hello,
maybe this is a silly question but:
if my ultimate aim is to be healthy and sprightly into old age, do i need to continuously increase my physical strength and weights until i get my squat to a very big number?
could i not just do regular cardio and maintain strength at an adequate constant level rather than continuously increase weights?
in other words, is there not a steady state in strength with respect to health and longevity / is the marginal health benefit of taking my squat from 120 to 150kg worth the hassle?
Jordan,
wouldn’t even cardio have a cutoff in regards to health? I believe you said before that populations such as ultra marathoners have increased chance of heart arrhythmia problems.
thank you Jordan, appreciate the response and podcast!
There’s a dose-dependent relationship with cardiorespiratory fitness and various health outcomes, e.g. reduced risk of heart disease and death from that. The higher cardiorespiratory fitness gets, the lower the risk goes.
Exercise itself increases risk of mostly benign heart arrhythmias. These don’t scale with cardiorespiratory fitness.