Best not to think too hard on it....

[dvandom]

Just saw a PSA that proclaimed that for every hour of exercise, such as brisk walking, you could live an extra two hours. Oooookay. So, if I exercise for an hour, I spend one of those two hours exercising, and get a bonus hour to live beyond that. Or I could not exercise for that hour, and have the same hour to do non-exercising stuff that I'd have if exercising. Not exactly a compelling argument, eh? ;) Still comes down to, "if you like exercising, you get to do it at no net cost", not "if you don't like exercising, here's a reason to start!" They need a slightly better argument, methinks.

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[finback.livejournal.com]

"So, if I exercise for an hour, I spend one of those two hours exercising, and get a bonus hour to live beyond that."

Which means if you exercised every second hour, you'd be immortal.

[scavgraphics.livejournal.com]

There was a Billy & Mandy episode that dealt with that very thing.

[veloxiraptor.livejournal.com]

"Exercise: Break Even Every Time!"

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Well, there's also the fact that eventually they won't even break even anymore. Of all the non-ageing life in the world, humans aren't one of them. We just don't divide right, I guess. Now if I *could* go through mitosis and make copies of myself, a few of those guys might get on exercise duty while the rest of them tried to see what else was going on, so that theory could be more easily tested...

[andrusi.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're assuming you already know all the other benefits of exercise, and saying that you won't be wasting time in your life by doing them. Changing your cost-benefit analysis.

More likely, though, they just didn't think about this one too hard. :)

[wistling.livejournal.com]

Try doing something when you are brisk walking.

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

Providing you don't get hit by a bus.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Well, that's the problem with statistics, innit? For every large N who add 2.1 hours to their life for an hour of exercise, one person gets hit by a bus and drags the average down to 2 hours.

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

The real kink in it, though, if you believe Jennifer Garner (and I have no reason no to), aging is caused by free radicals and exposure to the sun. So, I have to wonder, does the 2hrs take into consideration exposing yourself to the sun? I think all this is baloney designed to sell moisturizer.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Well, the appearance of aging (wrinkles, spots, etc) is certainly Sun-influenced. Not that I do my walking outside. :) And now you have me thinking of a product designed to moisturize your baloney. Ew.

[andrusi.livejournal.com]

All I know is, whenever someone says "free radicals" I think of little Ninja Turtles floating aimlessly through the air.