How would you like to have an extra $1,350 every year to spend on anything you liked?
An analysis from the National institutes of Health published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine concluded that older adults who were active and exercised through adolescence and adulthood spent that much less on healthcare every year than those who had not maintained an exercise habit.
The study examined various levels of participation in physical activity throughout adulthood and how activity affected Medicare claims. Among the findings: Exercisers with a moderate level of activity had health care costs $1,200 a year lower after age 65 compared with adults who were consistently inactive from adolescence into middle age (moderate exercise involved walking or otherwise being in motion for a few hours most weeks). The health costs of those with a high level of activity were $1,350 lower per year.
Already a senior and did not devote much attention to exercise in your past? Even late starters benefited, the analysis showed. Waiting until middle age to increase activity still led to cost reductions of $824 per year.
So get off the couch, stop making excuses and get moving. How do you plan to spend the money you save?
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