It's never too late to start exercising

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It's never too late to start exercising    

Just getting off the couch can cut heart disease risk, study shows

 

LONDON - It’s never too late for couch potatoes to start exercising and cut their risk of heart disease, according to research on Tuesday.

 

Neither does it have to be strenuous activity -- even just walking can make a difference.

 

“You don’t have to go to the gym. Just get off the couch,” said Dr Dietrich Rothenbacher of the University of Heidelberg in Germany. “It is never too late to start exercising,” he told Reuters.

 

The researchers studied the impact of physical activity on patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and a group of healthy volunteers of the same age and sex.

 

They found that people who exercised throughout their lives had the lowest risk of the illness, which is one of the biggest killers in industrialized countries.

 

“But we also found that people who changed their physical activity patterns in late adult life also reduced their risk for coronary heart disease,” added Rothenbacher, an epidemiologist at the university.

 

Couch potatoes who changed their ways and began exercising after the age of 40 were about 55 percent less likely to be diagnosed with the illness than people who had always been inactive.

 

   “The earlier you adopt a more physically active lifestyle, the bigger the rewards will be for your heart, helping to reduce your risk of CHD in later life. So don’t wait until you reach 40 to get active,” said a spokeswoman.

 

 

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Vocabulary: (click on the space after the word to hear the correct pronunciation)

 

couch potato
NOUN:
Slang

A person who spends much time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.

 

strenuous    
ADJECTIVE:

1. Requiring great effort, energy, or exertion: a strenuous task.
2. Vigorously active; energetic or zealous.

coronary    
ADJECTIVE:

1. Of, relating to, or being the coronary arteries or coronary veins.
2. Of or relating to the heart.
   

Guide Questions:

 

1. Do you exercise? At what age did you start exercising?

2. What's your favorite exercise? Please share your exercise regimen.

3. If you exercise, what was the reason why you started exercising? Who influenced you to take better care of your body?

4. If you don't exercise, what prevents you from exercising? What activities do you engage in to keep your body in shape?

5. According to this article, "It's never too late to start exercising" do you believe in that? Why or why not?