Don't be fooled by stupid headlines

Before I share this garbage article, let's point out a few things. "Strenuous exercise" hurts some men as well. In the case of guys who play soccer or football, their quality of life in later years is seriously degraded - soccer players because of concussions, football players because of the pounding their bodies take.

Secondly, this study was from 90 women. 90! And from a study of 90 women the conclusion is "Women's exercise linked to lower cognitive skill."

Forgive the language, but bullshit.

The study took place in Canada, and there are millions of women in Canada. There's millions of women in the US. Are you trying to tell me that based on the statistics of 90 whole women, women should now be afraid to do "strenuous exercise"? I don't think so.

Having said that... in soccer, the "header" really should be out. That particular activity does have demonstrated repercussions for everybody, male and female, who plays the sport, because each time you hit a soccer ball with your head, your brain gets sloshed about violently.


Anyway, here' the joke of an article. No articles reporting studies should even be reported unless they'd tested over a thousand women. THen there'd perhaps be one less "ha" on my "ha ha ha ha ha, what garbage."

(Oh, and the photo accompanying this article? The caption is "Swimming herself stupid". Since when is swimming a strenuous activity?

Women's exercise linked to lower cognitive skill
WOMEN who habitually take strenuous exercise might be at risk of damaging their cognitive function later in life.

Strenuous exercise is known to reduce oestrogen levels in women and girls. This can delay the start of menstruation, and can lead to irregular periods in adult women. Low levels of oestrogen in premenopausal women have been linked to impaired mental function in later life.

Mary Tierney at the University of Toronto, Canada, reasoned that strenuous exercise might therefore lead to impaired cognition in later life. She asked 90 healthy post-menopausal women to report their life-long exercise habits, and then tested their cognitive ability. The results, which will be reported in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, showed a statistically significant decrease in performance in various cognitive tasks in women who said that they exercised strenuously compared with those that had exercised moderately.

The overall benefits of regular exercise are well established, but Tierney says the possible impact of strenuous exercise on cognition should be investigated further to see if it is significant.