The Exercise Equivalent of Cheese Burger - Essay Example

Recently in 2011, Normann Stadler, winner of Triathlon underwent surgery for an aortic aneurysm. Cardiac Electrophysiologist, John Mandrola says that it is only obvious that there is a link between CVD and over-exercising since the heart is constantly inflamed and not being given the time to heal at all. Benjamin Levine, director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine in Dallas and professor of medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is of the opinion that moderate levels of exercising lend protection from CVD but there is no upper limit to this exercising.

Since recent studies find that marathon runners suffer from greater instances of coronary plaque and therefore the myth that running bestows 100% protection must be debunked. Paul Williams, director of a project called the National Runners Health Study studied 2377 runners and walkers and found that in 10 years 526 of them died and 71.5% of the dead were from CVD. The most important conclusion of William’s study is that even though walking or running daily lends protection to the heart if the distance of walking exceeded a daily limit of 10.

7 km or that of running exceeded 7.1 km the person might suffer from CVDs in the future. There is more than one example of endurance athletes falling prey to cardiovascular diseases in spite of training on a daily basis. Thus, the article clearly vindicates the statement that more exercise does not necessarily mean greater health, and over-dose of daily exercise can potentially increase mortality.