Pushing the Body in 'Extreme' Sports Won't Shorten Life Span

FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 -- Athletes who push themselves to maximum performance don’t appear to pay a price when it comes to their longevity, a new study says.

For centuries, some have promoted the idea of a “U-shaped” association between health and exercise, with either too little or too much physical activity doing damage to a person’s well being. The English neurologist and athlete Roger Bannister first broke this milestone in May 1954. Bannister died in 2018, at the age of 88.

The athletes were born between 1928 and 1955 and were age 23 on average when they ran the mile in under four minutes.Overall, under four-minute milers live nearly five years beyond their predicted life expectancy, the study says. The declining life expectancy advantage of these extreme athletes might be explained by overall improvements in longevity for everyone, researchers said. Advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of major diseases could mean that everyone else is living longer, not that the athletes are dying earlier.

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