CLEVELAND — Research has found that skipping leg day is quite possibly the fastest route to an early grave.<br /><br />According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, not exercising is more harmful to human health than smoking, diabetes, or heart disease.<br /><br />Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic studied 122,007 patients from January 1, 1991 to December 31, 2014, making them undergo treadmill testing and later recording mortality rates.<br /><br />Their findings indicate that cardiorespiratory fitness is linked to a longer lifespan, and that there is no limit to the benefits of exercise. There have been concerns that those who are overactive or exercise excessively are at a higher risk of death, but the research reveals that this is not the case.<br /><br />When compared to top exercise performers, the risk associated with death for those who were sedentary is 500 percent higher.<br /><br />The study concludes that a sedentary lifestyle is equivalent to having a major disease. The good news is it's reversible, you just need to work that body.
