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Research has found that men who start exercising after the age of 40 may still achieve the
same long-term heart benefits as those who start earlier in life.
A study of 40 healthy men aged between 55 and 70 found that those who had
exercised at relatively intense levels – either cycling or running – for at least seven hours a
week had resting heart rates of 57 to 58BPM, regardless of whether their exercise regime
had been lifelong or started in later life (but at least five years prior to the study). The study
subjects who didn’t exercise had significantly higher resting heart rates of nearly 70BPM.
Study author David Matelot, of the French Institute of Health and Medical Research,
said: ‘Despite biological changes with age, the heart still seems – even at ѡ