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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.
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!
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