OK, the researchers don’t suggest why people who belong to a gym exercise more and also happen to be more fit, but readers may be able to figure that out. What the University of Iowa study did find was that people who belonged to a health club not only exercised more – for both aerobic activity and strength training – they also had better cardiovascular health outcomes. Those health benefits were even greater for people who had a gym membership for more than a year. In fact, gym members were 14 times more aerobically active than non-members and 10 times more likely to meet muscle-strengthening guidelines, regardless of their age, weight or gender. Wait, there’s more. The research showed that gym members overall had a more active lifestyle, and they had
- Lower odds of being obese
- Smaller waist circumference – about 1.5 inches less for men and a similar trend for women
- Lower resting heart rate – about five beats lower than non-members
- Higher cardiorespiratory fitness – this measures heart strength, lung function, blood circulation and muscle mass
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