{"id":184685,"date":"2021-07-22T11:31:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T11:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=184685"},"modified":"2021-07-22T11:31:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T11:31:25","slug":"fun-exercise-is-linked-to-health-benefits-work-activity-is-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/07\/22\/fun-exercise-is-linked-to-health-benefits-work-activity-is-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Exercise Is Linked to Health Benefits, Work Activity Is Not"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is common knowledge that physical activity is good for you, right? Well, it depends. A new study published in the European Heart Journal suggests that being physically active at work could actually hurt your health. Let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This study<\/a> included over 100,000 women and men aged 20-100 from the Copenhagen General Population Study<\/a>. Participants completed questionnaires about activity during free time and employment and were put into one of four categories – low, moderate, high or very high activity. The researchers followed up in 10 years to track mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events to evaluate how physical activity influenced them.<\/p>\n

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The study compared physical activity during freetime and employment. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fun exercise reduces the risk of early death<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leisure time activity or, in other words, exercise for fun seemed to have benefits. When they compared those to the \u201clow activity\u201d group, they got the following results:<\/p>\n

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  1. Moderate activity was associated with 26% reduced risks of early death<\/li>\n
  2. High activity was associated with 41% reduced risks of early death<\/li>\n
  3. Very high activity was associated with 40% reduced risks of early death<\/li>\n
  4. They found similar results for major adverse cardiovascular events compared to the \u201clow activity group.<\/li>\n
  5. Moderate activity was associated with 14% reduced risks of cardiovascular events<\/li>\n
  6. High activity was associated with 23% reduced risks of cardiovascular events<\/li>\n
  7. Very high activity was associated with 15% reduced risks of cardiovascular events<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Physical activity at work increases your risks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    More surprising results were found for work-related activity. It appears that high physical activity in a workplace could actually be hurting your health. These were the results when compared to the \u201clow activity\u201d group.<\/p>\n