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Self Care- Top 20 Benefits of Exercise
"Top 20 Benefits of Exercise"
copyright 2002 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.
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.
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'! :)
Author and exercise physiologist, Greg Landry,
offers FREE weight loss success stories and his
"Fast, Healthy Weight Loss" newsletter at his site:
<a href=" http://www.Landry.com ">Fitness</a>
copyright 2002 by Greg Landry, M.S.
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