You could live longer with this simple outdoor exercise that you might already do every day

dailyrecord.co.uk:

While many of us try to commit to a healthy lifestyle, it's not always easy to stay motivated to keep hitting the gym. But an expert has suggested that exercise doesn't have to be as strenuous as doing several hard core workouts a week.

Dan Buettner is a researcher into so called 'Blue Zones', where locals are reportedly 10 times more likely to reach 100 years old than "ordinary" citizens of the United States.

On his TikTok profile, which boasts 152k followers, the 64-year-old revealed that centenarians are more inclined to garden, which he says can reduce stress levels and heighten physical activity."After 20 years of looking at the world's longest-living people, I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt, the best physical activity there is, is gardening," Dan said. "Why?

Because it's a range of motion, stress levels go down, you get slightly winded."And because you planted these vegetables and you want to see them grow and you want to eat them, it gives you an impetus to do it every day.