<story><title>Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality</title><url>https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/58/10/556</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lovecg</author><text>There’s amusing statistics that show that if you’re out of shape and a smoker, you get a bigger bang for the buck from getting in shape first than quitting smoking. Disclaimer: not an endorsement of smoking.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>m463</author><text>reminds me of the bicycle helmet stuff.&lt;p&gt;There was a ted talk that said bicycle helmet laws would kill more people than save.&lt;p&gt;The reasoning was preventing people from riding would also prevent increased fitness, and more lives were lost from that than saved from accidents.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I think this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=07o-TASvIxY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=07o-TASvIxY&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Cardio fitness is a strong, consistent predictor of morbidity and mortality</title><url>https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/58/10/556</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lovecg</author><text>There’s amusing statistics that show that if you’re out of shape and a smoker, you get a bigger bang for the buck from getting in shape first than quitting smoking. Disclaimer: not an endorsement of smoking.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rTX5CMRXIfFG</author><text>That sounds like the sort of stuff you’d remember because it validates what you already want to believe</text></comment>