Being physically active offers many rewards, including weight loss.
It's suggested that everyone should participate in some form of exercise for 30 minutes 5 days a week, whether it be walking to the shops, running up and down the stairs or going to a weekly aerobics class.
Take the stairs rather than the lift, get off the bus one stop earlier and walk the rest of the way, park further away from the shops, run up the stairs when you get to work.
It can be difficult to fit exercise into your busy lifestyle, but every little bit helps.
What Are The Benefits of Exercise? Exercise is important to keep both your body and mind "in shape".
Here are some of the basic benefits that people can look forward to, when embarking upon a lifetime fitness outlook that includes some form of exercise.
Increased Energy By working out on a regular basis, your body becomes more efficient at burning calories.
This gives you more energy throughout the day.
Increased Metabolism Increased physical activity through working out leads to more muscle mass, which in itself leads to a higher metabolism.
As per some studies, every extra pound of muscle allows you to burn anywhere from 50-100 calories when at rest.
Improved Muscle Tone Physical activity, especially weight training allows you to change the shape of your body.
Since muscle is denser than fat, one can get bigger or smaller by gaining more muscle mass.
Better Health Increased exercising leads to a strengthening of the immune system; which means that one is less likely to get sick when exercising the right amount.
On the other hand, over exercising can weaken your immune system and make you sick.
Stress Reduction Stress levels are reduced extensively by regular work outs.
They allow the individual to take their mind off the daily grind and use pent up energies for productive purposes.
Improved Self-Esteem When following an exercise regimen for a regular basis, you bring about greater self esteem through the results and accomplishment achieved.
Getting Started Of course the best benefit of exercise is weight loss.
You don't have to pay expensive gym membership fees to get started.
The best way to start? Get moving!!! It's suggested that everyone should participate in some form of exercise for 30 minutes 5 days a week, whether it be walking to the shops, running up and down the stairs or going to a weekly aerobics class.
Take the stairs rather than the lift, get off the bus one stop earlier and walk the rest of the way, park further away from the shops, run up the stairs when you get to work.
It can be difficult to fit exercise into your busy lifestyle, but every little bit helps.
Since we now know what types of food we are eating and will take this week to fine tune our portion sizes, it's time to get moving.
Next week, we will look at exercise for both the frugal person and the busy person!