
Home workouts just as good as gym
Author: Healthy Food Guide staff
You don’t have to join the gym to live longer, a study has found. Gym workouts and home-based strength exercise – such as sit-ups and push-ups – equally reduce the risk of early death by around 20 per cent.
The University of Sydney, November 2017
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Date modified: 8 April 2026
First published: Apr 2018