Roundup: Good news for couch potatoes and a clothesline workout

Couch potatoes, take heart. You can’t continue your horizontal ways, but you can rise up and reap the rewards of regular exercise no matter your age. “Even if you’re 50, it’s not too late, according to a recent Swedish study that shows starting a regular exercise program late is far better than never starting one at all,” Irene Kraft writes in a blog post for the Allentown Morning Call. Read the full post at “There’s hope for couch potatoes.”

And here’s a homespun workout you’ve probably never thought about. You can burn 45 calories for every 15 minutes you spend hanging a load of laundry out on the clothes line, also written by Kraft in the Allentown Morning Call. So step away from the dryer. Get the full story at “Get a workout from your clothesline.”

-- Mary Forgione