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Reminders for exercise for older adults

The most common cause of sudden death is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. While it is true that the risk for sudden death increases with age, this fact is not a reason to avoid exercise. The Amercian College of Sports Medicine supports that "the absolute risk
The most common cause of sudden death is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. While it is true that the risk for sudden death increases with age, this fact is not a reason to avoid exercise. The Amercian College of Sports Medicine supports that "the absolute risk during any given episode of vigorous exercise [is] very low with only one sudden death occurring for every 1.51 million episodes of exercise."