A new study has revealed that light jogging is very effective for longevity.
The study led by American College of Cardiology found that strenuous joggers were as likely to die as sedentary non-joggers, while light joggers had the lowest rates of death.
The research explained that jogging from 1 to 2.4 hours per week was associated with the lowest mortality and the optimal frequency of jogging was no more than three times per week.
Peter Schnohr, MD, DMSc, a researcher from the Copenhagen City Heart Study, said that the pace of the slow joggers corresponds to vigorous exercise and strenuous jogging corresponds to very vigorous exercise, so when it's performed for decades, this activity level could pose health risks, especially to the cardiovascular system.
Schnohr further added that if anyone wants to decrease the risk of death and improve life expectancy, than jogging a few times a week at a moderate pace would be a good strategy, as doing it more might be harmful to the health.
The study is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
