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Can you Exercise Too Much/ Shredding Trust in Public Health

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Are You a Lifelong Endurance Athlete?

This was not, these were not necessarily elite athletes. We're talking about people who go for three to four hour bike rides on the weekend or ride an hour or two every day and run like Tracy runs. So I think that that's an issue. And even among the athletes, they had a higher, um, history of coronary artery disease or cardiovascular disease in their family,. Even though it wasn't significant, it was like the point estimate was higher. This is all part of my friend’s question: Why does exercise make you more likely to die? That's why this study is so important. It could help us understand what we really need to do with our lives.

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