Posts Tagged ‘Exercise Program’
Are You Prepared To Pay the Price with Your Health If You Don’t Exercise?
Many of us plan financially for the future and make an effort to save money to make sure our needs will be taken care of but where does our health and wellness fit into this future planning? Do we each accept that how we fare in the last 10 -20 years of our life mostly depends on what we do and don’t do every day of our lives before that time comes?
Take for example, exercise…
It sure makes sense to invest some time each week, maybe 2-3 hours in a proper exercise program that contains strength training could pay huge dividends later in life. To ensure you are strong, energetic, healthy and disease free right through your life you need to be preparing now. You may ask yourself “what am I doing today that will ensure a functional future for myself?”
A century ago life was very different in that most people had to be very physically active just to meet the daily demands of life. Our modern day lives require little to no physical “work” or vigorous movement on a daily basis. Yet without this movement in our lives there is no way for the human body to get the chemical signals it needs to stimulate the repair and renewal of all body cells. This is the only way we can stay healthy.
Our bodies are not programmed for this lack of movement so somehow we each have to replace this loss with intentional exercise if we wish to stay alive and well. With all of the information available today in the media, on television and on the internet no one can say that they are not aware of the importance of keeping their strength and fitness right throughout life.
We do all really know that exercise is good for us, but sometimes our vision gets clouded and we lose track of what is really important. But what could be more important than our health?
When strength and fitness are lost, the human body starts are downward spiral of declining health and the risk of being struck with some life threatening disease becomes more likely. If we have not made our exercise program a priority previously how will we cope with being forced to make our poor health a priority?
How much hassle, aggravation and inconvenience would we then experience? How much time, energy and money will be needed then with doctors visits, hospitals, specialists, treatments (if these things will help). What about the emotional stress, the worry, fear and anxiety that a dreadful diagnosis that could cut a life short would bring?
Building strength can be one of the healthiest things one can do for one’s body yet some two thirds of us don’t even bother to exercise properly. Somehow we have got it all wrong as in today’s fast-paced society many people spend most of their time trying to accumulate self-wealth instead of self-health.
They lose their focus on what is really important because, in the long run, it is health that ultimately determines how long one stays employed in the workforce, and whether one can continue to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle for a very long time.
If you are thinking about putting off exercise for another day, think again about what you could be paying in health returns in the long-run when your health begins to unravel. If you start treating your health as an investment in your future, it could end up paying you a far greater dividend than any financial investment you could ever make.
In our modern world millions of people have an exercise deficiency and millions of people are dying from this deficiency. Do what is necessary to avoid being one of them.
Do you want to discover the secret to rejuvenating your body, regaining lost vitality and improving the quality of your life? Download my free ebook “I’ve Found the Fountain of Youth- Let Me Show You Too!” www.over50looking30.com Carolyn Hansen is a certified fitness expert and fitness center owner who coaches clients to look and feel younger.
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Our Health Always Seems Much More Valuable To Us After We Lose It
Many people claim their health is of paramount importance to them yet they are unwilling to spend a little money on a health coach or a gym membership or put some effort into a proper exercise program. You may ask yourself “What am I doing right now, today, to ensure my functional fitness for the next 20, 30, 40 or more years?” If the answer is “nothing” or “very little” you are in big trouble.
With virtually every scrap of vigorous activity removed from our modern day lives, appliances to do our housework, machines to perform manual tasks, cars to transport us around, food on the supermarket shelves, we do not have to lift a finger to prosper in our world.
But we have forgotten something – what about the human body? Hardwired for tens of thousands of years to perform large amounts of vigorous activity or “work” as it was once known. This ability allowed us to survive in the harsh, dangerous, physical world that for our ancestors was reality.
Nothing has changed for our bodies, they are still programmed to need the stimulation of chemical messengers triggered by intense physical effort to deliver instructions to every single cell in our bodies to repair and replace themselves. You see the physical movement tells the system that this body is needed to hunt and feed and look after a family.
If there is not enough movement to deliver these signals the system is programmed to go into shut down mode to make room for others that need the resources available. This is true efficiency and is what has allowed the human race to prosper. This shut down mode involves accelerated aging and a greater disease risk as the protection of good health has dwindled away.
If we continue to send the right signals to the cells they will stay strong and will repair and replace themselves for as long as the body is being told strength, endurance, stamina, leanness, vitality and health is needed.
You cannot expect to be healthy by being doctor and drug reliant – a pill for your blood pressure, a pill for your cholesterol, and a pill for your blood sugar. Come on, this is not health care. You wouldn’t need medication if you were healthy. Don’t believe that your health insurance will keep you healthy either – it only pays for disease care. Isn’t that a little late to be called “health care?”
Everything in life is moving in a direction – either it is getting better or it is getting worse. How is your health now as compared to five years ago and what is it likely to be like five years from now? If it is important to you there is one thing you should be doing and that is a proper exercise program that contains strength training exercise.
This is the only type of exercise that will keep your muscles, bones, joints, heart, immune system and every cell in your body strong and healthy. Forget the low intensity cardio type exercise like walking, swimming, cycling etc. These activities are recreational and are a great addition to an active lifestyle but do not replace a proper exercise program.
Having to take some responsibility for your own health and well-being is a bit inconvenient but consider this. How inconvenient would it be to get a life threatening, life shattering medical diagnosis? How tiresome would it be to have to find time for doctors, tests, specialists, hospitals, surgeons? How much emotional stress, aggravation, frustration, fear and worry would this situation cause you?
Wouldn’t it make so much more sense to simply do what your body needs to stay healthy and spend 2-3 hours per week on the right exercise program? If you agree with this make sure you get a fitness professional to set this program up to teach you correct exercise technique, intensity, duration and frequency. Your program should also be monitored and changed frequently.
Achieving and having health throughout your life is possible and easier than you think but it does involve being willing to work on it. Think of this commitment as a gift to those that love you, as they would want you to be around for a very long time.
Do you want to discover the secret to rejuvenating your body, regaining lost vitality and improving the quality of your life? Download my free ebook “I’ve Found the Fountain of Youth- Let Me Show You Too!” www.over50looking30.com Carolyn Hansen is a certified fitness expert and fitness center owner who coaches clients to look and feel younger.
Article Source: http://www.thecontentcorner.com