• alphadog@exploding-heads.com
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    1 year ago

    wtf? I know science surrounding human biology isn’t great, but we know enough to disprove this old “same heart beat across all known species” yarn decades ago. Jogging isn’t going to do much for you unless you’re extremely out of shame but every few grams of muscle you add makes you literally harder to kill.

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      1 year ago

      I thought we do approximately have the same number of heart beats in our life time. But when you jog or do a bunch of cardio your heart becomes more efficient so it beats less when sitting. Kinda evens out.

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        1 year ago

        Ok, so lots of animals come in at around 1 billion heart beats. But humans are at least 2 to 3 times that and several other animals even more. So it’s not a lie out of whole cloth but it’s misleading. And what you mention is a key point: if you’re in good shape you’ll have a lower resting heart rate, which would be even at worst. And that’s just counting heart beats, but being fit adds loads of advantages in all aspects of your health.