Middle-aged people starting exercise regime ‘can gain same health benefits as lifelong gym-goers’
Researchers believe that late starters to the gym can lower their risk of death to the levels seen in those who have been life-long gym bunniesMIDDLE-aged couch potatoes starting to exercise can lower the risk of early death just as if they had been fit from their teens.
Dr Pedro Saint-Maurice, of the National Cancer Institute in the US, said: “We specifically found that being inactive across early adulthood but increasing activity later, at 40 to 61, was associated with the risk reduction in mortality.
Prof Saint-Maurice said: “These benefits held similarly for men and women and were independent of BMI changes.”Middle-aged couch potatoes who start hitting the gym later in life could gain the same health benefits enjoyed by regular gym-goers
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