Increased exercise can increase telomere length and longer telomeres has been associated with longer life (see July 2007 post on meditation and telomere length).
Telomeres are found on the tips of chromosomes and they shorten as people age. In this study published in Archives of Internal Medicine (Jan 28, 2008) those subjects who exercised the most had the longest telomeres.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18227361
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