Research Shows That Tennis Might Be The Best Sport To Help Extend Your Life

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https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/02/06/11/57/tennis-2042725_960_720.jpg Various health experts have long maintained that an important part of pursuing a healthy lifestyle is incorporating regular active exercise into the daily schedule. ## Research shows that a sedentary lifestyle is detrimental in a number of ways. Staying active is known to promote a wide range of positive health benefits, including overall longevity. But which exercise or sport activity etc might be the better than the others? Studies indicate that tennis *might* be the best bet, the best sport activity to [engage in if you want to extend your life](https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2018/09/17/want-to-live-longer-take-up-tennis/#1a5031a301b7). In all honesty though, any activity is regularly recommended to be better than none at all. https://media3.giphy.com/media/l2Je9qCCWYn0Q8rEA/source.gif In one study that specifically looked at tennis, scientists looked at thousands of people who had previously been involved in the Copenhagen City Heart Study for several years, giving researchers vast amounts of followup data for participants over a long enough period of time, giving them enough time to possibly better determine how participation [in various sports](https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2018/09/17/want-to-live-longer-take-up-tennis/#1a5031a301b7) might affect life expectancy. ## Researchers discovered that tennis players lived the longest among the activities that they analyzed which includes other sports like [swimming, soccer, badminton, jogging, and cycling](https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sports-life-expectancy-1.4939918). Despite the outcome though, the study was only observational and researchers say that they still haven't yet *determined a cause-and-effect relationship*. However, they do assert that the social aspect of playing these sports is likely a [valuable contributor to that longevity](https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2018/09/17/want-to-live-longer-take-up-tennis/#1a5031a301b7). Overall, they found that tennis players had roughly an extended life expectancy of about 9.7 years, followed by 6.2 for badminton, 4.7 for soccer, 3.7 for cycling, and 3.4 for swimming. https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/04/01/08/31/tennis-1298769_960_720.png In another recent study, researchers have added more to the suspicion here that social connectedness is an important ingredient in the longevity mix, when they discovered that tennis is likely the best team exercise of any sport that can possibly help to promote a longer life span. Scientists found that engaging in sports that involve multi-player involvement that it could be more beneficial than individual exercise like going to the gym. # Why Might This Be? - When engaging in sport activity with [friends for example, you are more likely](https://www.ustaflorida.com/tennis-health/) to be motivated to engage in the first place - if you are engaging in sports with friends then you are more likely not to skip the workouts - by playing with friends it adds [more enjoyment to the interaction overall](https://www.ustaflorida.com/tennis-health/) Researchers have pointed to a number of activities that might have the possibility to help extend your life span, *aside from just tennis*, including daily exposure to greenery, fasting, or even simple [walking](https://steemit.com/travel/@doitvoluntarily/walking-is-simple-but-can-be-vastly-beneficial). For those who might have spent many years doing otherwise, it's never too late to change things and go in another direction; researchers maintain that a little effort can go a long way to help to undue the [damage that's been inflicted by that previous](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325610.php) couch potato lifestyle. Pics: pixabay [pic2](giphy.com) [pic3](pixabay.com) https://steemitimages.com/DQmaW48YhsgLS2fxaYkXCuon3tFpQEEh1tSUCU3jjJXv7RT/%40doitvoluntarily.gif ## Related Posts: ### [Trying To Reverse Decades Of Sedentary Living](https://steemit.com/health/@doitvoluntarily/trying-to-reverse-decades-of-sedentary-living) ### [New Research Suggests Sedentary Lifestyle Can Impact Your Personality](https://steemit.com/science/@doitvoluntarily/new-research-suggests-sedentary-lifestyle-can-impact-your-personality) ### [Big Results With Simple Exercises](https://steemit.com/science/@doitvoluntarily/big-results-with-simple-exercises)
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