Will chronic cardio or regular weight-lifting sessions add years to your life? Conventional wisdom says “yes,” though emerging research suggests that your exercise habits and your lifespan are more heavily influenced by your genetics than previously thought. Let’s untangle the latest knot in the nature vs. nurture debate.<\/p>\n
Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 123 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:<\/strong><\/p>\n Your doctor insists exercise is key to longevity. However, is your workout truly lengthening your lifespan or just reflecting your good genes and healthy habits? A study of Finnish twins examines genetics, lifestyle, and biomarkers to investigate whether physical activity alone is the key to a longer life. (Spoiler alert: it isn\u2019t.)<\/p>\n Listen to the Science Dispatch on <\/strong>iTunes<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>Spotify<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Stitcher<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>Google Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>. Or add the <\/strong>RSS feed<\/strong><\/a> to your favorite podcast app. Join our <\/strong>Dispatch newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to get these stories and more delivered to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will chronic cardio or regular weight-lifting sessions add years to your life? Conventional wisdom says “yes,” though emerging…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[267,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-281863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}