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To exercise regurarly has always been recommended by doctors, but can it be posible to exercise too much? Well, the fact is that about 2 million people participate in extreme workouts every year, and the numbers of participants keeps on increasing. There can be many benefits that can be obtained from extreme workouts, both for men and women. Women can expect to maintain a healthy weight and can even be 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer(Park). Both men and women can improve their oxygen level, their metabolism, their mental health, their endurance, their strength, their speed, and their cardiovascular health as well. These are just a couple of health conditions that can be improved with extreme workouts. Although there are mixed reviews and recommendations with extreme workouts, exercise has more positives than negatives. The percentage of people that exercise at the extreme is very small compare to the people that don’t exercise at all. Extreme workouts are not for everyone, especially if a person has a previous heart condition like arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy or congenital heart defects. People need to consider their health conditions before starting any kind of exercise and consulting their doctor is recommended. A study that covered 10 years of running and almost 11 million runners, found that only 59 people had cardiac arrest during a race and that 51 of them were men. This study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to this study runners are actually safer because marathoners may be healthier than the general population. Most of the cardiac arrest occurred near the finish line with an average age of 42. The causes of most deaths were due to a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is a genetically-caused thickening of the heart wall that makes it electrically unstable. Another cause of death was dehydration, another was hyperthermia, and arrhythmias, was the cause of two deaths. Out of the 23 people who died, 9 had more than one cardiac problem. The death rate in distance running is one per 259,000. The rate for collegiate athletes is one death per 43,770 per year, and for triathletes it is one per 52,630. The results are very low compare to how many people participate in extreme workouts (Bakalar). These statistics are very clear and the numbers can be a relief, to those who worry about negative reviews of extreme workouts.

Bakalar, Nicholas. “Heart Attacks Uncommon During Marathons.” Nytimes.com. 12 January 2012.  Park, Alicia. “Regular Exercise can lower Breast Cancer Risk.”  Time.com. 25 June 2012. 