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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.
By bodybuilding.com
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