- Top 20 Benefits of Exercise
- by Greg Landry,
M.S
Starting or continuing your exercise
program is much easier if you know some of the benefits derived
from exercise:
1. Elevates your metabolism so that you burn more
calories everyday.
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2. Increases your aerobic capacity (fitness level).
This gives you the ability to go through your day with less relative
energy expenditure. This enables a "fit" person to
have more energy at the end of the day and to get more accomplished
during the day with less fatigue.
3. Maintains, tones, and strengthens your muscle.
Exercise also increases your muscular endurance.
4. Decreases your blood pressure.
5. Increases the oxidation (breakdown and use) of
fat.
6. Increases HDL (good) cholesterol.
7. Makes the heart a more efficient pump by increasing
stroke volume.
8. Increases hemoglobin concentration in your blood.
Hemoglobin is part of the red blood cell that carries oxygen
from the lungs to the rest of the body. |
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9. Decreases the tendency of the blood to clot in
the blood vessels. This is important because small clots traveling
in the blood are often the cause of heart attacks and strokes.
10. Increases the strength of the bones.
11. Causes the development of new blood vessels in
the heart and other muscles.
12. Enlarges the arteries that supply blood to the
heart.
13. Decreases blood levels of triglycerides (fat).
14. Improves control of blood sugar.
15. Improves sleep patterns.
16. Increases the efficiency of the digestive system
which may reduce the incidence of colon cancer.
17. Increases the thickness of cartilage in joints
which has a protective effect on the joints.
18. Decreases a woman's risk of developing endometriosis
by 50%.
19. Increases the amount of blood that flows to the
skin making it look and feel healthier.
20. Exercise, in addition to all the physiological
and anatomical benefits, just makes you feel GREAT!
Get Movin'! :) |
