(August 31, 2013 at 2:46 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: I also think Cardio is the most important thing to long term health. Being heavy often times hurts your cardio. However being muscular and active is certainly better than being skinny and not-active.I wonder. I've built up my cardio so that I can do a 6-minute mile in the gym, or about 6:30 outside, at the age of 40 and 200 lbs. Not bad for a non-athlete I think.
However, I have to really struggle to do this-- fight through the pain of anaerobic exercise, get the heart rate way up high. So how do I look at it: 1) wow, my hard work has built up a healthy heart that could keep me active for a long time if I maintain it; 2) wow, I've put a huge strain on my heart, causing a tiny amount of deterioration every time I run, and that's eventually going to catch up with me?
The truth is it doesn't matter: I'll do it anyway. But I'm not so confident that more is better.
