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Maybe it's the messaging. Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's the workplace wellness plans.

No matter the reason, the bottom line is good news: We're exercising more.

Gallup reports: “More Americans are exercising consistently each week, with 55.5% indicating frequent exercise in June 2015, more than in any month since Gallup and Healthways began tracking this metric in January 2008. In every month this year, more Americans reported exercising for at least 30 minutes three or more days per week than in the same month for the past two years, indicating that Americans' exercise habits may be improving in 2015.”

Of course, the season matters: “Exercise follows a seasonal trend in the U.S., with more Americans saying they work out in the summer and less in the winter. The difference in frequent exercise during summer and winter months is typically about seven percentage points.”

The post provides interesting demographic breakouts. It may be useful — within businesses or individually — to consider how to counteract some of the gaps identified:

• “Men are more likely than women to report exercising frequently.”
• “Younger adults, aged 18 to 29, are significantly more likely to exercise frequently than those who are older.”
• “Hispanics are slightly more likely to report exercising frequently than whites, and much more likely than blacks.”
• “Among income groups, upper-income Americans are the most likely to exercise frequently, and lower-income Americans are the least likely.”
• “Americans who live in the West are more likely to exercise than those in any other region, while those in the South are the least likely.”