We know how great exercise is, it keeps us fit and healthy, feeling good, and looking even better. The benefits have been stressed for years, and people have taken notice. There’s even been studies that suggest it lengthens our life.

Those studies have come slow and steady, but now there might be a more hard hitting study that really demonstrates exercise’s life-lengthening benefits. The study, which is being described in greater detail over on the New York Times blog, shows how exercise, especially in our middle age, can alter cells that are essential to how we age:

The researchers gathered the data for about 6,500 of the participants, ranging in age from 20 to 84, and then categorized them into four groups, based on how they had responded to questions about exercise.

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Interestingly, these associations were strongest among people between the ages of 40 and 65, the researchers found, suggesting that middle age may be a key time to begin or maintain an exercise program if you wish to keep telomeres from shrinking, says Paul Loprinzi, an assistant professor of health and exercise science at the University of Mississippi.

This might be the most clear cut study that’s come in support of exercise for life-extension, but don’t take my word for it, go and read about the full study on the New York Times blog.

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