While most of us wish for a long life, we do not like to think of ourselves as suffering poor health when we are old. But we can only truly enjoy long life if we are  productive and free from illness. Rather than suffer the ravages of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other chronic diseases from age 50 or 60 years until death, we should strive to be as free of diseases as possible and to enjoy vitality even in the last several years of life. Greater physical well – being contributes to a state of physical, mental, and social well-being. Aging is a natural process: your body cell age no matter what health practice you follow. But to a considerable extent you can choose how fast you age throughout your adult years. Genetic background has a great effect, but you also have same control in the matter. How you act now is important to your later health. Successful aging is the goal. You can choose to age fast or to age slow. That is where exercice came into play, exercise can and in most cases will allow successful aging.