Ein Mix aus verschiedenen Übungen könnte der Schlüssel zu einem längeren Leben sein: Aktive Menschen, die die größte Vielfalt an Übungen machten, starben in dieser Zeit um 19 % seltener als diejenigen, die sich auf eine Aktivität konzentrierten. Dieser Effekt war größer als bei Einzelsportarten wie Gehen, Tennis, Rudern und Joggen.

Why **doing a mix of exercise could be the key to longer life**

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket when it comes to exercise – doing a variety of different physical activities every week is the key to boosting your health and living longer, a study suggests.

After tracking the weekly exercise habits of 110,000 men and women in the US for 30 years, researchers found **active people who did the greatest variety of exercise were 19% less likely to die during that time than those who focused on one activity**.

**That effect was greater than for individual sports like walking, tennis, rowing and jogging.**

The total amount of exercise you do is still key, experts say, but doing a range of activities you enjoy can bring lots of benefits.

„It’s important to keep a high level of total physical activity, and on top of that, diversifying the types of activities may be more beneficial,“ said Dr Yang Hu, from Harvard School of Public Health, lead author of the study in the journal BMJ Medicine.

„Combining activities that have complementary health benefits [such as resistance training and aerobic exercise] can be very helpful,“ he added.

For those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/5/1/e001513