29/10/2024
Looking for a simple way to lower body pain and add a lovely vibrant sparkling and even more quality years to your life?
Truth is that it might be as easy as squeezing in an extra 15 minutes of good quality training each day!
According to a study published in January 2022 in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers explored the lives of over 4,800 adults between 40 and 85 years old, all of whom wore fitness trackers for a week to monitor their activity.
The scientists then kept tabs on these people for the next decade, checking who was still kicking by the end of the study.
Here’s what they found...
By increasing daily exercise by just 10 minutes, people could reduce annual death rates by 7%!
Adding 20 minutes a day increases that drop to 13%, and 30 minutes a day upped it to a 17% reduction in the death rate.
When applied to the UK population, these numbers could mean improving quality of life and possibly preventing thousands of deaths every year.
Now, this doesn’t mean extra workout time is a magic spell for immortality, but it’s pretty clear - more training is linked to stronger bones, leaner muscle mass, more strength, better mental health and of course longer, healthier lives.
So - how much training will you need to make it count?
Well, you can start with an extra ten minutes today, another five next week, and keep building up gradually.
Your body will thank you, your mind will thank you, and hey, you might even add a few bonus years to your game.
So, how does exercise improve your mental health?
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