Want to save on healthcare costs? Start exercising!

Healthcare costs are skyrocketing. What truly surprises us as lifestyle experts is that healthcare today only takes action when someone becomes ill or needs care in some other way. We advocate for preventive healthcare. Regular exercise reduces the risk of illness and improves our well-being. Prevention is better than cure, and that really doesn't take a ton of time.

Live longer and more comfortably

Regular physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and various forms of cancer, and helps prevent overweight and obesity. Moreover, exercise promotes a positive feeling and reduces stress. This is not only due to the endorphins released during exercise, but also because exercise helps prevent social isolation and promotes social connections. In short, exercise not only helps us live longer, it also improves our quality of life.

The role of the government

With that knowledge, it's actually quite surprising that the government isn't focusing much more on prevention. Investing in sports infrastructure and making sports activities more accessible, including for vulnerable groups like the elderly or people with disabilities, will pay for itself in no time. We also think the government should invest much more in sports at school. This includes—or perhaps especially—high school. This encourages them to stay healthy, something they can benefit from for the rest of their lives. Fortunately, the national government has now made agreements with more than seventy organizations to reduce smoking, problematic alcohol use, and obesity.

The role of the individual

In short, the government has an important role to play, but as individuals, we also have a role to play. By exercising and moving more, you can actively contribute to improving or maintaining your own health. According to the National Sports Survey, lack of time is always an issue in all age groups up to fifty. For older age groups, time is no longer a barrier; health problems are what prevent them from exercising. Health problems that would likely have been much less prevalent if they had given themselves the time to exercise at a younger age. A typical chicken-and-egg situation, then. With the fully automatic Milon circle, time can no longer be an argument for skipping a trip to the gym. With it, you can train your entire body in six 35-minute workouts every month. The best part is: the Milon circle is suitable for everyone, from young to old, from muscle-bound to newcomer, from busy pilots to 63-year-olds with osteoporosis.