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Eve-3 t1_jct38cc wrote

Reply to comment by Fit-Anything8352 in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga

The form most people use for running/jogging is usually terrible for the knees. Much better than messing up your brain, but not ideal.

I'd guess watersports as the least problematic. I don't recall hearing anything bad about swimming. (Looking forward to the comments saying why I'm wrong so I can learn something new)

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sweetbizil t1_jctajka wrote

Agreed, jogging is horrible on the joints and long distance low intensity especially. I do a lot of long distance running but I make sure I balance it out and keep my body strong to limit the joint damage. Sprinting does not suffer the same fate however and is very healthy in moderation.

As long as swimming isn’t done indoors I would agree. There is something really unsettling to me about swimming in an indoor pool that smells like a vat of radioactive liquid (to make it “safe” from other peoples’ bodily fluids).

In general, high intensity or low impact (elliptical, biking) training without brain trauma involved is going to be just fine long term imo.

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