WEBVTT rt AND WEWILL CHECK IN WITH AMY AND GETTHE DETAILS STRAIGHT AHEAD.rtMICHELLE: A NEW STUDY LOOKING ATMARATHON RUNNERS SHOWS THOSE WHOTRAIN AGGRESSIVELY WHEN THEY AREYOUNG ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE AHEALTHY FUTURE.I'M JOINED BY DOCTOR JAMINrt-->> GOOD MORNING, HAPPY LABORDAY.JASON:rt A LOT OF PEOPLE ARETAKING THE DAY OFF BUT INSTEADOF THINKING ABOUT RELAXING ATTHE EACH, TAKING THAT RUN COULDDO GOOD FOR OUR FUTURE.>>rt YOU CAN START YOUR MORNINGOFF WITH A RUN AND THEN ENJOYTHE FESTIVITIES.MICHELLE: A LITTLE BIT OFEVERYTHING.JASON:rt LET'S TALK ABOUT THESTUDY.AS YOU LOOK AT THIS IT ISTALKING ABOUT MARATHONERS ANDTHEIR PROGRESS OVER YEARS --WHAT DID YOU FIND INTERESTINGABOUT THIS?>>rt RARELY DO YOU FIND A STUDYTHAT FOLLOWS PEOPLE OVER 45YEARS.THESE WERE RUNNERS THAT TRAINEDFOR THE 1960 OLYMPICS.rtTHIS WAS NOT JUST BLOOD PRESSUREOR HEART RATE, THIS WAS ADVANCEDTESTING.EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD AGED THEYWERE STILL IN THE TOPrt 10% OFTHEIR AGE GROUP.WHAT THEY HAD DONE WHEN THEYWERE YOUNGER IN THEIR 20'SCONTINUED TO HELP THEM IN THEIR70'S AND 80'S.MICHELLE: ARE THEY STILL WORKIrtNGOUT AT THAT LEVEL AT THAT AGE?>> THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BEIMPOSSIBLE BUT THEY WERE STILLWORKING OUT AT A CONSISTENTRATE.rtTHREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK,NOTHING AGGRESSIVE OR CRAZY BUTTHEY KEPT THEIR ROUTINE GOINGTHROUGH THE ENTIRE TIME.WHAT WE END UP DOING IS WErt YO-YO, WE WORK OUT AND WE DROPPED,WE WORK OUT AND WE DROP BUT THEYARE CONSISTENT AND THEY ARESEEIrtNG THE BENEFITS.JASON: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITSCOMPARED TO THEIR PEERS?>> THE BIGGEST PERFORMANCE WASVOrt2.HOW MUCH OXYGEN YOU CAN TAKENWITH EVERY BREATH.THE MORE OXYGEN YOU CANrt TAKENWHICH IS CONVERTED TO ENERGY.THEY WERE ABLE TO STAY AT PEAKPERFORMANCE FOR THEIR AGE GROUPWHICH FOR US, IF WE HAVE NOTWOrtRKED OUT IN A WHILE, OUROXYGENATION WILL BE LOW.MICHELLE: THAT IS WHY WE ARE OUTOF BREATH WHEN WE GO FOR THEFIRST RUN AFTER NOT WORKING OUT.rtWHAT ABOUT THE PERSON THAT SAYS,IT IS TOO LATE FOR ME?>> YOU CAN ALWAYS CATCH UP.SOMETHING IS BETTER THANNOTHING.rtIF YOU ARE GOING TO SIT ON THECOUCH, NOT A GOOD IDEA.START WALKING, JOGGING, THENRUNNING.IT USED TO TAKE ME 12 MINUTES TOWALK Art MILE -- TO RUN A MILE BUTNOW I CAN DO IT IN UNDER SEVENMINUTES.I LOST WEIGHT AND YOU HAVrtE TOSTAY CONSISTENT.ANYONE CAN DO IT.ALL WE ASK IS THAT 150 MINUTES AWEEK.THAT IS NOTHING.THATrt IS HOW MUCH TIME PEOPLESPEND ON SOCIAL MEDIA A DAY.MICHELLE: WHEN YOU PUT IT THATWAY, IT MAKES US SOUND LAZY.