Study Reveals Joggers Live 5 Years Longer

Jogging is good for you. So good, in fact, that it may extend your life by more than five years.

Jogging regularly increases the lifespan of men by about six years and women by about five and a half, according to data from a Danish study that has tracked the cardiovascular health of 20,000 people since 1976. You don’t have to be Usain Bolt or Shalane Flanagan to enjoy the benefit, either. The data, being presented Saturday at the EuroPRevent 2012 meeting in Dublin, shows running as little as 20 minutes three times a week at a slow to moderate pace will do the trick.