Exercise and your Money

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, inactive adults have significantly higher direct medical costs than active adults, and the cost increase with age for inactive adults.

One famous fitness center in the United States partnered with another famous Insurance company and conducted a study and found that people who went atleast eight times a month to the gym had significantly lower health care costs than those who didnt visit the gym. Frequent gym attendees had 39 percent fewer visits to the Emergency room 41 percent fewer hospital admissions and 18 percent lower overall insurance claims costs.

Staying fit and maintaining a healthy weight can contribute to significant reduced risks for various cancers, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension by as much as 60 percent.

Benefits of going to a gym: Exercising with others greatly improves exercise adherance as there is company and accountabilty to trainers and coaches helps stick to the program.

Benefits of Exercising: Makes you a better employee by as much as 15 percent and it enhances time-management skills, mental performance, sharpness of mind due to better nervous functioning, ability to meet work deadlines, mood and interactions with co-workers. It directly reduces the production of stress harmones.

- Prathyusha Talluri