Would you like to have your risk of death cut in half?

I spent years playing water polo and swimming through high school and college, so this report caught my eye. The results claim that “swimming cuts men’s risk of dying by about 50% compared to runners, walkers and sedentary peers,” which is a pretty amazing finding. It is worth noting that the study was funded by the National Swimming Pool Foundation but it’s worth paying attention to all the same.

Here’s link to an article or you can go to the Foundation’s site here and download the report.

If this inspires you to take on Michael Phelps, there’s a great blog entry by Tim Ferriss here on learning to swim.

Now my only question is: does all the swimming I did years ago last the rest of my life or do I have to keep swimming?