It’s NOT taking that brand new supplement that promises youthful looking skin or memory or will give you “youthful” performance in the bedroom (wink, wink…).
Nope. It’s just simple exercise.
Nothing will keep you younger longer than exercise. And not soup-cans-sitting-on-a chair-exercise, either. I always defer to Jack LaLane as an example of what “exercise” is as we get older.
This particular study finds that, after following a group of men for 20 years, exercise capacity was the greatest predicter of the participants risk of dying from anything. Here’s some specifics:
- For those who were more fit (5.1-6.0 METs), they were 38% less likely to die during the study.
- Even better, those who were the most fit (> 9 METS) were 61% less likely to die.
- Luckily unfit individuals who got off the couch and improved their fitness levels over the study still benefited with a 35% lower mortality risk.
