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it effectively turned sedentary 55-year-olds into 30-year-olds when viewed through heart activity monitoring equipment.

Being that heart disease is the leading cause of death for most people in the United States, and cardiac strength is inversely correlated with heart disease, it’s probably one of the most significant studies on exercise ever carried out.

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[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

The study found middle-aged adults could reverse 20 years of age-related decline in their heart muscles through a 2 year exercise program, and that it effectively turned sedentary 55-year-olds into 30-year-olds when viewed through heart activity monitoring equipment

through a 2 year exercise program

Talking about return on investment wow

[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago

All I'm hearing is that I can still be a sedentary lazybones for like another 10 years before I need to start exercising.

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