that's not the case if you look at them. My guess exercise is beneficial only to some level, after that it has a big toll on everything. Including IQ, mental and general health, and so on.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00256...
Here's another study, although for some reason it's 95% male, it shows athletic men live an average 3.5 years longer. It also shows athletic women live 0.7 years less, but due to the low number of females in the study I wouldn't read much into that.
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There seems to be abundant evidence that exercise is often the best solution for any number of things. The problem is that doing it sucks.
Find a better way of exercising. There is something out there that suits, surely. Sometimes it’s just a step removed.
> brains that looked nearly a year younger Seems like a pretty small effect - if I'm 58 and I have the brain of a 57 year old, and to achieve that I did an entire year of exercise (as was done in this study) ... you'd have to evaluate it against many other things to decide if that was really the easiest way to achieve that result. I'm always suspicious of small effect sizes even when they are statistically significan…
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Running makes you look older, unfortunately.
Cycling too. The standard being 20kgs under weight, skin baked like old leather, and a previously broken collar bone. But, nothing beats it.
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Find a better way of exercising. There is something out there that suits, surely. Sometimes it’s just a step removed.
And importantly: stick with it for a few weeks before deciding whether you enjoy it. Virtually no one falls in love with the gym (or whatever fitness activity) the first time they walked in. Getting started isn't always fun. But over time it can become very rewarding.
I think this can be bad advice for people who may be predisposed to dislike exercise due to past experience or just straight up unfamiliarity.
More constructive is to think about what you don't enjoy about the activity and whether those are intrinsic qualities or can be changed. If they can be changed, change them.
Similarly, it's a good idea to think about things you know you enjoy that can be coupled with exercise. Add those things to your exercise environment to build up positive associations over time.
As a simple example: if you feel self-conscious about your body when you go to the gym you shouldn't try to just suffer through that feeling. Just workout somewhere where you don't feel self-conscious.
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Cycling too. The standard being 20kgs under weight, skin baked like old leather, and a previously broken collar bone. But, nothing beats it.
Wear sunscreen? It's necessary to not age fast if you go outside often. And moisturizer and retinol if you'd like too.
I try to go early.
Can exercise make the face look younger? Or the body? Is exercise the best makeup? ;-)
Running makes you look older, unfortunately.