Never too late to get moving
It's an easy rut for a person to fall into. They'll think: "Well, I would exercise, but I'm too old for it to do me any good. No exercise that I do now can possibly make up for 45 years of not exercising."
But if you're thinking that you're too old for exercise to do you any good, think again.
You see, even if you don't get started until your 40s, exercising can decrease your risk of heart disease by up to 90 percent.
Recently, a group of German researchers decided to compare health data between 312 people with heart disease and 479 healthy blood donors (all within the same age-range).
Not surprisingly, the heart disease patients were the ones who exercised the least, if they exercised at all. Also unsurprising was that the people who exercised regularly starting at least in their 20s and on through their 40s had a 62 percent lower risk of heart disease.
But what actually did turn out to be surprising was that a lot of the folks who didn't even start exercising until their 40s still managed to decrease their heart disease risk by more than half. In fact, they turned out to have a heart disease rate of 90 percent less than those folks who stayed on the couch.
You need to be getting at least half an hour of moderately strenuous exercise every day if you're hoping to get these kinds of benefits. It could be a nice long walk, a hike through the woods, a bike ride, or a jog. Just remember: The best exercise is the exercise you'll actually do.
