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Long, gruelling workouts may do more harm than good, especially after 45

Its increasingly common for midlifers to be the most ferocious exercisers at the gym. We relish brutal bootcamp-style classes, spin ourselves silly and push ourselves to ever more extreme challenges marathons, triathlons and week-long cycling races. We all want to live longer, healthier lives.

However, some experts believe that for the over-45s in particular, exercising at high intensity for more than 45 minutes at a time is detrimental, putting chronic stress on the body and accelerating ageing. So are you training too hard for too long? And could doing less give you a better body and health?

A study published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that one brisk jog weekly no faster than 6mph (about 9.5km/h) and no longer

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Are you exercising too much? | Weekend - The Times

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