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This is very misguided advice. Long bouts of endurance exercise can be very taxing and destructive to many body parts. Exercise as a whole can be done efficie

This is very misguided advice. Long bouts of endurance exercise can be very taxing and destructive to many body parts. Exercise as a whole can be done efficiently and effectively without wearing your body out. Anaerobic exercise (lifting weights) can improve collagen and muscle production via several hormonal pathways. These same pathways tend to have negative feedbacks from excess aerobic exercise (i.e. high cortisol, low GH output in distance athletes).

xiaoma 11y ago
The data for extreme endurance athletes such as marathoners is mixed. It's very possible that racing at long distances is a risk factor. The data on intense weight-lifting on the other hand is much more conclusive. Heart enargement, aortic dissection and a host of other heart related risks are sharply higher for extreme weightlifters. Lifting a couple of days a week and doing cardio 3-4 days a week and not going completely nuts with either is probably the safest. But sometimes it's fun to go nuts and shoot for a goal. In the big scheme of things, there are a lot worse hobbies to have.
- npsimons 11y ago
  > for extreme weightlifters. Again with the extremes; people don't get "big" on accident, and moderate strength training provides a whole host of benefits without the dangers. More people should be lifting, with proper form and modest goals.
- soperj 11y ago
  Yeah, "Extreme Weightlifting" doesn't necessarily mean you need to get big. When I was training for hockey when I was younger, at 18 I could bench 285, and easily leg press 990 pounds (that was the max the leg press machine could handle - 10 45's on each side and 2 on top, so I'd do sets of 20). The max I weighted that summer was 182 pounds(82.5 kg).
  - xiaoma 11y ago
    For sure. These days people in the 160s range are breaking 400. It's not something advisable from any sort of health perspective, but it is awesome and it's not that risky. http://www.criticalbench.com/Claude-Bouyer.htm http://www.criticalbench.com/Claude-Bouyer.htm
- soperj 11y ago
  Yeah, "Extreme Weightlifting" doesn't necessarily mean you need to get big. When I was training for hockey when I was younger, at 18 I could bench 285, and easily leg press 990 pounds (that was the max the leg press machine could handle - 10 45's on each side and 2 on top, so I'd do sets of 20). The max I weighted that summer was 182 pounds(82.5 kg).
- gozur88 11y ago
  >The data on intense weight-lifting on the other hand is much more conclusive. Heart enargement, aortic dissection and a host of other heart related risks are sharply higher for extreme weightlifters. How much of that is due to exercise regimes, and how much is due to PEDs? Steroid use is rampant even among semi-serious lifters, and not many people on drugs admit to it.
jacquesm 11y ago
You think advocating balance is misguided advice?

xiaoma 11y ago

The data for extreme endurance athletes such as marathoners is mixed. It's very possible that racing at long distances is a risk factor. The data on intense weight-lifting on the other hand is much more conclusive. Heart enargement, aortic dissection and a host of other heart related risks are sharply higher for extreme weightlifters. Lifting a couple of days a week and doing cardio 3-4 days a week and not going completely nuts with either is probably the safest. But sometimes it's fun to go nuts and shoot for a goal. In the big scheme of things, there are a lot worse hobbies to have.

npsimons 11y ago
> for extreme weightlifters. Again with the extremes; people don't get "big" on accident, and moderate strength training provides a whole host of benefits without the dangers. More people should be lifting, with proper form and modest goals.
soperj 11y ago
Yeah, "Extreme Weightlifting" doesn't necessarily mean you need to get big. When I was training for hockey when I was younger, at 18 I could bench 285, and easily leg press 990 pounds (that was the max the leg press machine could handle - 10 45's on each side and 2 on top, so I'd do sets of 20). The max I weighted that summer was 182 pounds(82.5 kg).
- xiaoma 11y ago
  For sure. These days people in the 160s range are breaking 400. It's not something advisable from any sort of health perspective, but it is awesome and it's not that risky. http://www.criticalbench.com/Claude-Bouyer.htm http://www.criticalbench.com/Claude-Bouyer.htm
soperj 11y ago
Yeah, "Extreme Weightlifting" doesn't necessarily mean you need to get big. When I was training for hockey when I was younger, at 18 I could bench 285, and easily leg press 990 pounds (that was the max the leg press machine could handle - 10 45's on each side and 2 on top, so I'd do sets of 20). The max I weighted that summer was 182 pounds(82.5 kg).
gozur88 11y ago
>The data on intense weight-lifting on the other hand is much more conclusive. Heart enargement, aortic dissection and a host of other heart related risks are sharply higher for extreme weightlifters. How much of that is due to exercise regimes, and how much is due to PEDs? Steroid use is rampant even among semi-serious lifters, and not many people on drugs admit to it.

jacquesm 11y ago

You think advocating balance is misguided advice?