Just 15 Minutes of Daily Exercise May Add 3 Years to Life
A little bit of exercise could lengthen your life, new research suggests. Getting just 15 minutes of daily physical activity increases life expectancy by about three years, according to a study published Monday in the Lancet. The findings come from observational data on more than 400,000 people in Taiwan who reported their weekly exercise habits for eight years. Those who logged 15 minutes of daily exercise were 14 percent less likely to die of any cause and 10 percent less likely to die of cancer during the study period, compared with their sedentary peers. Each additional 15 minutes cut the risk of death by another 4 percent and the risk of cancer death by 1 percent, Bloomberg reports. "This advice is very simple and probably easily achievable," wrote Anil Nigam and Martin Juneau, researchers at the Montreal Heart Institute, in an editorial accompanying the study. "Governments and health professionals both have major roles to play to spread this good news story and convince people of the importance of being at least minimally active."
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If you can't afford a personal trainer—or don't want one—there are a number of exercise and nutrition resources available on the Internet. For some, the convenience and social support of surfing for fitness guidance online can make it just as effective as working with a trainer in person, fitness blogger Chelsea Bush writes for U.S. News. Here's a guide for how to use (and not to use) today's top online fitness tools.
1. Social Media. Benefits: Social networks like Facebook and Twitter make it easy to get quick fitness tips and news updates, and connect with peers who can offer support and accountability as you work toward your goals. "People tend to stay with a program if they feel part of a community, and social media is the perfect vehicle for establishing this," says New York-based trainer Robert Brace. You can "check in" at the gym on Foursquare, a smart phone app that posts your whereabouts to your Facebook and Twitter profiles. Or you can tweet pictures of the healthy salad you made for lunch via apps like Flickr and Twitpic. With devices like the Nike
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