Aging and Possible Benefits or Negatives of Lifelong Endurance Running: How Master Male Athletes Differ from Young Athletes and Elderly Sedentary?

Regular physical activity, recommended by the WHO, is crucial in maintaining a good physical fitness level and health status and slows down the effects of aging. However, there is a lack of knowledge of whether lifelong endurance running, with a volume and frequency above the WHO limits, still bring...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-10, Vol.19 (20), p.13184
Main Authors: Vajda, Matej, Oreská, Ľudmila, Černáčková, Alena, Čupka, Martin, Tirpáková, Veronika, Cvečka, Ján, Hamar, Dušan, Protasi, Feliciano, Šarabon, Nejc, Zampieri, Sandra, Löfler, Stefan, Kern, Helmut, Sedliak, Milan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Aged
Aging
Aging - physiology
Athletes
Biopsy
Data collection
Diagnostic systems
Geriatrics
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Malnutrition
Marathons
Metabolism
Muscles
Musculoskeletal system
Older people
Physical activity
Physical Endurance - physiology
Physical Fitness
Physiology
Professional ethics
Protocol
Running
Running - physiology
Sedentary behavior
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Summary:Regular physical activity, recommended by the WHO, is crucial in maintaining a good physical fitness level and health status and slows down the effects of aging. However, there is a lack of knowledge of whether lifelong endurance running, with a volume and frequency above the WHO limits, still brings the same benefits, or several negative effects too. The present study aims to examine the protentional benefits and risks of lifelong endurance running training in Master male athletes, as this level of physical activity is above the WHO recommendations. Within the study, four main groups of participants will be included: (1) endurance-trained master athletes, (2) endurance-trained young athletes, (3) young sedentary adults, and (4) elderly sedentary. Both groups of athletes are strictly marathon runners, who are still actively running. The broad spectrum of the diagnostic tests, from the questionnaires, physical fitness testing, and blood sampling to muscle biopsy, will be performed to obtain the possibility of complexly analyzing the effects of lifelong endurance physical activity on the human body and aging. Moreover, the study will try to discover and explain new relationships between endurance running and diagnostic parameters, not only within aging.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph192013184