Drop your excuses. Your health matters.

That message blunt enough for you, gentlemen?

The life expectancy for men is at least 5 years less than it is for women.

“Men can spend three to four hours golfing or watching a ball game every week, or find the time to take a trip to Vegas with their buddies — but they can’t spare 90 minutes a year to get a check-up? That’s inexcusable,” said Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, a men’s health activist and co-director of the PUR (Personalized Urology & Robotics) Clinic in Clermont, Florida.

Brahmbhatt and colleague Dr. Sijo Parekattil are not only tired of the excuses — they’re frustrated that the life expectancy for men is at least five years less than it is for women.

So guys, if you won’t go to them — they’re going to you. The two are on their third year of a cross-country “men’s health awareness tour.”

“As men, we need to make our health more of a priority, and that’s what the Drive for Men’s Health campaign is all about,” Brahmbhatt said.

The campaign kicked off Thursday in Orlando. The group is spending Friday (June 10) in Atlanta, Georgia, then heading to Washington, D.C., for a rally on Saturday. From there, they’re planning stops in five more states before a final stop in Los Angeles, California.

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“The drive was an inner thirst to change the stats on men’s health,” Brahmbhatt told LifeZette. “In the office, we can help maybe 20 to 30 patients. We knew we had to reach a wider audience, make a bigger impact in a shorter time — what better way than social media and cool technology? We know guys like cars. When we took Sijo’s Tesla out in public, it was a guy magnet. It then led to conversations about health, and the rest is history.”

Over 80 percent of men remember the make and model of their first car, but only about half remember their last doctor’s appointment.

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A 2015 Orlando Health survey found that over 80 percent of men remember the make and model of their first car but only about half remember their last doctor’s appointment.

He emphasized that angle. Use the car to attract guys — then hit them with their message:  “Go see your doctor.”

All they want to do is encourage men to go get checked.

“Last year we reached more than 450 million people, with everything from on-the-road podcasts, to late-night call-in radio shows, to face-to-face meetings,” said Parekattil. “It was a remarkable experience. This year we hope to reach even more men.”

Lt. Steven Parkes, a firefighter from Florida, said even having a doctor you can turn to is an important first step. That was something Parkes learned firsthand, when he began noticing symptoms of testicular cancer at age 35.

“I believe men care as much about their personal health as women do, but men in general do not like to show weakness. We try to play the tough-guy role. As a father and as a husband, I believe it is part of my job to always be strong for my family and never show weakness. One of the biggest things that cancer has taught me is that I am human just like everyone else,” Parkes said.

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Life is unpredictable, he added. He has seen people live who should have died — and people die who should have lived. “Life is short and it does not matter if you live to be 80 or you die at the age of 20,” he said. Take care of yourself.

The doctors will be chronicling their Drive for Men’s Health tour on social media using the hashtags #Drive4Men, #D4MH, and #DropYourExcuse.

The top excuses men use, by the way, are these: They’re too busy, they’re afraid of finding out something might be wrong with them, and they’re uncomfortable with certain body exams. 

“Guys, go get yourself checked. A five-minute visit could lead to five decades of healthy living,” said Brahmbhatt.