"No one Over 40 Should be Using A Snow Shovel"

The weekend snow and removal of such white, fluffy substance was the topic at the start of meeting yesterday. This one guy was "bragging" about snow blowing snow from 194 feet of sidewalk and xxx feet of driveway. Somehow the discussion got into using a shovel to remove snow and the snow blower guy says (after he proceeded to tell us about a friend of his losing fingers in the snow blower), "my wife's cardiologist told her that no one over the age of 40 should be shoveling snow." Another guy in the room agreed; "yes, my friend who works at xxx heart hospital in Philadelphia said their doctors are saying the same thing." Huh?!?! And big mouth me says, "gee... I'd WANT to use the shovel to get some exercise." The room went silent, nothing more was said (maybe 'cause the meeting started?!) But I kept thinking about this. Granted if the "average" individual gets no cardio exercise, yes, shoveling snow is taxing. And yes, maybe those two guys in the room had heart issues and SHOULD be taking it easy (the one is a bit overweight). But shouldn't the doctors be saying, "shovel snow carefully. Start slowly and end slowly. Take smaller scoops, take breaks. It can be a good form of exercise." Shouldn't the doctors be encouraging activity and not encouraging people to lead such sedentary lifestyles like the majority of the population currently does? Then there's the snow blower and usage of gas to make it go. Hmm... yup - we need more gas powered devices in this world and inactive people to operate them. ARGH! Let's go shovel some snow... my driveway is 435 feet. Yeh baby...