Iron Man Dean Mercer dead.

I wonder sometimes whether our heart has a pre-determined number ticks. If you used up all your ticks, you are going.

I know of someone died at the relatively young age of 50. Super fit windsurfer. He went out 2-3 times a day if it was windy. Skinny or lean, whatever way you want to look at it. But he went quietly, heart failure apparently. Long distance runners also died while competing or soon after it.

May be it is a good idea to give your body some rest, and not to push it too hard ?

I agree with these comments. If a super active lifestyle was good for you, retirement homes would be full of ex Olympians, Ironmen,other professional sportspeople and fitness freaks as well as vegans and people who have analysed every mouthful of food they ever ate.

I can assure you that is not the case. The healthy and mobile 90+ year olds are just average slobs who have never been to a gym or even gone for a run.

I remember watching Dean on telly. 3 channels only and footy or Uncle Toby's to choose from. RIP


I know of plenty of superfit people that wore themselves out. My FIL for one. 1st heart, knees then hips. It was sad to see. My uncle was the same crazy for marathon runner huge distances every day then heartattack and 2 walking sticks.

Anyways yes heartbeats are relative to your species give or take some Darwinism.
http://kottke.org/13/02/does-every-species-get-a-billion-heartbeats

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psychomub said..
I agree with these comments. If a super active lifestyle was good for you, retirement homes would be full of ex Olympians, Ironmen,other professional sportspeople and fitness freaks as well as vegans and people who have analysed every mouthful of food they ever ate.

I can assure you that is not the case. The healthy and mobile 90+ year olds are just average slobs who have never been to a gym or even gone for a run.

And your scientific evidence for this statement is

No scientific evidence, just observations.

A mate of mine keeps telling me how good he was in his younger days when he ran marathons one after another. Now in his mid fifty, his knees are wonky and needing surgery. A windsurfer from Europe suffers even worse knee damages. They actually move side way when pushed ! Then his hip also required surgery.

He used to do loops. The trouble is he did it while his knees and hips were already in very bad shape. I advised him against doing such radical moves. I told him just have a nice cruise around and try to extend his windsurfing a bit longer rather than becoming a cripple. Being fatalistic, he said he will stop the doing loops, but will do the big jumps. Some people just don't learn, do they ?