For Those Seeking a Longer Life, Get a Move on It

How to live longer: 'I'm 93 and can still do squats thanks to a secret exercise that keeps me agile'

While exercise is important at all stages of life, it provides unmatched protection against disease as we grow older. It also becomes crucial for preserving independence when seniors enter their tenth decade. In fact, only a small portion of those who reach this milestone can say they still enjoy physical agility.But a 61-year-old fitness fanatic recently revealed that her 93-year-old mother retained her vitality by prioritising mobility exercis…

For Those Seeking a Longer Life, Get a Move on It

A new study suggests that the best indicator of how long you'll live isn't buried in a complex list of medical tests or hidden among the hundreds of biomarkers that longevity-obsessed tech millionaires track. Instead, it comes down to a much simpler metric: how much you move each day. Researchers...

Early Life Exercise Improves Healthspan But Not Lifespan in Mice

Exercise is demonstrably beneficial, but does little to lengthen maximum life span in mice. It does compress morbidity, in the sense of extending the period of healthy life and increasing median life span without increasing maximum life span. The study noted here is an example of this sort of outcome. Mice were put through a program of exercise in early life, roughly equivalent of teenage human years through to mid-20s, and were shown to have a …

A Little More Movement Could Add Years to Your Life—Even If You’re Starting Late, New Study Says

Any activity is better than none.Olha Danylenko / Getty ImagesIt’s not too late to experience the benefits associated with exercising regularly. A new report published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) found that you can still experience the health benefits of physical activity even if you have just started moving.The research team, led by scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia, discovered that while people who ar…