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T R A I N N E W S

P I C K- M E - U P

A study published in
Depression and Anxiety
found that people who
exercised regularly had
lower odds of depression,
even among those geneti-
cally predisposed to the
condition. Additionally,
people diagnosed with
depression had fewer cases
when they were active for
an additional 30 minutes
per day.

B AC K O F T H E L I N E

NOT ALL ATHLETES BLOCK OUT HEART DISEASE

Linemen on collegiate disease among any
and professional football athletes due to the rapid
teams, who are encouraged weight gain they undergo
to weigh more than 300 early on in their training,
pounds, are at the highest according to a study in
risk for cardiovascular JAMA Cardiology.

RU N F O R YO U R L I F E
ONE STEP
AT A TIME

Any amount of running,
even for just a mile per
day, can lower your risk
of heart disease by 30%
and decrease your cancer
risk by 23%, a study in the
British Journal of Sports
Medicine found. You
don’t even have to run
that fast—a six-miles-per- S H U T T E R S T O C K
hour pace had profound
benefits, researchers said.

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