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On 2017-05-17 12:41, mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 12:13:11 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
>> On 2017-05-17 11:54, mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Just 5 min/day of running, huh.
>>> https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/running-just-5-minutes-a-day-has-long-lasting-benefits/
>>>
>>>
>>>
And...
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/well/move/an-hour-of-running-may-add-seven-hours-to-your-life.html
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
So let's see, I assume bicycling hard counts just as well. 4000mi each
>> year, assuming an average speed of 11mph with the hills and all, I
>> should be adding a whopping 2545 hours or 0.3 years of additional
>> life per year. So I'll be like Methusaleh some day :-)
>>
>> -- Regards, Joerg
>>
>> http://www.analogconsultants.com/
>
>
> "Meanwhile, other kinds of exercise also reliably benefited life
> expectancy, the researchers found, but not to the same degree as
> running. Walking, cycling and other activities, even if they required
> the same exertion as running, typically dropped the risk of premature
> death by about 12 percent. (To make my own biases clear, I run but I
> also love cycling and I walk my dogs every day.)"
>
> Note sure why that is :)
>
> "Of course, these additions “are not infinite,” Dr. Lee says. Running
> does not make people immortal. The gains in life expectancy are
> capped at around three extra years, he says, however much people
> run."
>
> So much for the Methuselah plan.  Maybe Enoch?  :)
>

If it is capped to three years then there are easier plans: Eating! That 
can supposedly add 6-1/2 years :-)

http://newagejournal.com/how-to-add-more-years-to-your-life

Sadly beer didn't make that list. I started home-brewing again last year.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 11:54 -0700
  Re: OT: slightly longer life Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-17 12:06 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 12:39 -0700
      Re: OT: slightly longer life Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-17 13:23 -0700
        Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 13:50 -0700
      Re: OT: slightly longer life krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-17 19:47 -0400
      Re: OT: slightly longer life rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 19:52 -0400
        Re: OT: slightly longer life krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-17 20:16 -0400
  Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 12:13 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 12:41 -0700
      Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 13:49 -0700
        Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 13:54 -0700
          Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 14:29 -0700
            Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 15:10 -0700
              Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 15:42 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 16:05 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 16:21 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 16:50 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-18 07:14 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-18 08:28 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-18 10:33 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-18 08:38 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-18 10:36 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-19 08:32 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-19 11:17 -0700
        Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 14:03 -0700
          Re: OT: slightly longer life rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-18 10:27 -0400
        Re: OT: slightly longer life John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-05-17 14:57 -0700
          Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 15:11 -0700
            Re: OT: slightly longer life John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-05-17 15:24 -0700
              Re: OT: slightly longer life rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-18 10:28 -0400
                Re: OT: slightly longer life krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-18 12:45 -0400
          Re: slightly longer life "Kevin Aylward" <kevinRemovAT@kevinaylward.co.uk> - 2017-05-20 08:17 +0100
        Re: OT: slightly longer life krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-17 19:50 -0400
          Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-18 08:20 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-05-18 06:52 +1000
      Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-18 07:32 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-05-17 14:55 -0700
  Re: OT: slightly longer life John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-05-17 14:54 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-05-18 19:06 -0700
    Re: slightly longer life "Kevin Aylward" <kevinRemovAT@kevinaylward.co.uk> - 2017-05-20 08:25 +0100

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