The Health Benefits Of Doing Exercise
Since the beginning of man's existence our bodies were made to move, to walk, run, reach, grab, lift, push, pull, climb, and carry - to use our bodies actively.
Movement and physical effort build our bones and muscles and keep us feeling our best. Researchers say, by building new muscle, you develop the balance, endurance and strength you need to keep active into old age.
The following are just a few of the rewards that exercising regularly can offer.
List Of Benefits:
•More energy and stronger heart:
•Increasing your heart rate improves your body's ability to deliver oxygen to cells increasing your energy level day to day and cuts risks of heart disease.
•Stronger immune system:
•A regular exercise program when nutritionally supplemented cuts your risk of colds, flus, and other common illnesses by boosting your body's ability to protect and heal itself.
•Reduced stress:
•More than a hundred studies have shown that regular periods of rhythmic exercise decreases the effects of stress, relieves anxiety, and calms your mind.
•Greater strength:
•Any kind of physical activity can maintain muscle mass, increased weight bearing exercise - weightlifting, calisthenics, martial arts, etc. will increase muscle mass and help preserve bone mass.
•Weight control:
•The more calories you burn with exercise, the fewer you store as fat. Exercise combined with more frequent, smaller meals will also increase your metabolism causing you to burn more calories.
•A sharper mind:
•A life of physical activity preserves the quality of blood supply to your brain also boosting brain chemicals involved in learning and memory.
•A longer life:
•Every hour you're active, the experts say, adds an hour and a half to your life.
•Better overall health:
•Committing to a regular exercise routine will help maintain a strong cardiovascular system, a stronger heart, healthier blood pressure and a more defensive immune system.
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