" In a Heartbeat " ...Whatsa Heartbeat ???

[Gonzo the Face]

I'm sure we've all heard that saying.  .....but talk about amazing!!!   For those out there with nothing to do, and an extra heartbeat of two .... Check me out.
Say you should live to be about the ripe old age of 75 years and not get too scared to much along the way or your wife doesn't aggravate you too much during the blissful years and you have an average heart beat of 75 beats per minute......Do you realize that your heart would beat non-stop for about 2,958,552 000 times, hopefully ....non stop !!!  Get the calculator out.
Now is that an amazing piece of machinery/organ, or what ???

[thequietman]

It has been suggested that a heart only has so many beats in it before it stops working. (past its sell by date)

 

Therefore, exercise causes it to beat faster. Less exercise means that you live longer.

 

That's the thinking behind it. Don't believe it to be honest! ????

[Gonzo the Face]

Two things in your post are a bit troublesome , especially here in SEA .... Exercise and honesty .  55555

 

[robblok]

29 minutes ago, thequietman said:

It has been suggested that a heart only has so many beats in it before it stops working. (past its sell by date)

 

Therefore, exercise causes it to beat faster. Less exercise means that you live longer.

 

That's the thinking behind it. Don't believe it to be honest! ????

Yes exercise makes the heart beat faster, but it also helps to get a lower resting heart rate. Given that exercise only raises your heart during exercise (usually limited time per day) but your resting heart rate is the rest (maybe 23 hours a day) lower it either cancels each other out or it helps you live longer. That is if you believe what you said. 

[Skallywag]

Heart rate and longevity

Reminds me of the tortoise and hare story in a way

Turtles 25 BPM, live over 100 years.  Rabbits 150 BPM, live 2 years

[scottiejohn]

23 hours ago, Skallywag said:

Heart rate and longevity

Reminds me of the tortoise and hare story in a way

Turtles 25 BPM, live over 100 years.  Rabbits 150 BPM, live 2 years

What about their different sex lives?

Edited August 18, 2019 by scottiejohn

[Salerno]

One dies happy the other frustrated?

[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎8‎/‎17‎/‎2019 at 2:34 PM, Gonzo the Face said:

Now is that an amazing piece of machinery/organ, or what ???

What you may not realise is that every cell in your heart has been replaced many times over, so as long as one does not clog up the arteries by eating bad food it will continue on for over 100 years ( as long as something else does not kill you ).

Other organs fail long before the heart, like skin, which is an organ.

Whatever, we were never designed to live as long as we do now. The Eskimos put the elderly that couldn't chew animal skins to make them supple outside to be eaten by a bear. We put them in "rest homes" and torture them with daytime tv ( I'd rather the bear than daytime tv ).

[faraday]

9 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

What you may not realise is that every cell in your heart has been replaced many times over, so as long as one does not clog up the arteries by eating bad food it will continue on for over 100 years ( as long as something else does not kill you ).

Other organs fail long before the heart, like skin, which is an organ.

Whatever, we were never designed to live as long as we do now. The Eskimos put the elderly that couldn't chew animal skins to make them supple outside to be eaten by a bear. We put them in "rest homes" and torture them with daytime tv ( I'd rather the bear than daytime tv ).

So really, we're not the same person, as when we were born.

 

Just like the Ship of Theseus....