Just in - Study: Vigorous Exercise Reduces PC Risk

A European study says that men who vigorously exercise are at reduced risk for agressive PC:

https://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2018/11/13/vigorous-exercise-and-prostate-cancer-risk/

Did not help me neither, I ran indoors for the winter months and took long walks in the good weather months for years prior to diagnosis.

Interesting. I surfed about 5 days a week the past few years and have never felt healthier despite my PCa (although we'll see after the RT + Lupron + Zytiga weigh in). Hoping I'll be able to carry some momentum through all the treatments.

Perhaps my PCa would have spread further if I'd been a couch potato.

I’m thinking they may have gotten things mixed up. Perhaps guys at risk for aggressive PCa are also naturally lazy, cuz that fits me pretty well.

Exercise didn't "protect" me, either. I was a daily runner/gym rat for over 35 years when diagnosed. I imagine the exercise helped me to delay open-heart surgery, but I doubt it affected my cancer diagnosis. It might have helped me to cruise through treatment, due to being in good shape (for my age, at least), though.

I find studies like this fun reading and often a bit of, "No, really?" That exercise is good should be obvious. One problem with a study like this is that it doesn't completely take into account other factors like diet, genetics, drugs, etc ...

Also, it studied guys who had this level at exercise for 25 years. I've already had PC, I'll be lucky if I live another 25 years so the info is a bit late for me.

But I found it amusing to read and who knows, it might be useful for someone else.

Andrew

I read the study (elsewhere)and it applied across all ages. If I recall, a sidebar was, that some moderate amount of exercise will help previously sedentary people even more tha people who are active.

A study like this, is great to show to our children, and who knows, our children might read it and decide to use it to benefit our grandchildren

As a few have mentioned, being in shape might not prevent an individual from disease but it does increase your chances of going though treatments without complications.

Pretty much everyone on my family tree dies of heart disease. When I figured this out in my early 30s, I made a massive dietary change (vegetarian) and made sure I didn't take on their bad habits: no exercise, smoking, etc.

When I was in my late-40s and finished with grad school, on top of a full-time job, I took up regular exercise. Staying motivated was a problem but a friend told me about some people doing a streak, seeing how many days they can go without missing a day. That talked to me so I ran, biked, swam, or did a gym workout everyday for 17-1/2 years, plus 2 days. The day that the streak was broken was the day I had my prostate out, although I did walk the 1-1/4 mile to the hospital from my hotel that morning.

Now I take the occasional day off but still run about 20-25 per week and swim about 2 miles per week.