Exercise is The Fountain of Youth
Now that I am over 40, keeping young is a primary focus for me. More and more studies are coming out to show the effects of exercise on aging. This is certainly great to keep me motivated with each and every workout session. Granted, I may not look like the woman in the photo, but every little bit helps.
Tim D. Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College in London, led a study on the effects of exercise on aging. The results were astounding. They found that exercise appears to slow the aging process. “The data suggests that the act of exercising may actually protect the body against the aging process,” said Spector.
Here’s the study in a nutshell:
- Aging occurs as more and more cells die. This results in weakened muscles, skin wrinkles, loss of eyesight and hearing, organ failure and slowed metal functioning.
- The study analyzed the white bloods cells of twins over a 10-year period.
- It was found that the overall cell health was directly related to that twin’s activity level.
- People who did 100 minutes of weekly exercise had cells particles that looked like those from someone about 5-6 years younger than those who did 16 minutes of exercise each week.
- People who did 3 hours of vigorous exercise each week had cell particles that looked like those from someone about 9 years younger.
Now, if you could make yourself 9 years younger from the inside out, would you do it? Of course 3 hours of vigorous exercise may be a challenge, but even less than 2 hours a week made a significant difference. Take the time to reverse the aging process in your body with some good, healthy exercise.
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skin wrinkles is hard to permanently cure but retinoids can make a lot of difference-~’
I had heard that regular exercise slowed the aging process, but the statistic in your excellent post I was surprised about was the difference between 100 minutes of exercise per week and 3 hours of exercise per week. That’s a difference of 80 minutes, yet the younger age difference is from 6 to 9 years. For an investment of an additional 80 minutes per week, you can almost a 50% improvement in slowing the age process. Thanks for sharing the study.
Oh, I forgot to ask whether the study distinguished types of exercise that had the greatest age-slowing benefit – cardio vascular exercise, resistance training, yoga, or all of the above?
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