[Graeme]

Running slows the aging clock, researchers find
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')egular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer span of active life and are half as likely as aging nonrunners to die early deaths, the research found.
At the beginning of the study, the runners ran an average of about four hours a week. After 21 years, their running time declined to an average of 76 minutes per week, but they were still seeing health benefits from running.
On average both groups in the study became more disabled after 21 years of aging, but for runners the onset of disability started later.
"Runners' initial disability was 16 years later than nonrunners,'" Fries said. "By and large, the runners have stayed healthy."
Not only did running delay disability, but the gap between runners' and nonrunners' abilities got bigger with time.

[3aidlillahi]

Correlation, not causation. Or at least not proven causation. They tracked the runners.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ries' team began tracking 538 runners over age 50, comparing them to a similar group of nonrunners. The subjects, now in their 70s and 80s, have answered yearly questionnaires about their ability to perform everyday activities such as walking, dressing and grooming, getting out of a chair and gripping objects. The researchers have used national death records to learn which participants died, and why. Nineteen years into the study, 34 percent of the nonrunners had died, compared to only 15 percent of the runners.

[Eli]

Every serious runner I have ever seen looks like a Concentration camp victim.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'E')very serious runner I have ever seen looks like a Concentration camp victim.

[eastbay]

Yup, no doubt running is a youth potion. How about biking? I bet the benefits are similar.

That's my thing these days as I now strive to protect my knees. At 200 lbs I don't think it a good idea to run as much as I once did due the constant pounding.

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')egular running slows the effects of aging,

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('3aidlillahi', 'C')orrelation, not causation. Or at least not proven causation. They tracked the runners.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ries' team began tracking 538 runners over age 50, comparing them to a similar group of nonrunners. The subjects, now in their 70s and 80s, have answered yearly questionnaires about their ability to perform everyday activities such as walking, dressing and grooming, getting out of a chair and gripping objects. The researchers have used national death records to learn which participants died, and why. Nineteen years into the study, 34 percent of the nonrunners had died, compared to only 15 percent of the runners.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', 'E')very serious runner I have ever seen looks like a Concentration camp victim.

[phaeryen]

So in short, people who go out and run for a while each day are 1) homosexuals 2) privy to pains on par with living on a concentration camp. You learn something new each day! But because I want to be part of the general consensus, ill just ditch my sneakers today, go out and buy out a tv-set and some tv-dinners and SIT MY A$$ DOWN.

[shakespear1]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Could just be all of the gay sex he has been having for decades. ')
Loves is the youth potion

[catbox]

What is funny to me is that most of the people I ride with, most in the 30-50 age range, were long time runners until their knees, hips, and lower backs couldn't take it any longer. Now they are fit for their carbon machines and actually enjoying exercise!
edit: the reason I got into bike racing in the 80's was that I was a a track guy in middle school and high school. By the time I reached my 2 year in HS, my heels and hips were killing me...hello bicycle!

[mmasters]

Running or jogging causes the brain to bounce/jolt around which often causes some degree of internal bleeding. I dont' think that's healthy!

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Graeme', '[')b]Running slows the aging clock, researchers find$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')egular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer span of active life and are half as likely as aging nonrunners to die early deaths, the research found.
At the beginning of the study, the runners ran an average of about four hours a week. After 21 years, their running time declined to an average of 76 minutes per week, but they were still seeing health benefits from running.
On average both groups in the study became more disabled after 21 years of aging, but for runners the onset of disability started later. "Runners' initial disability was 16 years later than nonrunners,'" Fries said. "By and large, the runners have stayed healthy." Not only did running delay disability, but the gap between runners' and nonrunners' abilities got bigger with time.

[MD]

Biking and hiking is the way to go. Screw running. Tried it. Hated it.
I'm fifty in a few weeks and I can still ride thirty miles non stop. No joint troubles at all.
I plan on riding fifty more years. (hey...it's just a goal)

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'B')iking and hiking is the way to go. Screw running. Tried it. Hated it. I'm fifty in a few weeks and I can still ride thirty miles non stop. No joint troubles at all. I plan on riding fifty more years. (hey...it's just a goal)

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'B')iking and hiking is the way to go. Screw running. Tried it. Hated it. I'm fifty in a few weeks and I can still ride thirty miles non stop. No joint troubles at all. I plan on riding fifty more years. (hey...it's just a goal)

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'b')ellydance.

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'b')ellydance.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'b')ellydance.

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'b')ellydance.