And Jenny, it turns out that is not just exercise but the kind of exercise that makes the difference.  

 

Exactly, and this is a very large study at Harvard that look at middle aged men followed them for 12 years, found that the men who lifted weights for more than 25 minutes every day gained the less fat around their midsection than the men who engaged in moderate.

 

That sounds a lot. 

 

It is a lot. 

 

But again, a lot of people are trying to get a little bit of workout in everyday. 

 

They found that the men who engaged in hard cardio gained less overall body weight.

 

But again, the waist circumference here was a surprise. 

 

It's so interesting because you think you would lift weights, you think it can build up your arms and your legs. 

 

But it really is about core. 

 

Why not just do both, do a combination of both? 

 

Well, that would be the ideal. 

 

But remember here, in term of the physiology, we are looking at two things. 

 

As we age, everyone loses lean muscle mass. 

 

That's a process called sarcopenia. 

 

That's not great for our health. 

 

The other thing would happens as we age, we get a little wider around the midsection that belly fat or visceral fat which we've heard is also really bad for our health.

 

So to try to kill two birds in one stone here and find an exercise that does both, that's the key and the effect that the weights help to the waist circumference was really surprising.

 

But what types of exercises are you thinking in? 

 

Is this a thing for women? 

 

Look, it's great for men and women. 

 

And there are key facts here, you need to pump air, OK? 

 

So we actually need to get in to the gym lift weights and if you can do a little of that everyday, that's important. 

 

Cardio, you've got your cardio on, that's a very important for cardio vascular well-being as well as body fat. 

 

And the other thing is good nutrition. 

 

None of these matters if we don't eat well. 

 

So that's kind of a no brainer, but the lifting weights to combat the midsection, get into the gym.