Is exercise really good for you?

[gavroche]

My sister in law who lives in Australia , was telling my wife this morning of someone she knows who just collapsed and died , on his way to the golf club. He was only 57, had a bike ride before making his way to golf. Apparently, he also was " as fit as a fiddle".
Personally, I firmly believe that when your time is up, no matter how fit or unfit you are, your time is up. I ride my bike because I enjoy it and if it makes me live longer, then it is a bonus.

 

[andyfraser]

I agree. I've heard about a lot of fit people just dropping dead over the years. He may have been fit but obviously wasn't healthy. On the flip side, I see a lot of people about and wonder how they're still alive.

 

[JtB]

Having just received a pacemaker, I firmly believe my recovery is being aided by my fitness from cycling.

 

[Piemaster]

I always feel better after I stop exercising! In a good way though, endorphins and all that and I feel better and can cope with the job better, so for me, yes. And if I burn a few calories off I can eat more pies

 

[Drago]

Read an article the other day that excessive levels of cardio actually ages you quicker. There's so much guff out there its hard to know what to believe any more.

 

[derrick]

Every thing in moderation

 

[Markymark]

Seriously.

Fit people who eat healthily live longer. Not all but more.

Some fit people will die young. Some unhealthy will live a long time.

But overall more healthy people will live longer than unhealthy people.

To claim its a waste of time as one fit person died young is just silly.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Your body is like a car. Sometimes a car comes off the assembly line with all the components machined to perfect tolerances and provided the car isn't badly abused it will have a long and trouble free life, made even longer with correct servicing. If on the other hand you end up with a tea break special which has been poorly put together with ill matched parts it won't last very long no matter what you do. Regular servicing in that case will merely extend the life of the vehicle from short to not quite so short.

 

[400bhp]

Another pearl of wisdom from The Roche.

 

[cyberknight]

The could have had an underlying condition that his active lifestyle masked or what people close to him thought of as fit was based on the couch potato scale .
Either way its sad and RIP .

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Friend of the family died on Tuesday from a massive coronary after coming home from his weekly swimming session and complaining of feeling unwell. He was on the phone with the emergency services when it happened.

 

[TissoT]

Turn it around ... is doing no exercise bad for you ?
so doing exercise in moderation and eating The right foods must be a step in the right direction

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I do wonder about this myself. In all the years I didnt cycke and was putting on weight, I never had any life threatening episodes.
In the last year I have had two crashes that have been life threatening, I tore my lower aorta in the first and broke my neck in the second. If the adage when your time is up, its up is relevant, then it seems my time wasnt up! On the other hand I have just been in the wrong place at the wrong time but have been lucky with the outcome! (does that make me lucky or unlucky?)

 

[Peteaud]

Since i packed up smoking and got on a bike, i feel much better.

If that gives me a few more years before i croak, great, but i wont know anyhow.

 

[jazzkat]

If, but, maybe.......who knows, who cares.
Do what you enjoy, however you look at it life is too short.