Want to Live Longer? Do More Cardio, New Study Suggests

Recent conventional wisdom says strength training holds the key to longevity. Now a new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests aerobic fitness is the secret to a long life. The study analyzed data from 122,000 participants over eight years. Using treadmill tests, researchers found that the people who had the greatest aerobic fitness also lived the longest.

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Those over age 70 with the highest degree of aerobic fitness had a nearly 30 percent decrease in mortality risk compared to the next-fittest group. But that doesn’t mean you should ditch weightlifting.

“Strength training is important for mobility and reducing injury with age,” says study author and cardiologist Kyle Mandsager. “It’s not a question of one or the other.”

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