I am not sure if there is any evidence/ studies done out there, but do martial artists live longer than your average Joe?.
I do get that the fitness involved in Martial arts will help, however the strain on out bodies may counter this.
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Sign up to join this communityI am not sure if there is any evidence/ studies done out there, but do martial artists live longer than your average Joe?.
I do get that the fitness involved in Martial arts will help, however the strain on out bodies may counter this.
You should not expect to see a study that tries to quantify the effect of martial arts on lifespan. There are too many variables involved in this process: genetics, diet, sleep patterns, stress, environment, other exercise, etc. And while it is possible to determine what kills you, there is not a corresponding causation for what keeps you alive. The number of people you would need to follow, the length of time (until people die!), and the control of what constitutes martial arts would make this very expensive.
What you can measure is the ability of practitioners to live fully with mobility in old age. Unless your martial art is popular, you may be stuck with anecdotal evidence on this matter.
First you can look at debilitating injuries like:
There has been some work on trying to quantify positive effects, but this is much more difficult, because first you need to determine what it is you are trying objectively to measure, then try to correlate that measure with positive outcomes.
Scientific research on exercise is not very illuminating. It is now well established that you should exercise, where this is generally defined in terms of target heart rate, duration, and frequency. But questions as simple as "Should I stretch after exercise?", regarding how exercise should be done, quickly lead to more questions than answers.
I suspect the best exercise advice for how to live longer is currently independent of martial arts:
What determines how long you will live is genetics.
Martial arts can determine how well you live until that moment.
Although plenty of other factors come in play; lifestyle for instance.
Finding the right balance is our best shot!
Too much of anything is bad . There has been no exact statistics about it but Martial Artists should stick to proper Health & Food regime with their age . The kilometres of running for an example is not the same in the age of 20s compared to 50s . Though they are far fitter than the average people with much better prowess but it does not mean that they will live more than the normal .