Couch potatoes everywhere are waiting for the other shoe to drop, telling us that all of those scientists were wrong and we should remain as sedentary as possible.
- Anxiety. Exercise triggers the release of mood-altering chemicals in the brain.
- Arthritis. By forcing a skeletal joint to move, exercise induces the manufacture of synovial fluid and helps to distribute it over the cartilage and to force it to circulate throughout the joint space.
- Back Pain. Exercise helps to both strengthen the abdominal muscles and the lower back extensor muscles and stretch the hamstring muscles.
- Cancer Prevention Studies have shown those who exercised the most (5-6 hours per week) were 24 percent less likely to develop the disease than those who exercised the least (less than 30 minutes per week).
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Exercise helps build up the muscles in your wrists and forearms— thereby reducing the stress on your arms, elbows, and hands.
- Cholesterol. Exercise will raise your level of HDL (the "good" cholesterol) in the blood and help lower your level of LDL— the undesirable lipoprotein.
- Depression. Exercise helps speed metabolism and deliver more oxygen to the brain; the improved level of circulation in the brain tends to enhance your mood.
- Diabetes. Exercise helps lower excess blood sugar levels, strengthen your muscles and heart, improve your circulation, and reduce stress.
- Eye Health Vigorous exercise has now been linked with significantly reduced onset of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration
- Fatigue. Exercise can help alleviate the fatigue-causing effects of stress, poor circulation and blood oxygenation, bad posture, and poor breathing habits.
- Headaches. Exercise helps force the brain to secrete more of the body's opiate-like, pain-dampening chemicals (e.g., endorphins and enkephalins).
- Heart Disease. Exercise helps promote many changes that collectively lower your risk of heart disease— a decrease in body fat, a decrease in LDL, an increase in the efficiency of the heart and lungs, a decrease in blood pressure, and a lowered heart rate.
- High Blood Pressure. Exercise reduces the level of stress-related chemicals in the bloodstream that constrict arteries and veins, increases the release of endorphins, raises the level of HDL in the bloodstream, lowers your resting heart rate (over time), improves the responsiveness of your blood vessels (over time), and helps reduce your blood pressure by keeping you leaner.
- Insomnia. Exercise helps reduce muscular tension and stress.
- Memory Problems. Exercise helps to improve your cognitive ability by increasing the blood and oxygen flow to your brain.
- Menstrual Problems and PMS. Exercise helps to control the hormonal imbalances often associated with PMS by increasing the release of beta-endorphins.
- Osteoporosis. Exercise promotes bone density— thereby lowering an individual's risk of suffering a bone fracture.
- Overweight Problems. Exercise suppresses your appetite, increases your metabolic rate, burns fat, increases lean muscle mass, and improves your level of self-esteem.
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Great Blog Shari.... I agree.... Research indicates that exercise increases the release of endorphins, adrenaline, serotonin, and dopamine into the brain and body. Thus, promoting even a better reason to get into the gym, as exercise is a great method for mood-raising response.
ReplyDeleteNancie - Thank you for your comment. Yes, exercise has all those wonderful benefits :)
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