Today's random fact

[Fritzo]

Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.

Serious injuries include broken bones, loss of limbs, loss of eyes, loss of hearing, paralysis, and brain damage caused by trauma.

 

[SpunkyJones]

I knew that there was a reason I'm so lazy, I'm just being cautious. Thanks Fritzo.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Pffft, that's just selection at work. There are hundreds of thousands of people wo don't get injured too

 

[BrownTown]

Well lifting weights and stuff really isn't about getting health anyways, adding muscles doesn't make you any healthier jsut more attractive so you can hopefully get laid. And the people getting hurt are mostly people trying to skip a few steps and lift too much weight or with poor technique and hurting themsleves. IF you work out right you won't hurt yourself, if you don't know what you are doing then you certainlly could, just like everything else in life.

 

[polarmystery]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Well lifting weights and stuff really isn't about getting health anyways, adding muscles doesn't make you any healthier jsut more attractive so you can hopefully get laid. And the people getting hurt are mostly people trying to skip a few steps and lift too much weight or with poor technique and hurting themsleves. IF you work out right you won't hurt yourself, if you don't know what you are doing then you certainlly could, just like everything else in life.

Help! My sarcasm meter is broken!

 

[clamum]

Hmmm. I knew there was a reason I don't exercise. Don't wanna become just another statistic!

 

[TallBill]

Well even when lifting correctly you can encounter tendonitis and other minor injuries. But if you lift you wont be a weak bitch. Tough decisions. I'm sure that the # of people who work out is well into 7 digits in the US.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: eaj0010

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Well lifting weights and stuff really isn't about getting health anyways, adding muscles doesn't make you any healthier jsut more attractive so you can hopefully get laid. And the people getting hurt are mostly people trying to skip a few steps and lift too much weight or with poor technique and hurting themsleves. IF you work out right you won't hurt yourself, if you don't know what you are doing then you certainlly could, just like everything else in life.

Help! My sarcasm meter is broken!

I'd imagine he means the excessive body builders.

Though muscle helps take a lot of strain off the heart. Like shoveling snow, lifting heavy objects, and hazardous occupations. Even everyday activities, a little muscle helps keep you balanced in healthier in the long run.

I'm sure I can google up some more benifits of having muscle, but im at work, and I don't care that much.

 

[V00DOO]

That's why my fat a$$ stay away from the gym!

 

[TallBill]

By the way if you post a random fact, at least post the source

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[Leros]

Originally posted by: TallBill
By the way if you post a random fact, at least post the source

?

If everyone had to backup our "facts" with sources, the world would be a very different place. Is that what you want?

Psh, sources.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.

Serious injuries include broken bones, loss of limbs, loss of eyes, loss of hearing, paralysis, and brain damage caused by trauma.

The difference, though, is that it is actually worth the risk

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: eaj0010

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Well lifting weights and stuff really isn't about getting health anyways, adding muscles doesn't make you any healthier jsut more attractive so you can hopefully get laid.

Help! My sarcasm meter is broken!

If he is defining "health" as cardiovascular health, which is partially true, then he is also partially right.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Lol, the lard lad ER tech that cleaned the road debris out of my knee tried that line on me. He said my injury was more proof exercise was unhealthy. He was about my age, if he lives to see 60 and doesn't go from a massive cheese burger induced M.I. before that, I would love to compare quality of life with him at that time

 

[IGBT]

..hay. how bout all the people killed driving. some of em to/fro the gym.


US motor vehicle deaths: 42,800 individuals died on the nation?s highways in 2004, up slightly from 42,643 in 2003.

 

[NanoStuff]

The lifetime accumulation of inflammation from autoimmune afflictions due to a broken bone will likely offset any advantages the person may have gained from exercise. Questionable at best.

Muscle mass also increases metabolic stress. There's a reason why football players and other heavyweights have a substantially shorter life expectancy.

If you want exercise to be worthwhile, you better be damn sure you don't hurt yourself, ever, or your life's work is down the shitter. Not exercising wins out because the benefits and drawbacks are negated, but it's a hell of a lot easier.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff
The lifetime accumulation of inflammation from autoimmune afflictions due to a broken bone will likely offset any advantages the person may have gained from exercise. Questionable at best.

Muscle mass also increases metabolic stress. There's a reason why football players and other heavyweights have a substantially shorter life expectancy.

If you want exercise to be worthwhile, you better be damn sure you don't hurt yourself, ever, or your life's work is down the shitter. Not exercising wins out because the benefits and drawbacks are negated, but it's a hell of a lot easier.

No pain, no gain.

 

[Exterous]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff
The lifetime accumulation of inflammation from autoimmune afflictions due to a broken bone will likely offset any advantages the person may have gained from exercise. Questionable at best.

Muscle mass also increases metabolic stress. There's a reason why football players and other heavyweights have a substantially shorter life expectancy.

If you want exercise to be worthwhile, you better be damn sure you don't hurt yourself, ever, or your life's work is down the shitter. Not exercising wins out because the benefits and drawbacks are negated, but it's a hell of a lot easier.

The other extreme also has drawbacks. As always moderation and common sense are important (both of which are always in short supply)

 

[IEC]

You should stop driving. I hear driving is several times more risky than exercising.

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: Lothar
No pain, no gain.

You missed my whole point. Pain, no gain.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff


Muscle mass also increases metabolic stress. There's a reason why football players and other heavyweights have a substantially shorter life expectancy.

That's a good thing IMO, I don't want to hang around so long that I go out the way I entered, toothless and wearing a diaper.

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: NanoStuff


Muscle mass also increases metabolic stress. There's a reason why football players and other heavyweights have a substantially shorter life expectancy.

That's a good thing IMO, I don't want to hang around so long that I go out the way I entered, toothless and wearing a diaper.

That was a good argument 50 years ago. With coming medical technologies you're going to lose a hell of a lot more than just a couple of frail decades if you don't live long enough to meet the science.

 

[lyssword]

oh yeah? http://www.usatoday.com/news/o...5-04-number-edit_x.htm well regardless of numbers, i'm sure that's more than while excercising, and that's deaths, not injuries. You can't recover your hp when you're dead

 

[Capt Caveman]

Positives outweigh the negatives.