4 Ways Exercise Makes You Healthier

The power of exercise is more than helping your rock that itty-bitty bikini. It can dramatically improve your health. Here's how.
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We know the power of exercise: it makes us feel good, it makes us strong and it can even lower our risk of breast cancer. And this week, exercise got more health cred—not once, but four times—from the scientific community. Here are four more reasons why all that training is doing more for you than giving you the confidence to rock a bikini.

Sure, your muscles benefit from cardio sessions that last 30 minutes or more, but research published in the journal Nature Communications last week found that it also improves nerve connections in those muscles. What does that mean for you? It could prevent muscle-wasting diseases, such as ALS.

Endurance training makes nerves fit

Sure, your muscles benefit from cardio sessions that last 30 minutes or more, but research published in the journal Nature Communications last week found that it also improves nerve connections in those muscles. What does that mean for you? It could prevent muscle-wasting diseases, such as ALS.

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