Physical Fitness Matters
Some say that happiness is just a work out away and unsurprisingly there are some interesting facts that support the statement.
Exercise and Physical activity can help you lose weight, or maintain and even
build muscle mass. When you engage in an exercise you burn calories, the harder
the workout the more calories are burned. You can also burn calories by
engaging in household duties. These are little things that easily get replaced
by watching television or mindlessly searching the web.
Little things like
taking the stairs, sweeping the floors, or even dancing to music with the
children can help add minutes of activity to your day. Exercise and physical
activity has been shown to stimulate chemicals within the brain to actually
make you feel happier and more content (MayoClinic, 2012).
Not to mention the
benefits of when you look better, you feel better, which raises
self-confidence.
Exercise and physical
activity helps decrease body fat, help with heart disease, lowers blood
pressure, and activates high-density lipoprotein and lowers cholesterol. Feeling tired and run down? Well guess what?
More physical activity, more energy! Exercise is proven to boost muscular
strength and endurance, deliver more nutrients and oxygen to your tissues
(MayoClinic, 2012). Exercise also helps your
lungs are heart work more efficiently.
Reference:
MayoClinic, (2012) Exercise: 7 Benefits of Regular Physical
activity. Retrieved December 22, 2012 from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise/HQ01676
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