Study was focused on what happens when you don't exercise, but also showed that you can't exercise too much.
https://bgr.com/2018/10/19/exercise-health-study-smoking-cardiovascular-disease/
Study was focused on what happens when you don't exercise, but also showed that you can't exercise too much.
https://bgr.com/2018/10/19/exercise-health-study-smoking-cardiovascular-disease/
You CAN actually exercise too much (most of us diehards on here have done it at some point), but the chances of the average reader overtraining are zilch. Poor-quality training (too hard, too soon, no patience) ....definitely the status quo.
200 miles a week isn't too much?
Triples are ok?
Sand Dunes wrote:
200 miles a week isn't too much?
Triples are ok?
200 miles a week? You must be a hobby walker. Nothing less than 999 miles a week for me.
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Sand Dunes wrote:
200 miles a week isn't too much?
Triples are ok?
200 miles a week? You must be a hobby walker. Nothing less than 999 miles a week for me.
You would be much better at 666, with lots of injections and drip IVs.
I thought runners would be all over this study. Something to back up our running addiction.
The only way a person could over-exercise is if they were grinding at a really high level. This study was a random sample of patients. I'm sure that many of them would balk at the prospect of 50 MPW, much less 100+. The conclusions of this study can only really apply to the population of the study-so normal, partially to mostly sedentary folks (there were data points for very active people but that only kicked in at the 75th-percentile, so it's safe to assume that 75% of the sample of ~122,000 people would be hobbyjogger-level at best).
The only way to really come to a conclusion about overtraining would be to have a similar study exclusive to those that undergo the elite-level training. Of course, it would be pretty difficult to get a good sample going for this so I don't think that's a feasible study.
Basically-the study is probably true for normal folk-but it is not an accurate perspective as to the real physical limits of the human body.
If you actually read the article, it doesn't say there's no such thing as too much exercise, though that's what most of the news stories of it say. What the article says is that there doesn't appear to be an upper limit to the benefits of exercise.
Then there is that cardiologist who says anything over 30km is deadly for the heart.
Don't know what to believe!
Why does anyone read these "studies"? They do not apply to those of us that are beyond jogging around to lose a few lbs.
Anyone that is really into any form of exercise or athletics has had that conversation with someone that thinks they're really putting a lot in when they go to the gym for 1 hr 3x in a week. That is totally fine and certainly MUCH better than to NOT do it, but if you are fully invested in running, or weight lifting, rock climbing... whatever... you are logging some TIME.
Studies like this do not apply to you.
Studies are fake news.
I hate when they're brought up. Half the time they can't be replicated or are statistically irrelevant, and even when they're fine most people don't know how to interpret them. I think it's very irresponsible of news organizations to report "a new find from a groundbreaking study." Usually the article's writer doesn't get it right, let alone the reader.
EZ10Miler wrote:
Why does anyone read these "studies"? They do not apply to those of us that are beyond jogging around to lose a few lbs.
Anyone that is really into any form of exercise or athletics has had that conversation with someone that thinks they're really putting a lot in when they go to the gym for 1 hr 3x in a week. That is totally fine and certainly MUCH better than to NOT do it, but if you are fully invested in running, or weight lifting, rock climbing... whatever... you are logging some TIME.
Studies like this do not apply to you.
Why did you put studies in quotation marks?
Here is another article that does a better job explaining both sides:
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/22/health/longevity-exercise-jampolis/index.html
Why not many replies wrote:
I thought runners would be all over this study. Something to back up our running addiction.
It seems to me that a lot of runners actually don't like to run all that much and actually prefer studies telling you to limit how much running you do.
You can certainly lift too much weight:
YMMV wrote:
You CAN actually exercise too much (most of us diehards on here have done it at some point), but the chances of the average reader overtraining are zilch. Poor-quality training (too hard, too soon, no patience) ....definitely the status quo.
Almost always overdone on intensity, or because the exercise is too repetitive, or a combination. Of course, there is a limit due to sleep needs , or other things including injury or strain, but most of us could have exercised a lot more than we did before the times we overdid it if we varied it up or did less intensity.
Sand Dunes wrote:
200 miles a week isn't too much?
Triples are ok?
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YMMV wrote:
You CAN actually exercise too much (most of us diehards on here have done it at some point), but the chances of the average reader overtraining are zilch. Poor-quality training (too hard, too soon, no patience) ....definitely the status quo.
Doesn't say you won't get injured or burnt out, just that it does not increase the likelihood you will die an early death .