"Exercise is unhealthy"

[Ozzyorcborne]

wait what?

[alt-ithist]

Confirmed: Trump is Orlong.

Or maybe trump was googling for latest Fox News or breibert and Orlong's post popped up accidentally, so of course now he believes every single word?

[Deleted]

You guys seem to forget about one of the most important things here. If you exercise a lot, your body is going to recuire a lot more food intake. That alone will put a lot of added stress on your entire body and especially on your digestive system. And what about all that extra muscle mass you carry around? Your entire body will have to work harder to keep itself going. The heart will have to pump more blood around, your lunges will have to take in more air, your gut will have to deal with higher food intake, there will be more Reactive Oxygen Species harming your body, etc, etc.

Obviously it wound't be healthy to sit on your ass all day long and be obese. But I'm sure if you want to get old your best bet is to eat very little (and only the healthy stuff) and exercise very moderately (like taking a 1 hour walk every day and only that).

[Martymark]

Trump believes this too

This sounds like fake news to me. Source?

[Alvito]

Apparently are bodies are like a battery, we have a set predetermined lifespan and exercise just makes us drain our lifespan faster. So the first time I heard this theory was from our very own Orlong but recently I found out that Trump believes this too which is bizarre because I genuinely believed Orlong invented this theory. Is this actually a theory people are peddling towards the naive in America? This is literally the only two times I have heard it and am curious how common it is

Yup this is why babies are stronger then the rest of us. Just think if Jack LaLanne hadn't spent a life excercising he would have lived to 300.

[Daedius]

Said by a fat person?

[AlphaOut]

You guys seem to forget about one of the most important things here. If you exercise a lot, your body is going to recuire a lot more food intake. That alone will put a lot of added stress on your entire body and especially on your digestive system. And what about all that extra muscle mass you carry around? Your entire body will have to work harder to keep itself going. The heart will have to pump more blood around, your lunges will have to take in more air, your gut will have to deal with higher food intake, there will be more Reactive Oxygen Species harming your body, etc, etc.

Obviously it wound't be healthy to sit on your ass all day long and be obese. But I'm sure if you want to get old your best bet is to eat very little (and only the healthy stuff) and exercise very moderately (like taking a 1 hour walk every day and only that).

Since when did working out mean extra mass? Muscle has less volume than fat, but is heavier. Also, food intake doesn't generally increase if you workout a lot. If anything, your body works harder when you are unhealthy due to carrying around weight that has almost no purpose, versus muscle that serves multiple purposes.

[Polyxo]

There's a sort of tangential theory that muscular development and hypertrophy can be a lifespan decreasing factor. The idea is tied to the notion that the longevity of cellular development is tied to telomeres and the more 'size' you add, the more cellular divisions your body undergoes, an the more mitosis your cells undergo, the quicker they 'age'. There really hasn't been a great way to study this yet, so its all just hypothetical, and no one's even tried to determine how much an effect it has, if it has one at all, but its an interesting idea.

[Nihilist74]

It is probably not much different than repetitive industrial or manufacturing work. All that repetitive motion is going to wear down your joints, bones and muscles.

[Deleted]

My neurons just died from hearing this theory. This is one of the stupidest thing I have ever heard.

[schwarzkopf]

It is correct that Exercise is Unhealthy - however it is also correct to say not exercising is even more unhealthy.

You won't break bones not exercising ...

[Manabomb]

My grandfather was part of a study that had some people exercise and some people not. All the exercise people died before 65 while the non exercisers all lived past 80 except for those with almost completely sedentary lifestyle (work and home)

Can we get the published peer reviewed results of this study, or the anecdotal evidence that you're half assedly providing?

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It is correct that Exercise is Unhealthy - however it is also correct to say not exercising is even more unhealthy.

You won't break bones not exercising ...

This actually is a fair assessment. As someone with extremely weak ankles (prone to breaks and sprains, unfortunately) as well as suffering from a torn labrum in my hip joint, exercise is a chore due to the excruciating pain and limited range of motion, in combination with the risk of hurting myself even more. Plus I'm not going to be a drug corporations milk money by getting my doctor to prescribe opiates, regardless of how many times he asks.

[brimdog]

no sources and obvious bait why wasnt this closed long ago?

[Vinho]

Yeah, the health benefits from being healthy obviously lead to an early grave....That makes sense. I'm not going to the gym anymore, as I'm now associating having more energy and strength with dying.

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My neurons just died from hearing this theory. This is one of the stupidest thing I have ever heard.

Reminds me of that Billy Madison quote...

Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to your answer. You are awarded no points, and may God have mercy on your soul

[Jshadowhunter]

Apparently are bodies are like a battery, we have a set predetermined lifespan and exercise just makes us drain our lifespan faster. So the first time I heard this theory was from our very own Orlong but recently I found out that Trump believes this too which is bizarre because I genuinely believed Orlong invented this theory. Is this actually a theory people are peddling towards the naive in America? This is literally the only two times I have heard it and am curious how common it is

That's like claiming that people can live without ever eating food or driking water.

[Noradin]

That's like claiming that people can live without ever eating food or driking water.

They can, according to the definition of "eating" and "drinking" infusions do not count :P

Also, excessive exercising causes an elevated rate of cell division, which same as excessive sunbathing, drinking, other wounds, or anything that causes more cell division rises the chance of cancer.
The reason for this is that the number of cell divisions in normal cells is limited--thus we age.

That is probably what some people misunderstood to mean "exercise is unhealthy", when it should rather be "excessive exercise is unhealthy".
It comes back to the old saying "everything in moderation", but obviously that is not a saying the rich like to hear addressed at them, especially not Trump, I'd guess.

[Nnyco]

sounds like something a lazy person would say to avoid exercisin

[Prinky Doodsie]

Trying to Google it, but couldn't find an article proving that exercise is indeed not healthy. So I guess it's a complete theory.

[Deleted]

Yeah, the health benefits from being healthy obviously lead to an early grave....That makes sense. I'm not going to the gym anymore, as I'm now associating having more energy and strength with dying.

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Reminds me of that Billy Madison quote...

Hahaha good one.