More evidencethatrunning is just for you . fresh findings out of the University of Colorado ’s Locomotion Laboratory show that runners in their 60s and LXX are more effective walkers than elder who take the air regularly for exercise .
https://gizmodo.com/for-a-sharper-mind-in-middle-age-try-running-in-your-2-1557908809
https://gizmodo.com/running-for-as-little-as-five-minutes-a-day-could-add-y-1612766195
walk ability tends to decline with age . To test whether walking or running into one ’s aged years can slow up this decline , researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder and Humboldt State University in Arcata , California supervise the biomechanics and oxygen intake of 60- to 70 - year erstwhile runners and walkers . As the New York Times account :
… the runners were better , more effective walkers than the walkers . They required less energy to move at the same pace as the volunteers who only walk regularly .
In fact , when the researchers compared their older runners ’ walking efficiency to that of young people , which had been measured in earliest experiment at the same research lab , they found that 70 - twelvemonth - sometime stolon had about the same walk efficiency as your typical sedentary college pupil . Old runners , it appeared , could walk with the peppiness of young hoi polloi .
Older walkers , on the other hand , had about the same walk economy as mass of the same old age who were sedentary . In force , walk did not prevent masses from recede their ability to take the air with ease .
Tellingly , the biomechanics of the runner were almost identical to those of the Walker , suggesting that the efficiency of runner ’ movement can be traced to the cellular level , or to coordination between muscles , according to Humboldt University ’s Justus Ortega , who lead the study :
But whatever the reason , carry unquestionably mitigated the otherwise satisfying decline in walking thriftiness that seems to occur with geezerhood , he say , a result that has implications beyond the physiology laboratory . If moving feels leisurely , he said , people tend to do more of it , improving their wellness and enhancing their lives in the process .
Just remember : Being a runnerdoesn’t give you a free pass to eat whatever you want , and the panel is still out on the potentially harmful effects of extreme survival exercising , which some written report suggest may in reality give rise to substance problems . So , you know , moderation and all that .
Are You An Endurance Athlete ? Prepare To Have Your Day Ruined .
[ NYT ]
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