Working Out Just Twice A Week Could Save Your Life

 A new study has prove that minimal exercise can have huge health benefits.

You don't need to exercise every day to reap health benefits, according to a new study  in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers at the University of Sydney found that those who workout just twice a week, they call them weekend warriors, had a lower chance of dying from cancer, cardiovascular disease, or any other cause than those who were sedentary.

The study defined weekend warriors as those who clocked 75 minutes/week of vigorous exercise or 150 minutes/week of moderate exercise in just two sessions. They analyzed the surveys of 63,591 responders and found that the mortality risk for active adults, even if infrequently, was 30% lower than those who rarely or never exercised. So just two moderate exercise sessions a week can quite literally save your life.

"It is very encouraging news that being physically active on just one or two occasions per week is associated with a lower risk of death, even among people who do some activity but don't quite meet recommended exercise levels," the study's senior author, Associate Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis from the University of Sydney, told Science-Daily. "However, for optimal health benefits from physical activity it is always advisable to meet and exceed the physical activity recommendations."

So all you need to do is clock-in an hour and 15 minutes of intense exercise, or two and a half hours of moderate activity, sometime during the work week or weekend to keep yourself healthy. Running, walking, dancing like a fool, it doesn't matter. While it might not whittle your waist rapidly, science now proves that it's better than doing nothing at all.