Exercise for woman: The news gets better and better still

Wow. Now I know how to justify nipping away during the week to ski my brains out for just a couple hours. It’s good for whatever might ail me in the future.

In an article I read today, the benefits to be derived from regular exercise for women is huge.

From a sampling of studies in the Archives of Internal Medicine:

Midlife exercise, including walking, increased the odds that women would have ‘exceptional health’ (no chronic disease or physical/mental impairment - when they reached their seventies.

Weight training just once or twice a week for a year improved the cognitive skills as much as muscle strength.

In a study of German women over age 55, those who where physically active were far less likely to develop cognitive decline.