I was in class learning about how einstein taught that if you go the speed of light, time techincally slows down for you and goes normal for the people around you. So wouldn't time slow down if you sprinted a lot, meaning longer life expectancy?
2007-02-27 07:32:59 · 3 answers · asked by tommyk2k5 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
If you traveled in a vehicle at 20,000 mph for 50 years, you would gain only 1 second of extra life. you really have to travel at near the speed of light to get any real benefit.
Speed of light = 186,000 miles per second =669,600,000 mph
2007-02-27 07:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably, but it would have nothing to do with einsteins theory. It would be due to conditioning your heart. Supposedly you actually go backwards in time if you go faster than the speed of light. The most you might gain by sprinting assuming it wasn't making you any healthier is probably a minute at the most, and maybe if you drove really really fast your entire life, you might gain an hour or 2 at the most. But of course you also risk premature death by doing that. One of my friends said that when astronauts come back to earth their synchronized clocks are off slightly. I don't know how much that is but I'm guessing it's probably only by a couple minutes if even. And thats as fast as is humanly possible at this point in time.
Don't let that discourage you from sprinting though, the health benefits far outweigh the slowing down time lol.
2007-02-27 07:49:11 · answer #2 · answered by Justaguyinaplace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you could sprint at light speed.
2007-02-27 07:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by Go Bears! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