It’s not too late! Even after 50 you can get fit!

Exercise prolongs life for older folks, although it may take years to kick in.

A recent Reuters story on exercise benefits for those over the age of fifty shows not only the importance of exercise, but also the importance of not waiting to begin your exercise program. There is really no other way to say it… start TODAY, live LONGER!

Reuters: updated 8:28 a.m. ET, Fri., March. 6, 2009

LONDON – People who put off regular exercise until they hit the age of 50 can still benefit from physical activity but it appears to take 10 years for the effects to kick in, Swedish researchers said Friday.

A study of 2,205 Swedish men followed for more than 20 years from the age of 50 showed that exercise made no difference in premature death rates for at least a decade for those who waited until later in life to start physical activity.

“It has been shown that young people benefit from exercise but this is the first time we have been able to show that old people can also benefit from increasing their physical activity,” Liisa Byberg, a researcher at Uppsala University in…

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