I think the statement that the title says "I didn't insist on physical exercise all my life" is somewhat biased, because physical exercise is narrow, and a lot of labor in life is not counted in physical exercise. Therefore, although many long-lived elderly people do not insist on physical exercise, they also keep fit through labor, and the effect is the same.
Especially now, people in their 80s are all from the old society. In the past few decades, especially before mechanization replaced heavy physical labor, people mostly made a living by working, and the physical labor they participated in was very heavy, so they naturally had no time, energy and conditions for physical exercise.
In today's society, people's general understanding of the phrase "life lies in exercise" is that people's bodies need more exercise to stay healthy. So many people who love life like all kinds of sports, such as climbing, running, walking, swimming and so on. This is the inevitable result of the development of society to the civilized stage, because there are fewer and fewer manual workers and fewer and fewer people engaged in manual labor.
Nowadays, many people are engaged in indoor work, so driving out has become the most time-saving and common thing, and there are few opportunities to get exercise at work. In life, due to the improvement of living standards, the diet is becoming more and more refined. Therefore, various wealth diseases and chronic diseases are becoming more and more popular. Therefore, in order to be healthy, we have to choose physical exercise to improve our physical fitness.
In contrast, many long-lived elderly people naturally do much less physical exercise, and the elderly can't exercise too much. Therefore, exercise is not suitable for everyone, and it is beneficial at any time. Excessive or improper exercise can also cause physical injury, and serious excessive exercise can even lead to sudden death and other dangers.
The physical exercise of the elderly is mostly based on the concept that life lies in exercise. If people don't understand this concept thoroughly, they will have misunderstandings. Doing a lot of physical exercise that exceeds the standard every day will not only consume a lot of their physical strength, but also often cause the physiological phenomenon of loss of appetite. Excessive exercise often leads to the imbalance of human physiological circulation system overload, which is not conducive to the health of the elderly.
It can be seen that it is indeed a common phenomenon that most elderly people do not insist on physical exercise all their lives, which may be the reason why the human body saves physical consumption. The more stable the energy reserve of the human body is, the more conducive it is to the stability of cell cycle regeneration in the body, the more conducive it is to the extension of the life span of the elderly, and the more likely it is for the elderly to survive continuously, which will be a manifestation of a longer life span. If the elderly often take excessive physical exercise, it will often lead to the imbalance of the overload of the physiological circulation system, accelerate the normal regeneration cycle of human cells, and is not conducive to the longevity of the elderly.
Health is a great event for each of us. Different physiques need different ways of exercise, some suitable for exercise and some suitable for rest. I hope everyone can find the most suitable health care method according to their own physique and live a long and healthy life.