Regular Exercise Promotes a Good Health

Regular Exercise Promotes a Good Health

Over the years all of us have been told there are benefits derivable from regular exercise; but most of us have received such information with cynicism. It is important that we find time to engage in activities that would promote both our physical, mental and spiritual well-being and never to shy away from them as doing so may negatively impact our health.

What are the Benefits of Exercise?
1- Feeling better: Exercise helps in coping with stress; and improves your image, and resistance to fatigue. It helps to counter anxiety and depression; helps you relax and feel less tired and improves the ability to fall asleep and sleep well.

2- Looking better: Regular physical activities tune your muscles, help your appetite and turn off excess calories to help shape your physique.

3- Improves your productivity: Regular physical activities help you to be more productive at work, issue you capacity for physical work and aid mental alertness.

Regular exercise condition your heart and lungs to relax more efficiently. When well conditioned, the heartbeats less frequently, but much more efficient at when rest. The heart of an average person beats a little less or within the range of 70 to 75 times every minute. Therefore, a conditioned heart beats about 36,000 less times per day, a saving of 13 million beats per year.
A conditioned heart thus suffers less wear and tear over years. In this way, exercise reduces the chance of suffering a heart attack. Feeling, looking, working better helps you to enjoy life more fully. Several scientific studies have shown that life is prolonged by regular exercise. The average life expectancy in people who exercise regularly is 8 to 15 years longer than in those who do not. Also, studies have shown that people who exercise are more likely to recover faster than those who do not when they suffer various diseases, including heart attack and bleeding.
Many of us believe that we get enough exercise from our daily activities and so do not require any more. This is rarely true. Very few jobs require vigorous activities these days (in our kind of setting) while I agree that activities like climbing stairs, walking, gardening, moderate to heavy house work can provide some benefit on the long run, more vigorous exercise conditions the heart and lungs to provide more consistent short and long term benefits.
Some general tips: If you have eaten a meal, avoid strenuous physical activity for at least 2 hours. If you exercise vigorously first, wait about 20 minutes before eating. If you run or jog, land on your heels rather than the balls of your feet. If you ride a bicycle out doors, always wear a helmet. Hard and uneven surfaces are more likely to cause injuries than soft, even surfaces. Any exercise at all is better than none at all.