ROI on Daily Workout Is 3.7 Years

What’s a daily workout worth? In the spirit of the Return-on-Investment-mania that holds the western world its grip, researchers have determined that a daily 30-minute stint of moderate to high activity will probably add between 1.3 and 3.7 years to our lives. The study, conducted by researchers at Erasmus M.C. University Medical Center in Rotterdam and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, analyzed data from the famous Framingham Heart Study, which followed 5,209 residents of a Massachusetts town for
more than 40 years, collecting detailed information about their
lifestyles and health. The Washington Post reports on its findings: People who engaged in moderate activity — the equivalent of walking
for 30 minutes a day for five days a week — lived about 1.3 to 1.5
years longer than those who were less active. Those who took on more
intense exercise — the equivalent of running half an hour a day five
days every week — extended their lives by about 3.5 to 3.7 years. Read more.