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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe air quality is important too. I read somewhere that it's horrible for your lungs and heart to exercise outside in any major city. [/quote]

"read somewhere" is useless. Either cite to a source or be quiet. [/quote]

Exactly, where do people come up with this stuff?

We get it, some people suck at running or don’t like it or both. Those people might say dumb things like it makes you look haggard or your knees are going to explode. Whatever.  Ignore those dorks. [/quote]

https://www.lung.org/blog/running-outside-air-pollution

"Recently, the European Heart Journal published a study about the trade-off between the health benefits of physical activity and the harmful effects of air pollution while performing that activity outside. The study specifically focused on how young adults ages 20-39, a group that is typically in optimal health, are affected by particle pollution. As you may have suspected, it was found that participants who lived in places with low-to-moderate air pollution decreased their risk of cardiovascular disease the more they exercised. However, participants who were exposed to high average levels of air pollution while exercising were adversely affected, suggesting that the health risks from exposure to particle pollution outweighed the health benefits of exercising. It should be noted that the level of intensity also played a factor in these results, with low intensity fitness being a better option for times when air pollution is high."[/quote]

This involves studies involving AQI of 100 and above. Your original statement was about exercising outside of ANY major city at ANY time. That’s just dumb and wrong. It might be true in china (the locale of one study), but not true in the DC area. This summer was an anomaly, but people should otherwise be smart about air quality. Bad days happen. You adjust. [/quote]

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