This
Really Is Good Stuff!
By Greg
Landry (Sincere thanks to Greg for letting me reprint this
article here!)
Several months ago I was
talking with one of my consulting clients about exercise.
She is 36 years old and had never exercised with any
consistency.
She viewed exercise as
something you were forced to do as punishment in high school
P.E. and something you had to do if you wanted to lose
weight. She did not view it as a health-giving part of daily
life.
I encouraged her to
exercise daily for two months and then we'd take it from
there. Of course, she gradually built up the intensity and
duration of her exercise sessions.
We spoke again after her
two months of exercise. Her comment was, "this really
is good stuff." She had grown to love exercise because
of how it made her feel and because she no longer looked at
it as punishment or a necessary evil for weight loss. Weight
loss becomes a wonderful by-product of regular exercise.
Your body was made to be active on a regular basis. All
sorts of good things happen when you are..
-
Decreases your risk for
developing cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks
and strokes.
-
Decreases your risk for
developing many types of cancers.
-
Gives you a more
positive outlook on life.
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Decreases your blood
pressure.
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Increases the oxidation
(breakdown and use) of fat.
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Increases HDL (good)
cholesterol.
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Makes the heart a more
efficient pump by increasing stroke volume.
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Increases hemoglobin
concentration in your blood. Hemoglobin is part of the
red blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to the
rest of the body.
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Decreases the tendency
of the blood to clot in the blood vessels. This is
important because small clots traveling in the blood are
often the cause of heart attacks and strokes.
-
Elevates your metabolism
so that you burn more calories everyday.
-
Increases your aerobic
capacity (fitness level). This gives you the ability to
go through your day with less relative energy
expenditure. This enables a "fit" person to
have more energy at the end of the day and to get more
accomplished during the day with less fatigue.
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Maintains, tones, and
strengthens your muscles. Exercise also increases your
muscular endurance.
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Increases the strength
of the bones.
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Causes the development
of new blood vessels in the heart and other muscles.
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Decreases blood levels
of triglycerides (fat).
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Improves control of
blood sugar.
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Exercise increases
mental acuity for several hours enabling you to think
more clearly and be more creative.
-
Improves sleep patterns.
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Increases the efficiency
of the digestive system which may reduce the incidence
of colon cancer.
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Increases the thickness
of cartilage in joints which has a protective effect on
the joints.
-
Decreases a woman's risk
of developing endometriosis by 50%.
-
Increases the amount of
blood that flows to the skin making it look and feel
healthier.
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Exercise, in addition to
all the physiological and anatomical benefits, just
makes you feel GREAT!
So, try looking at your
exercise from a different angle. Look at it as a wonderful
opportunity to make yourself healthier and and more
energized. Get movin'!
Author and exercise
physiologist, Greg Landry, offers his free, "Fast, Healthy
Weight Loss" newsletter at his site:
http://www.Landry.com
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