WaterRower Weekly Training Tip 50 - Interesting Findings From Peak Performance

[WaterCoach]

I wanted to share with everyone some interesting findings I read on
the Peak Performance website (www.pponline.co.uk) and have copied in
below.

"Regular exercise extends life, and the effect is so powerful that
even people who wait until they are middle-aged to begin exercising
gain extra days on earth. Ralph Paffenbarger, M.D., one of principal
investigators in the Harvard Alumni Study, summarises the benefits of
exercise with a neat formula: For each hour that a person exercises,
he/she gets roughly two extra hours of life!"

"Recent research from Finland indicates that individuals who engage in
endurance activities (rowing, running, cycling, swimming, cross
country skiing, walking) live about six years longer than couch
potatoes. In contrast, those who prefer team sports like basketball,
ice hockey, or soccer live just four years more. And sports-active
people who prefer 'power-type' activities, including weight lifting,
field events, and sprinting, last for only two additional years."

Read more at http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0003.htm

Keep up the rowing!! :)