If you’ve been following my “60-Second Read” series, then it’s no secret to you that regular exercise is good for you. Throughout the series, we’ve learned that exercise can prevent various diseases/illnesses from ever plaguing our bodies and lives, it can enhance the great parts of life, and it can improve our life even when our health - mental or physical - is not in an ideal place. Even still, there’s more to add to the list… Regular exercise can actually lengthen your life. Here’s the cool part: in one study, people who only achieved about half the recommended amount of physical activity on a weekly basis still gained years to their life expectancy that their inactive counterparts did not - almost 2 years to be exact. This is another cool stat: in the same study, people who struggled with obesity were compared to others of a healthy weight, and obese individuals who met the recommendations for weekly physical activity gained 3 more years to their life expectancy than those who were a healthy weight, but inactive. How dope is that?! One more: on average, individuals who achieved twice the recommended amount of physical activity, [300+ minutes per week], gained over 4 years to their life expectancy. Don’t forget that regular exercise slows and eases the aging process too - allowing us to maintain our independence even into our elderly years. Not only will it improve your quality of life in the years you have left, making a habit of exercising may gift you with extra years. Whether it feels too early to worry about your health/aging, or too late to attempt making a change, the bottom line is that getting and staying active is going to make a difference - it’s going to change your life for the better within days of getting started. So just do it, not just for you, for your family and loved-ones too. Get off your booty and MOVE!!!