If you exercise very intense, do you shorten your life?

[startootsie]

Is this true? Is stranious exercise make you not live as long?

I am very interested, and awaiting any info!

[RawChicky]

I sure hope not because I thrive on strenuous rock climbing

[spicyfull]

You got it waaaayyyyyyyyy mixed up. Its the other way around......

[sport]

Like anything else in life I think that overdoing it would shorten your life but some exercise is necessary. I think that flexability exercises are important.
Use it or loose it.

[Revvell]

Personally, my feeling is if one over extends one's self in any situation ~ exercise, work, food ~ nature will do something to let one know they have done so.

In the case of exercise, one will tend to hurt oneself. As far as shortening one's life, one has a better chance of doing that by not exercising.

Exercise and movement are the pumps for the lymph system. Without movement the lymph (garbage) stagnates and causes all kinds of interesting maladies.

Revvell

[Juicyfruit]

Like Revvell said, we have to have movemet for our lymph system. If you over do any thing it causes aging. Heavy exercising releases free radicals and these affect your organs. And the way to slow down aging is to reduce the introduction of free radicals. Our bodies cells are like money, the more we use them up, the faster they will run out. Wrong foods also cause free radicals. So the best way to age gracefully and live longer is to reduce free radicals in your diet and lifestyle. So eating a raw diet and exercise in moderation is good. :)

[startootsie]

Okay, thank you all!

Well, how come Gabriel Cousins says to eat a calorie restricted diet, because of free radicals?

[sport]

Okay, thank you all!

Well, how come Gabriel Cousins says to eat a calorie restricted diet, because of free radicals?
The calorie restricted diet is the only one that has been proven to extend life in animals but I do not think that it has been proven in humans but it is generally accepted that it is effective.

[rawfigure]

well if strenuous exercise shortens life...and restrictive calories lengthen it ...well then I equal Out to the same life span right ?

like Ying and Yang :rolleyes: .

I think it all works in unison, and in the end we all all appointed a time to be born and a time to die so just be the best, do the best while you are here !!

[sport]

we all all appointed a time to be born and a time to die so just be the best, do the best while you are here !!
Absolutly not. Our destiny is mostly in our own hands. If the above were true then nobody should ever be charged with murder.

[rawfigure]

Absolutly not. Our destiny is mostly in our own hands. If the above were true then nobody should ever be charged with murder.

thats a whole different topic, another thread that would be religious ...

I did not mean it to be a serious comment....we'll let it go. Sorry I offended you.

[sport]

my fault
I should have taken it in the direction that I originally intended which about the fact that we are responsible for our health but went off in a tangent and took a shortcut instead.
I am an idiot sometimes.

[Naiad]

I'll say this much... I used to go to the gym and do the elliptical for one hour at a very high speed, but, fairly low weight. I read alot about the oxidative stress of aerobics upon the body/weight training is better concept and decided to try going slower, but, with more weight.

The difference is incredible. I saw barely any results from over a year of the quick pace/low weight method and in a month combined with raw, I've gone from a size US 8 pant to a 6. More sweat pours off me after 30 minutes than with the previous, faster method.

I've basically traded stress for intensity and it's "working out" quite nicely :p :D

[sport]

We raw foodists seem to look to other animals similar to us for guidance regarding our diet so maybe we should do the same regarding exercise and motion.
Should we exercise to mimic the actions of chimpanzees in the wild or perhaps the actions that we would have to do if we were still living in the wild.
We would then be doing what our bodies were designed to do (says she sitting on her butt at the computer).

[greeninlosangeles]

I agree that if you do too hard or too much(like running marathon)-it is not good for you, just like with food. But too little does just the same.

[Lay-Lay]

I don't know should we experiment, LOL! Ok 100 of you do reallt hard workouts and 100 of you don't do any exercise. And 100 of us do somewhere in the middle and of course I am going to be in this category and we will all meet back here in lets say 30 years and we will see who is still alive....hehehe! I'm just kidding!

[eatyourbroccoli]

i read today in a cycling magazine at work that the harder one exercises, the more free radicals released. it was an article on why athletes need to incorporate organic fruits and veggies into their diet..and went on to say how this incorporation will provide the antioxidants necessary to control the free radicals released during intense work outs. so maybe thats what this info was based on?

buuuut..as fabulous raw-foodist, our intake of antioxidant-rich foods is astronomical (.....almost :p ).

so i wouldnt worry about it :)

[startootsie]

Okay, thank you! Balance, and more balance!

[veganman]

I think it has to do with enzymes. Exercise uses more enzymes, as does fever. Not a bad thing, but with enzyme-theory, the more you use, the sooner you age.

I watched THIS (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4744133085533483725&pr=goog-sl) video of Karen Sussman yesterday. She says a low metabolism is good. I am not sure where she is getting that info from, but it may be along the same lines....

[greeninlosangeles]

I think so too, because if you have low metabolism and eat little, then you support your life with less trouble for your organs to filter bad stuff out, less work for digestive system and less free radicals. Just makes sense to me... On the other hand, if you have slow metabolism, but overeat on SAD, then being overweight causes more problems...

[LeanAndHungry]

Giant tortoises on the Galapagos can live for 150 years. They definitely have a slow metabolism.

[startootsie]

Hmm...Thank you! Very interesting!

[L6A2N6]

Exercise makes you look younger, because it multiplies your skin cells and renews old ones, reaplcing them with new younger ones,
however
here's the theory:
if exercises increases your metabolism, and metabolism is the regeneration and increase of your cells, replacing old ones with new ones, wouldn't that mean that you're actually shortening your life span since you keep renewing and renewing yourself (and that cannot be an everlasting cycle!)

[L6A2N6]

I myself never overworked out, I did gradually increase my workout limits and tried running faster and quicker at times, however, I do have a friend, and when he and I used to work out, he would work out to the max. He'd sweat extreme and tremle after his workout. He would feel so weak he could lift up his arm and it would shake and tremble. That never happened to me, but then again, he had great results and he's a great and dedication guy, ; )

[startootsie]

Thank you for the advice! So does your guy friend look younger then he is?