Another Good Reason To Exercise: Better Pay!

If a better bod and health gains aren’t enough to entice you to get your sweat on, then this might do it.

It seems that regular exercisers get paid 9% more on average than their nah-let’s-not buddies, according to new research.

Now if you’re thinking it’s not exercise per se, but greater discipline that makes people work out and also improves their career prospects, then this new study is way ahead of you. The researchers used smarty-pants statistical methods to get more specific, leading them to clarify that exercise is what gets the higher earnings.

It could be that exercise gives you more energy, helps you think better and puts you in a better mood, as other studies have found. These factors could certainly boost your chances of promotion.

Whatever the explanation, next time you wonder whether you can justify fitting the gym into your busy schedule, think of these findings. Apparently, the time and effort will more than pay for themselves.