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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
Does that mean that exercise is bad? I'd like to see the proven research on that before I give up my routine  |
It doesn't mean that all exercise is bad, within certain limits. We need to maintain good muscle tone and bone health etc.. But remember when athletes used to say, "no pain, no gain"? That's excessive and excessive, stressful, exercise can cause one to produce cortisol. So they may be doing more harm than good.
Speaking of research, I just did some. Sometimes, in order to illustrate a point, it helps to look for an exagerated example. So here's what I did: I just did an online search to find the average life expectancy of an elite athlete. The average elite athlete will die by the age of 67. That should tell you something about excessive exercising.
I once had an online chat with an elite athlete who was training for the olympics. She said she was burning between 6 and 7 thousand calories per day. That's not uncommon and it could be even higher for some athletes.
How about another statistic: NFL players have an average life expectancy of 58.
Let me know if you need more research and I'll see what I can do.