Benefits of Exercise

For people, who haven’t been physical active, it is hard to belief, but exercise gives you more energy! Exercise is nothing more than body movement, and everyone knows it is important to our health. To get more movement in your lifestyle, you don ’t have to make drastic changes. You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars on exercise equipment or fitness memb erships.

To improve and sustain your health, it is significant to move half-an-hour a day. The movements should result in a moderate effort that makes you huff and puff. That means that your heart and lungs have to work a little harder. If you can not talk because you become out of breath or feel dizzy or light headed, you should stop and recuperate.

You will feel see and feel that in a few weeks your endurance will show improvement. Your activities do not have to be a one 30 minute segment, but can be 2 times of 15 minutes or 3 of 10 minutes. The activities can be different or the same: walking, biking, dancing are examples of movements that will improve your stamina. Soon after you start – even after a few days - you will feel more active, more energetic and lively.

Here are 10 reasons why you should start an exercise program or physical activity.

1) Improves cardiovascular health (lower risk of heart and vascular diseases)

2) Improves your posture

3) Lowers your blood sugar level

4) Lowers your blood pressure

5) Improves self-esteem

6) Gives you more energy

7) Reduces stress and anxiety

8) Gives you stronger muscles and bones

9) Speeds up your metabolism: calorie and fat burning > weight loss or weight

management

10) Increases flexibility and improves your posture.

Some people like walking, some like biking, some like running, some like swimming. Exercise in any shape or form is to improve your health and the health of your children. Make it fun! Choose something you always wanted to do. Rock climbing is probably a bit difficult when you have to lift a few extra pounds, but you can work toward it, when you think that that is something you always wanted to do.

When you start, you should choose something that fits with your body shape and stamina. It is not easy to start moving when you are overweight or obese, but any movement of your body increases your stamina, and after a few weeks you can walk further, faster, and enjoy it more. Analyze your daily habits and see what you can do to change to improve your activity level.

Join a walking or table tennis club, if you need support and motivation. Ask a colleague to go for a walk during lunchtime. You will see how many people are supportive, when you ask them to help you to lose weight and become more active. Talk to your family, a close friend or neighbor, do it together before or after work.

Use the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator. Start with walking down the stairs and when you have built more stamina, you can start walking up the stairs. Remember how it was when you started to walk as a toddler? Yes, with falling and getting up.

The same was the case with biking, especially when they took those little side wheels off the bike …. dangerous and difficult. Well, that is life! It is always difficult before it is easy!