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Episode 215: The Extreme Exercise Hypothesis

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Are You Living Better and Worse and Shorter?

The benefits of regular conditioning and resistance training to meet or exceed the physical activity guidelines by even a lot, three to five times the current recommendations far outweigh the risks for almost all individuals. The exception to this based on present data may be atrial fibrillation, but as mentioned before, the amount of exercise and sport related activity volume needed to markedly increase the risk of AFib is quite high. Most studies show that in the general population, more cardiorespiratory fitness and more exercise actually reduces atrial Fibrillation.

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