If you are going the low metabolism way to extend life span, you should also stop working out.
It's true that's what the animal research shows so far. However, you have to consider that the animals in the non-exercise groups were allowed to do non-regimented excercise, and all of these animals (monkeys, dogs) are naturally very active. My weight training only mimicks this natural activity level. Also the human research shows both paths, restriction and restriction with exercise, to be successful strategies for lowering aging related markers:
"Mean (SEM) weight change at 6 months in the 4 groups was as follows: controls, –1.0% (1.1%); calorie restriction, –10.4% (0.9%); calorie restriction with exercise, –10.0% (0.8%); and very low-calorie diet, –13.9% (0.7%). At 6 months, fasting insulin levels were significantly reduced from baseline in the intervention groups (all P<.01), whereas DHEAS and glucose levels were unchanged. Core body temperature was reduced in the calorie restriction and calorie restriction with exercise groups (both P<.05). After adjustment for changes in body composition, sedentary 24-hour energy expenditure was unchanged in controls, but decreased in the calorie restriction (–135 kcal/d [42 kcal/d]), calorie restriction with exercise (–117 kcal/d [52 kcal/d]), and very low-calorie diet (–125 kcal/d [35 kcal/d]) groups (all P<.008). These "metabolic adaptations" (~ 6% more than expected based on loss of metabolic mass) were statistically different from controls (P<.05). Protein carbonyl concentrations were not changed from baseline to month 6 in any group, whereas DNA damage was also reduced from baseline in all intervention groups (P <.005)."
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http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/295/13/1539Viator must have gotten big from eating so much food, I doubt it had anything to do with the exogenous hormone injections.
-sS
