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>A Greenland shark's heart beats once every 10 seconds (6 times per minute). More fuel for the fire for the theory that we all get about the same number of hea

>A Greenland shark's heart beats once every 10 seconds (6 times per minute). More fuel for the fire for the theory that we all get about the same number of heartbeats in a lifetime. Well, I'm off to do my weekly long run to lower my resting heart rate during the week.

yonaguska 2y ago
Good news- I still have a much lower resting heart rate from running years ago- I haven't run in about 12 years due to compounding injuries- but the benefits are still there. It's finally starting to go up to normal, but it used to freak nurses and doctors when they'd measure it.
- Mistletoe 2y ago
  I feel like gains from running stay with you a long time also. Once I was a runner, it was so much easier to go back to running five miles easily if I ever quit and went back to it. I think there is some body and muscle memory that remains.
  - underlipton 2y ago
    I wonder how the benefits of running regularly compare to living in an area where most of your daily trips are taken by bike or walking.
    - Mistletoe 2y ago
      I think I've read that true endurance and strength of your heart is built running over one hour at a time and in my experience that seems true. Our bodies are so lazy and don't make changes until they absolutely have to. I run 7 miles every Sunday or so. I based that number on that and this paper which shows mortality vs. distance run per week. People that run too much have mortality like a sedentary person! https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(16)00068-9/fulltext https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(16)...
fuzztester 2y ago
I read long back somewhere that bjorn borg had a resting heart rate or pulse rate (I don't know if the two are the same) of 37 or 39. I think it was in a reader's digest issue. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg

yonaguska 2y ago

Good news- I still have a much lower resting heart rate from running years ago- I haven't run in about 12 years due to compounding injuries- but the benefits are still there. It's finally starting to go up to normal, but it used to freak nurses and doctors when they'd measure it.

Mistletoe 2y ago
I feel like gains from running stay with you a long time also. Once I was a runner, it was so much easier to go back to running five miles easily if I ever quit and went back to it. I think there is some body and muscle memory that remains.
- underlipton 2y ago
  I wonder how the benefits of running regularly compare to living in an area where most of your daily trips are taken by bike or walking.
  - Mistletoe 2y ago
    I think I've read that true endurance and strength of your heart is built running over one hour at a time and in my experience that seems true. Our bodies are so lazy and don't make changes until they absolutely have to. I run 7 miles every Sunday or so. I based that number on that and this paper which shows mortality vs. distance run per week. People that run too much have mortality like a sedentary person! https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(16)00068-9/fulltext https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(16)...

fuzztester 2y ago

I read long back somewhere that bjorn borg had a resting heart rate or pulse rate (I don't know if the two are the same) of 37 or 39. I think it was in a reader's digest issue. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg