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I'm not sure how I feel about this, talk about always getting mixed signals. Also, I've not seen the study but they've singled out jogging but I can't see how jogging would be any different to any other intense cardio type sport.

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Too much jogging may be as bad for you as not putting on your running shoes at all, a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology says.

Scientists studied more than 1,000 healthy joggers and non-joggers over a 12-year period.

Those who jogged at a steady pace for less than two and a half hours a week were least likely to die in this time.

But those who ran more than four hours a week or did no exercise had the highest death rates.

'Upper limit'
Analysing questionnaires filled out by all the people in the Danish study, scientists concluded the ideal pace was about 5mph (8km/h) and that it was best to jog no more than three times a week or for 2.5 hours in total.

People who jogged more intensively - particularly those who jogged more than three times a week or at a pace of more than 7mph - were as likely to die as those who did no exercise.

Researcher Jacob Louis Marott, from the Frederiksberg Hospital in Copenhagen, said: "You don't actually have to do that much to have a good impact on your health.

"And perhaps you shouldn't actually do too much.

"No exercise recommendations across the globe mention an upper limit for safe exercise, but perhaps there is one."

Scientists are not yet sure what is behind this trend - but they say changes to the heart during extreme exercise could contribute.

'Brisk walking'
In their report, they suggest: "Long-term strenuous endurance exercise may induce pathological structural remodelling of the heart and arteries."

Maureen Talbot, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study shows that you don't have to run marathons to keep your heart healthy.

"Light and moderate jogging was found to be more beneficial than being inactive or undertaking strenuous jogging, possibly adding years to your life.

"National guidelines recommend we do 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity a week.

"It may sound like a lot, but even brisk walking is good exercise. And if you're bit of a couch potato, this is a good place to start."

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Forgot to put the link in : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31095384
« Last Edit: February 05, 2015 by RedLeader »
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Re: Too much jogging 'as bad as no exercise at all'
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2015 »

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Re: Too much jogging 'as bad as no exercise at all'
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2015 »

Be careful on this one, as when you look into things you find the study is flawed. For a start they had a very small study group so it in now way works as a fair representation. I haven't bothered to look and see exactly who funded it, but with the amount of lay abouts jumping on this as justification for eating pizza on their arse all day, I would not be surprised if somewhere a fast food company had a hand in the finances. I'm curious though how they figure in the past 10,000 years we have made such a massive change in evolution. Since before then we were subsistence hunters, so we spent all day either running or walking from place to place.

I guess it is one of those things that always get twisted by those with a financial agenda, yes running 200k a week probably will raise your risk of heart attack higher than running 100k, but then apart from risks of knee injuries a runner will always suffer less overall health issues than a telly watching porker. I read a few articles on this story, then scoffed and stuck on my shoes to go out for a run, then woke up with a stinker head cold and figured the universe was having a feking joke on me.  ???
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