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sekai_no_kami t1_iwd6mmk wrote

It's not all roses, there is this to consider as well

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1119king t1_iwdnle8 wrote

Yes, but hitting that end of the spectrum is something that only a very small portion of people will do, and even those negative health outcomes are minor compared to those from living a sedentary lifestyle. Unless you're training for extreme distances, there's practically only benefits for aerobic exercise.

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ginrumryeale t1_iwh9gae wrote

Good point. We have a tendency to believe that if some is good, more must be better, but the body (and biological systems in general) often do not work that way.

There's often a dose-dependent response, where a low level (or zero) is harmful/deficient, some moderate value is increasingly optimal until a point is reached where additional produces no effect and eventually becomes harmful.

A lot of people who live to be 100 merely had active lifestyles, but weren't athletes or preoccupied with fitness.

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