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Physically Demanding Work: Fatal for the Unfit
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Turns out, dirty jobs can be deadly jobs for those who aren’t in shape, according to a new analysis of over 7,000 men in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Danish researchers found that unfit men with physically-demanding occupations were nearly three times more likely to die from heart disease when compared to those who did light physical work.
What’s more, fit men who perform heavy work (a.k.a. “industrial athletes”) were about 40 percent less likely to die from heart disease than their unfit coworkers.
An interesting side note: the researchers concluded that socioeconomic factors didn’t influence their findings, placing the worker’s fitness levels firmly in the crosshairs.
“Like many athletes, the industrial athlete’s performance and longevity is directly related to the condition of their body,” says Luke Manson, a performance specialist at Core Performance. “Improving your fitness level will not only protect your health, it may also translate into an improvement in productivity.”
So if you’re working a blue-collar job, don’t rely on your “9 to 5” for exercise. Start training your body for your career and you might just become a top performer on the job and in life.
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