It seems like it is harmful, with all the stess, and free radical production. For instance, marathoners get sick more often than 10Kers.
Where do you draw the line?
It seems like it is harmful, with all the stess, and free radical production. For instance, marathoners get sick more often than 10Kers.
Where do you draw the line?
Your guess is correct. Intense training long term does not confer any significant health benefits, compared with people who adopt a more measured, reasonable, approach to training.
In fact, intense training over a long period of time is not good for overall health, for several reasons.
1. Injuries are more likely to occur because of the intensity and repetitive trauma.
2. The body was not made to train intensely throughout the lifespan. Once a person hits 40 years and more, he/she would benefit more from a lower intensity sports schedule, encompassing different forms of cross training. Only running is not good.
3. Intense training over a long period of time can throw the body's metabolic system "out of whack" with corresponding eating disorders being the norm.
4. Intense training past a certain age can disrupt the sleep process, especially for those training intensely in the evenings. Often those who do that have trouble sleeping at night, but then wake up tired anyways.
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Umm... I'm 22 years old. Thanks anyway.