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1、My Favorite Reasons to Exercise!We know that exercise has amazing benefits for our body. Exercise helps us lose or manage our weight, build strong bones, tone and firm muscles, and provides numerous other benefits to our body. But not only does exercise affect our body in the obvious ways, exercise
2、greatly improves our quality of life. The benefits exercise has on our overall wellbeing are countless, but I want to share with you SIT AND BE FITs top ten favorite ways exercise impacts the quality of our lives.1) Exercise helps prevent chronic diseases. The benefits exercise has on helping us to
3、fight chronic diseases gives us another list of reasons to exercise! Regular exercise helps prevent conditions like high blood pressure or hypertension, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, stroke, colon cancer, heart attack, arthritis and even certain types of cancer, including breast canc
4、er. 2) Exercise improves our sleep. A good nights sleep is important because it can improve your concentration, productivity and mood. Exercise is often the key to better sleep. Regular exercise helps you fall and stay asleep more easily and increases the amount of time you spend in the deepest stag
5、e of sleep.1 It also improves the quality of your sleep by making the transitions between its cycles smoother and more regular.2 What time of the day you should exercise is debatable, but what matters most is that you exercise the same time everyday, because a regular routine is important to improvi
6、ng your sleep. Just be sure to not workout too close to bedtime, because the exercise may give you too much energy to fall asleep. 3) Exercise increases our energy and endurance. We often skip out on exercising because we are too tired to workout. But people who exercise regularly have more energy,
7、strength and endurance to get through their daily activities compared to those who are inactive.2 Even if it is just for 15 minutes a day, start exercising so that you will feel stronger and more energetic to get you through the day. Pretty soon, you will be able to exercise longer and your increase
8、d energy will help you do things like play with your grandchildren longer, run more errands in one afternoon, or stay out later visiting with your friends.4) Exercise helps to reduce stress and improve your mood. Exercise helps to relieve stress and anxiety by reducing electrical activity in tense m
9、uscles, making you less hyperactive and jittery.2 Regular exercise also reduces stress hormones in the body, resulting in a slower heart rate, relaxed blood vessels, and lower blood pressure.3 While reducing stress hormones, exercise increases the chemicals that you make you feel good, called endorp
10、hins. Your body continues to release more endorphins for an hour and a half to two hours after your workout, boosting your mood and helping you relax. Youll also look better and feel better when you exercise regularly, which will boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem. There is even evid
11、ence that regular exercise can help ease the symptoms of mild to moderate depression. So after a busy, stressful day or when you start to feel the blues come on, make yourself feel better the healthy and effective way- exercise!5) Exercise helps us fight colds. Regular exercise helps jump-start your
12、 immune system, helping to fight colds, the flu, and other viruses.3 And if you have a mild cold, a little bit of exercise can help speed your recovery. An apple-a-day is not the only thing to help keep the doctor away!6) Exercise can improve our digestion. Aerobic exercise (exercise that increases
13、your breathing and heart rate) and deep breathing exercises stimulate the natural contraction of intestinal muscles, helping to move food through your intestines more rhythmically.4 Just be sure not to exercise right after a large meal because digestion will be delayed, leading to heartburn, bloatin
14、g and constipation. 7) Exercise makes our skin healthier. Exercise boosts circulation which improves the delivery of important nutrients to skin cells, flushing out potentially damaging toxins. As exercise increases oxygen to the skin, it also creates optimum conditions for collagen production, the
15、supportive fiber that plumps your skin and helps prevent wrinkles and lines. Your skin color is also improved after exercise because of the increase in blood flow.38) Exercise improves our balance, which prolongs our independence. Exercise can strengthen leg muscles and improve sense of balance, hel
16、ping to prevent falls. Every year, over 300,000 people are admitted to the hospital for broken hips, most often due to falling.5 Balance exercises can help you stay independent longer by helping you avoid disabling conditions that may result from falling.9) Exercise gives us brain power. Keeping mentally fit is an important part of healthy aging and exercise is one way to train your cognitive fitness. Many studies have proven that people w
