Re: Exercise myths

On Apr 2, 9:06 am, Michelle <miche...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/health/nutrition/27BestSIDE.html?_r=1&;
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March 27, 2008

Exercise Test: Truth or Myth?
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS

SOME exercise folklore, such as the runner¹s high, is eventually proved.
But far more common are the persistent myths, including the following
two.

If you¹re not sore the day after a workout, you didn¹t push yourself
hard enough.

Not true, said James Pivarnik, a kinesiology and epidemiology professor
at Michigan State University. ³Soreness usually comes when you¹ve laid
off for a while, or you¹re trying something different,² he said.
Consider this: Only a week after finishing a long-distance triathlon
quite comfortably, Dr. Pivarnik, then a postdoctorate fellow, played a
round of golf. ³The next day I was dying,² he said. ³I was more sore
after hitting the golf balls than after any training sessions or the
race.²

Fit people accustomed to a sport might not be sore, even after a tough
session, said Dr. Vonda Wright, an orthopedics professor at the
University of Pittsburgh, but ³their heart still gets a workout and they
improve.²

Running causes arthritis or damages knee cartilage.

³This is so crazy,² said Dr. Tim Church, director of preventative
medicine at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La.
³The data clearly shows that people who are physically active, whether
running or walking, have much better joints as they age.²

And yet, people often liken their knee cartilage to Michelins, telling
Dr. Church, ³It¹s like tires, you only have so many miles to go.²

In fact, Dr. Wright explained, the only research that ever looked at
running and cartilage found that elite runners who ignore injuries are
the ones whose miles saddle their knees with wear and tear. Not so with
average runners. ³That¹s not to say that runners don¹t get arthritis or
wear and tear,² she said. ³But continuing to run has never been proven
to make it worse.²

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13.1  Because I can

I still like to see medical research on olympians on their life
expectency, disease rates, ... arthritis etc. Should be easy to do as
most of them have detail medical history. Results should encourage
people to exercise and lose weight.
.

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