You may be getting ready for your next excuse not to exercise. There are still a lot of people who are in their late 50s or even in their senior years who still ramp up their physical activity to boost their health in order to lower the risk of premature death.
A Swedish study that included 2,205 men (ages 50 to 82) which they followed for 32 years, showed that those who did more physical activities from low (couch potato) or medium (casual walker) to high (at least three hours of sports or heavy gardening a week) reduced their mortality rate to half of the men who remained living a sedentary life. Although researchers observed men only, they are confident that these results apply to women, too.
Start exercising today and later enjoy a longer and healthier life.