Stay healthy to die slower

The fitness and anti-aging industry is enormous purely because most people are trying to prolong their time in physical existence. There are valid benefits to keeping in shape by feeling better and warding off illnesses, but when it becomes an obsession driven by an inherent fear of death, then it can be categorized as plain old denial. We can be as fit and healthy as we possibly can, but it can only slow down the journey to the destination that we all must eventually arrive at.