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Long-term endurance exercise training improves overall health and functional capacity, particularly by enhancing independence in older adults and reducing premature mortality, through structural and functional adaptations in major organs.
Engage in consistent, moderate-to-high intensity endurance exercise regularly. The primary goal is not just immediate physical appearance but long-term organ health, cognitive function, and reduced risk of premature death. This is especially critical for maintaining independence as you age.
consistent training of a sufficient intensity, frequency, and duration produces numerous adaptations in the human body, which are generally beneficial for health and well being... resultant improved functional capacity and fitness will enhance the independency of people, especially when at a higher age, and markedly reduce the likelihood of premature death
Why this rating
The claim is supported by a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art noninvasive human imaging studies (PET) and epidemiological evidence, though specific long-term human brain structural adaptations are noted as less characterized.
Source
Organ-Specific Physiological Responses to Acute Physical Exercise and Long-Term Training in Humans
Ilkka Heinonen et al. · Physiology · 2014
DOI 10.1152/physiol.00067.2013
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- Acute exercise increases brain blood flow redistribution to areas controlling locomotor and vestibular functions, and long-term training is associated with higher cognitive performance and potentially larger brain size.Good
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