The top ten benefits of exercise….
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Today's post: Thursday, 11-16-2006
The top ten benefits of exercise….
Most people still get little or no exercise.
Why? My guess is that ninety percent of them simply have no idea what will happen to them because they don’t. And, they have no clue how their lives would improve if they did.
In some ways this is actually understandable. No one is immune from failing to act when they don’t know what’s at stake if they don’t.
Here’s an example that happened to me.
My dentist told me to get diagnostic xrays to catch hidden cavities early. But he didn’t lay out for me what might well happen to me if I didn’t. So I passed on the xrays.
I wound up having to have a tooth pulled & got the pleasure of suddenly having to pay for a root canal on another tooth.
If my dentist had asked if I wanted to lose any of my teeth or quoted the going rate for a root canal & asked me if I wanted to have to pay that by surprise, I’d have definitely said no.
Had he then said that if I passed on the diagnostic xrays, I was possibly saying yes to losing a tooth & getting to pay for a root canal by surprise, I’m virtually certain I would have OK’d the xrays.
So, for those of you who don’t yet know, here are the top 10 reasons to exercise reguarly.
1. You think better.
2. You are much less likely to develop memory & thinking problems.
3. You are more resilient because it takes more to make you feel stressed & you overcome it & recover faster.
3. You are much less likely to develop heart disease or have a heart attack.
4. Surprisingly, you are less likely to develop cancer.
5. Your chances of avoiding type II diabetes or reversing it go up dramatically.
6. Because you’ll be stronger & more physically fit aerobically, you’ll have more stamina & energy reserves if or when you need them in physically challenging emergencies. And even doing more normal things like grocery shopping will be far easier.
7. Particularly if you also work at improving your exercise program & your progress in it & eat right, you’ll be firmer or more muscular & you’ll be a lot less fat.
(Depending on how fat you are now & what you eat, you may well weigh a LOT less.)
So you’ll move better. You’ll look better. And, you’ll tend to be more attractive sexually.
8. You’ll live longer & be in good health a bigger percentage of your life. So your years in good health will be much longer.
9. You’ll be more proactive & effective -- because exercising regularly teaches those skills & changes your self image in that direction as a result.
10. Your sex life will be better. And, as you get older, it will be MUCH better. This is true for both men and women.
For more information on exercise, see our other exercise related posts:
Thursday, 10-12-2006 The 3 best benefits of exercise & how to get them….
Monday, 10-16-2006 Feel like skipping exercise? Try this….
Wednesday, 10-18-2006 Escape these 10 diseases with regular exercise….
Thursday, 10-19-2006 How much exercise do you need?
Monday, 10-23-2006 Avoid these false fat loss myths & add exercise….
Wednesday, 10-25-2006 3 ideas on how to fit exercise into a busy life….
Monday, 10-30-2006 Exercise boosts your sex life. Here’s how….
Thursday, 11-9-2006 Boosting your HDL’s (& protecting your heart)….
Tuesday, 11-14-2006 Do vigorous exercise safely ….
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Some of you may be new to exercise or you may need some ideas to help you make more & better progress with your exercise goals.
Or, if you need inspiration or some ideas on an exercise plan that fits you, here’s a resource that many have found to work well:
Exercise expert Jon Benson has co-authored an ebook that has some guidelines on how to get good results from exercise.
But, here’s the exciting thing about his book:
He also has 52 people of both sexes & many ages who got well -- & discarded excess fat – by exercising -- tell their stories of how they got into exercise & what exactly they do in their exercise programs. It also has their very good results. Some got incredibly good results.
There are enough role models & ideas you are virtually certain to find one or several that are enough similar to you that you can do it too & see exactly how people who are like you & started where you are or maybe even at a worse level were able to do it.
Studies show that people learn best by emulating real role models in this way & that they are much more likely to master & use what they learn emulating real role models.
Does that sound like it’s worth checking out?
If so, here’s more information on Jon’s book. See:
http://www.fitover40.com/aff/iehealth
Focus on Your Health:
In it we post health commentary & reviews of books, eBooks, & other things that improve or protect your health or which enable you to live longer, to be more prosperous, & to be more effective.
