1. Exercise controls weight. A combination of resistance and cardio exercises will help you burn calories and fat. When you burn more calories than you consume you will lose weight. Exercising regularly will help stabilize your hormones and prevent weight gain. Workouts that include resistance exercises build muscle. Muscle burns fat and calories in order to grow. The more muscular your body is the more calories and fat your body will burn to sustain your muscle growth. Muscle is smaller than fat so even if you don’t see an automatic change in the scale, replacing body fat with muscle will shape your body and trim your waistline. Keep up your fitness program and you can stay fit for life.
2. Staying fit improves your mood. Want the remedy for a stressful day of work? Put on your walking shoes and go out for a 30-minute walk. You will come back relaxed and in a much better mood. If you really need to burn off some stress, head to the gym and add some weights to your regular workout. Not only does exercise release those feel-good endorphins in your body, a good workout challenges your skills and gives you a feeling of confidence. Exercise gives your energy, too. Perhaps one of the reasons we feel so good after a vigorous workout is that our bodies crave activity.
3. Moderate exercise boosts brainpower. Exercise not only strengthens your body, it also has been proven that regular exercise boosts brainpower. As it turns out, people who spend their time engaged in physical activity are also doing wonders for their mental capacity. Exercise is the key to living a healthy life. It has been proven that working out regularly when you are young will improve your cognitive function as you reach middle age and even protect you from dementia, as you grow older.
4. Exercise helps your body stave off diseases. Cardio exercises improve heart health and circulation. These exercises reduce blood pressure and cholesterol, major causes for heart disease. Regular exercise of at least 30-minutes a day, has been shown to have a significant effect on pre-diabetic patients. People with diabetes find it easier to manage the disease when they exercise regularly. Exercise improves circulation, too.
5. Staying fit reduces your risk of injury. Back injuries can be reduced with strength training and cardio exercises. Lifting weights will help to strengthen your muscles so you can lift without using your back muscles. The exercises that sculpt abs also work to develop the core muscles thus making your back stronger. Exercise improves flexibility and coordination, which helps to protect you from falling or pulling muscles and ligaments when lifting or over stretching.
These are just five facts about fitness. There are many reasons to want to stay in shape and exercise regularly. It all starts with the right kind of attitude and the right frame of mind. Start zoning into your fitness mindset and make fitness a regular part of your healthy lifestyle.
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