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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by mej10 on Monday March 20, 2017 @07:43PM (#13918617)
> "vaguely feeling a bit better in three months, maybe living an extra year or two when everything is falling apart anyway" as sufficient.

Once you are middle-aged (and even before for many people) it is much more than "vaguely feeling a bit better". Without reasonable muscle-tone and fitness your joints will ache every single day and you will begin losing mobility and getting injured more easily.

I hate exercising. I do it because it is too costly not to.

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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by patrickg_zill on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:55AM (#13919966)
THIS.

The difference between 39 and 46 at the same apparent level of non-fitness is shocking. Stuff hurts that never did before.

Getting and staying in shape is key after 40.

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