Today's post: Thursday, 11-16-2006
The top ten benefits of exercise….
Most people still get little or no exercise.
Why? My guess is that ninety percent of them simply have no idea what will happen to them because they don’t. And, they have no clue how their lives would improve if they did.
In some ways this is actually understandable. No one is immune from failing to act when they don’t know what’s at stake if they don’t.
Here’s an example that happened to me.
My dentist told me to get diagnostic xrays to catch hidden cavities early. But he didn’t lay out for me what might well happen to me if I didn’t. So I passed on the xrays.
I wound up having to have a tooth pulled & got the pleasure of suddenly having to pay for a root canal on another tooth.
If my dentist had asked if I wanted to lose any of my teeth or quoted the going rate for a root canal & asked me if I wanted to have to pay that by surprise, I’d have definitely said no.
Had he then said that if I passed on the diagnostic xrays, I was possibly saying yes to losing a tooth & getting to pay for a root canal by surprise, I’m virtually certain I would have OK’d the xrays.
So, for those of you who don’t yet know, here are the top 10 reasons to exercise reguarly.
1. You think better.
2. You are much less likely to develop memory & thinking problems.
3. You are more resilient because it takes more to make you feel stressed & you overcome it & recover faster.
3. You are much less likely to develop heart disease or have a heart attack.
4. Surprisingly, you are less likely to develop cancer.
5. Your chances of avoiding type II diabetes or reversing it go up dramatically.
6. Because you’ll be stronger & more physically fit aerobically, you’ll have more stamina & energy reserves if or when you need them in physically challenging emergencies. And even doing more normal things like grocery shopping will be far easier.
7. Particularly if you also work at improving your exercise program & your progress in it & eat right, you’ll be firmer or more muscular & you’ll be a lot less fat.
(Depending on how fat you are now & what you eat, you may well weigh a LOT less.)
So you’ll move better. You’ll look better. And, you’ll tend to be more attractive sexually.
8. You’ll live longer & be in good health a bigger percentage of your life. So your years in good health will be much longer.
9. You’ll be more proactive & effective -- because exercising regularly teaches those skills & changes your self image in that direction as a result.
10. Your sex life will be better. And, as you get older, it will be MUCH better. This is true for both men and women.
For more information on exercise, see our other exercise related posts:
Thursday, 10-12-2006 The 3 best benefits of exercise & how to get them….
Monday, 10-16-2006 Feel like skipping exercise? Try this….
Wednesday, 10-18-2006 Escape these 10 diseases with regular exercise….
Thursday, 10-19-2006 How much exercise do you need?
Monday, 10-23-2006 Avoid these false fat loss myths & add exercise….
Wednesday, 10-25-2006 3 ideas on how to fit exercise into a busy life….
Monday, 10-30-2006 Exercise boosts your sex life. Here’s how….
Thursday, 11-9-2006 Boosting your HDL’s (& protecting your heart)….
Tuesday, 11-14-2006 Do vigorous exercise safely ….
***********
Some of you may be new to exercise or you may need some ideas to help you make more & better progress with your exercise goals.
Or, if you need inspiration or some ideas on an exercise plan that fits you, here’s a resource that many have found to work well:
Exercise expert Jon Benson has co-authored an ebook that has some guidelines on how to get good results from exercise.
But, here’s the exciting thing about his book:
He also has 52 people of both sexes & many ages who got well -- & discarded excess fat – by exercising -- tell their stories of how they got into exercise & what exactly they do in their exercise programs. It also has their very good results. Some got incredibly good results.
There are enough role models & ideas you are virtually certain to find one or several that are enough similar to you that you can do it too & see exactly how people who are like you & started where you are or maybe even at a worse level were able to do it.
Studies show that people learn best by emulating real role models in this way & that they are much more likely to master & use what they learn emulating real role models.
Does that sound like it’s worth checking out?
If so, here’s more information on Jon’s book. See:
http://www.fitover40.com/aff/iehealth
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