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Too Much Exercise Bad for Your Heart

| May 19, 2014 Comment

New research shows that too much exercise can be bad for your heart.

Researchers in Sweden tracked the exercise patterns and their heart health of 44,000 men aged 45 to 79 for twelve years. They found that men who had exercised vigorously for more than 5 hours at age 30, were 19% more likely to have developed an abnormal heartbeat condition called atrial fibrillation by age 60, compared with those who exercised for less than an hour a week.

Another study found that people who exercised intensely as well as those who were the least active had a higher risk of death from a heart attack or stroke than those who did moderate exercise. More….

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