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Today I went to funeral because a middle aged man 55 years old who died of a heart attack on saturday. He was healthy, strong, fit and still quite young. He went out for a walk last weekend when he had a massive heart attack. It killed him instantly. It was shocking to everyone. He was a very prominent and well-respected man person in the community.
Today at his funeral I was sitting in my car and I saw an elderly man(around 70) who was standing outside the church having a smoke break. He was overweight, old, looked unhealthy—yet he was alive. I guess he has smoked most of his life.
What I couldnt figure out was how come he had bad habits, in “ok” health, never exercises, and he gets to live? While the younger man exercises, eats right, has good habits, and he dies young? Is it in our genes or DNA at what time we will die?
Maybe if that younger man was a smoker and didnt take care of his health he would have died a lot of sooner. Maybe 40? Maybe his diet, exercise, and good habits kept him alive until 55? And suppose that old man who was smoking could live to be 100…but now that he has been a life long smoker and takes poor care of his health he may only live to be 80? Still a long life according to the lifespan.
Do we all have a set-point death date predetermined at birth? Is it in our genes to let us know how long we wil live? DNA? Can we alter our genes through diet and exercise to help us live longer?
Sometimes I think it is pointless to take care of myself and just live my life and eat the foods I enjoy(even junk). I can die anytime because nobody is immune to death.
As George Carlin said…”eat right, exercise, die anyway.”
What does everyone think? Are we predetermined to die at a certain date despite how well we take care of ourselves? Or can we alter our death date and live longer through diet and exercise?
***NOTE–THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO FREAK ACCIDENTS LIKE CAR CRASHES OR GETTING RUN OVER BY A CAR. This is strictly a biological question.
I’m 38 and in pretty good shape for my age, but I want to be in supershape. I know that you’re supposed to break into CV workouts light, then increase with time. So just what kind of exercises should I start with, how long should I work out, how hard should I work, and when should I step up the intensity?
I’m 38 and in pretty good shape for my age, but I want to be in supershape. I know that you’re supposed to break into CV workouts light, then increase with time. So just what kind of exercises should I start with, how long should I work out, how hard should I work, and when should I step up the intensity?
I went to Wal-Mart and bought a pedometer, but it’s not very accurate at all. I’ve run from my house to the nearest park everyday, taking the same route but it always shows a different distance, one day it said I ran 0.8 miles, the next it says I ran 0.5 miles .. ?
It takes me around 4 mintues to run there, so I don’t know how I’m doing because the pedometer is so inaccurate..
I know the pedometer measures your distance by only one specific stride, but I can’t use the same stride going uphill, downhill, rough terrain ect..
How long do “good runners” take to run 1 mile?
I prefer something that does not ask for a credit card number, is not owned by a government and is not trying to make any money.
Something that gives info on exercise, diet etc. (and I don’t want a weight loss site)