Top 20 Benefits of Exercise
1. Elevates
your metabolism so that you burn
more calories everyday.
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.
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.
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!
Author and
exercise
Physiologist, Greg Landry, offers free weight loss success stories
and articles, and unique weight
loss programs at his site www.greglandryfitness.com
Thank You Greg Landry!
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