A team of experts, led by scientists from Sweden's Karolinska Institute, tracked the lifestyles of 8,677 men aged between 20 and 82 for more than two decades and researchers monitored how many developed cancer and subsequently died from it.
The results showed men who regularly worked out with weights and had the highest muscle strength were between 30 and 40 per cent less likely to lose their life to a deadly tumor. Even among volunteers who had excess tummy fat or a high body mass index, regular weight training seemed to have a protective effect.
This finding is profound - considering the fact that belly fat is metabolically active and correlated to hormone deposition.
So while there is no need to become Arnold Schwarzenegger, it is important to incorporate flexibility, strength training and aerobic movement into your daily routine.
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Fascinating, more and more research is coming out all the time. I have been fit all my life, until about 4 years ago when I started a very stressful job, and then physical activity became almost non-existent. I have now freed myself of this stressful situation but have been finding it challenging to motivate myself to daily activity. This article may well be sufficient to get that motivation happening!!
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