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As far as I know there aren’t any sports which are completely safe and without side effects. Sport can ruin your joints (eg. running), spine (eg. weightlifting)

by xlii 3y ago

As far as I know there aren’t any sports which are completely safe and without side effects. Sport can ruin your joints (eg. running), spine (eg. weightlifting) and cause plethora of other health issues (anecdotally I know many people who got serious injuries from while leisurely playing team games). Usually there’s net gain from those activities, and what sport one practices vastly depends on preference and I’d rather encourage people to get hit in the head in controlled environment versus growing roots in the chair. As a fan of practicing fighting sports I find such drug a great addition to all the other protection amateur can have.

stavros 3y ago
Swimming?
- ntlve 3y ago
  Possibly not: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869851/
  - lupusreal 3y ago
    > The traditional view that swimmers naturally gravitate toward swimming because of preexisting respiratory disorders has been challenged Lolwut. Anybody who could believe that has never been a swimmer. Of course aspirating drops of pool water, and the chlorinated air lingering above pools, is going to be a lung problem. Why in the world would anybody with preexisting respiratory issues gravitate towards swimming? That's ludicrous. > The traditional explanation for this higher prevalence rate is one of selection bias. The suggestion that swimming is a more suitable activity compared to both cycling and running in asthmatics5 is not surprising. For example, the hydrostatic compression effect of water can reduce the effort required to generate expiratory flow, Dumbest thing I've ever read.
rob74 3y ago
Cycling is better for the joints than running. Unfortunately, bicycles are so damned effective that you have to cycle for a lot longer to burn the same amount of calories as when running...
- doubled112 3y ago
  All my effort is transformed into forward motion. This is awful!
- AlwaysRock 3y ago
  Isnt it fairly common for cyclist to get seriously injured in other ways though? Most serious cyclists I know have had at least 1 seemingly major accident with a car. And I live in a city that has a pretty significant bike lanes/routes distribution.
PeterStuer 3y ago
It might also be we'll greenlight sports that have more head impact. There is definetly an audience for it, and now it will be just as (un)safe as before.
lotsofpulp 3y ago
I prefer joint damage from running or back pain rather than expose those around me to the effects of brain damage. Also, there are ways to run and weight lift (mostly just doing overdo it) that result in zero or near zero damage, whereas there are no ways to have your brain impact your skull with zero damage.

by xlii 3y ago

stavros 3y ago

Swimming?

ntlve 3y ago
Possibly not: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869851/
- lupusreal 3y ago
  > The traditional view that swimmers naturally gravitate toward swimming because of preexisting respiratory disorders has been challenged Lolwut. Anybody who could believe that has never been a swimmer. Of course aspirating drops of pool water, and the chlorinated air lingering above pools, is going to be a lung problem. Why in the world would anybody with preexisting respiratory issues gravitate towards swimming? That's ludicrous. > The traditional explanation for this higher prevalence rate is one of selection bias. The suggestion that swimming is a more suitable activity compared to both cycling and running in asthmatics5 is not surprising. For example, the hydrostatic compression effect of water can reduce the effort required to generate expiratory flow, Dumbest thing I've ever read.

rob74 3y ago

Cycling is better for the joints than running. Unfortunately, bicycles are so damned effective that you have to cycle for a lot longer to burn the same amount of calories as when running...

doubled112 3y ago
All my effort is transformed into forward motion. This is awful!
AlwaysRock 3y ago
Isnt it fairly common for cyclist to get seriously injured in other ways though? Most serious cyclists I know have had at least 1 seemingly major accident with a car. And I live in a city that has a pretty significant bike lanes/routes distribution.

PeterStuer 3y ago

It might also be we'll greenlight sports that have more head impact. There is definetly an audience for it, and now it will be just as (un)safe as before.

lotsofpulp 3y ago

I prefer joint damage from running or back pain rather than expose those around me to the effects of brain damage. Also, there are ways to run and weight lift (mostly just doing overdo it) that result in zero or near zero damage, whereas there are no ways to have your brain impact your skull with zero damage.