Could exercise actually be bad for some healthy people? A well-known group of researchers, including one who helped write the scientific paper justifying national guidelines that promote exercise for all, say the answer may be a qualified yes. By analyzing data from six rigorous exercise studies involving 1,687 people, the group found that about 10 percent actually got worse on at least one of the measures related to heart disease: blood pressure and levels of insulin, HDL cholesterol or triglycerides. About 7 percent got worse on at least two measures. And the researchers say they do not know why. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/can-exercise-be-bad-for-you/?hp
Honest question: Is exercising at night time really that bad for the heart? I knew a few people that has passed away and they used to play sports during the night time. People told me that was the reason. Something about the air isn't healthy at night. If yes, does playing indoors and outdoors at night have any effect?
Thats the thing about always being a sarcastic poster like jontro and brighside, you think they are being sarcastic even when they start off the post with honest question... I've never heard that, but I seem to catch a cold or a virus when I go jogging at night. The next morning my chest hurts and I feel sharp pains. My nose is runny and my throat is sore. I don't have this problem when I go to the gym. Could it be all of the pollution in Houston and that its bad to exercise in some areas?
Since starting Insanity and regular exercise again last November, I am in good shape. I've lost about 30 pounds and I feel great. My blood pressure, however has gone from the typical 120/80 to anywhere from 140/80-157/90. My doctor is talking about putting me on a diuretic to try and decrease it. Sucks. I'm not even 25. I have a lot of cardiac history and hypertension in my family, though.
Some random sportscaster that Jim Rome interviewed a few years ago was about 50ish and was in supreme health -- he swam miles a day, ate a great diet, was super thin, etc. and was having his annual physical. The doctor noted the guy's complaints -- he said, 'lets go ahead and do a stress test'... dude was immediately sent in for quintuple bypass surgery -- he had been a ticking time-bomb for months maybe years.
Where do you run, perchance? Houston air pollution is bad enough, but I see people running on trails by the parkway all the time. This strikes me as supremely short-sighted; they're doing more damage to themselves than good. One should never run near a lot of traffic. One is inhaling, much more rapidly and deeply into the lungs than normal breathing, all the car exhaust (and all the carcinogens that entails) from all the passing cars.
