When we think of the word exercise, many of us will probably groan and think of all the time and effort that goes into it. But all of that is just a small price to pay in order to gain life-long benefits. This blog is going to provide you with some tips and tricks on how to squeeze exercise into your life, give you some insight on the benefits of exercise, and overall just help you to Move to Live!
The CDC provides us recommendations on what types of exercise we should do and how long we should do them for. Adults aged 18 and older are recommended to have at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise each week. This might seem like a lot, but it could really be simply going on a walk or light jog for 30 minutes 5 times a week. Anything that gets your body moving counts! Another recommendation is to do some work to strengthen your muscles at least twice a week. This could simply be doing some push-ups or lifting weights.
According to the National Health Statistics, only about 22.9% of American adults, aged 18-64 met the recommendations above. Overall, we’re not getting as much exercise as we should. However, by meeting these recommendations, you can improve your quality of life!
Here are some reasons why you SHOULD exercise from the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the Mayo Clinic:
- Exercise helps you maintain a healthy weight and prevents you from gaining excess weight.
- Exercise helps fight different health conditions and diseases.
- Exercise improves your mood.
- Exercise gives you more energy.
- Exercise helps with your sleep.
- Exercise can help reduce your stress.
- You can make exercise fun!
Not exercising can also put you at higher risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and many other complications that can negatively affect your quality of life.
Exercise doesn’t have to be difficult or seem like a chore! This blog will help guide exercise into your daily life!
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