We hear it in the media. Our gym-nut friends are always talking about it. Your doctor tells you to do it. Why is exercising so important to our health? What can I benefit from spending time running, jumping, swimming, dancing, playing sports, yoga, martial arts, etc? I'm going to share with you some simple points made from a report by the U.S. Surgeon General, along with some of my own thoughts (the ones in parentheses).
Exercise has been proven again and again to be the most important factor (next to not smoking) in get healthy, and preventing chronic diseases (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, osteoporosis). We all know people with at least one of these conditions, and they are likely to have been in active, or under-active, for a number of years before getting their grave diagnosis.
Exercise has been proven again and again to be the most important factor (next to not smoking) in get healthy, and preventing chronic diseases (cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, osteoporosis). We all know people with at least one of these conditions, and they are likely to have been in active, or under-active, for a number of years before getting their grave diagnosis.
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So here is a list (I love lists and tables) of the benefits of exercise.
1- improves your chance of living longer and living healthier. (I like the idea of living long and living well #iLiveWell)
2- helps protect you from developing heart disease (High blood pressure, high cholesterol are synonymous with heart disease people)
3- helps protect you from cancers like colon (3rd most common cancer killer) and breast cancer(5th most common cause of cancer death)
4- helps prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus. (Some of us call it sugar, or sugar diabetes. This disease causes heart attacks, strokes, leg amputations, loss of sensation, bad sex, kidney disease, dialysis, blindness, the list goes on and on. Don't get a preventable disease like diabetes)
5- helps prevent arthritis and may help relieve pain and stiffness if you have arthritis.
6- helps prevent osteoporosis (weakening of bones, leading to fractures especially in women)
7- reduces the risk of falling when you get older (Falling sends many elderly persons to the hospital with fractures, brain bleeds, other internal bleeds, and often times results in death {has been pointed as the majority of accidental deaths and hip fracture and 5th leading cause of death in person over 65}. It's serious business.)
8- relieves the depression and anxiety. Improves the mood (after a good Fitness Run at Eisenhower Park on Tuesdays, at 7PM, I always feel phenomenal. All my concerns and worries are abated, and I am focused on feeling like a champion. Plus I feel super sexy and confident.)
9- helps prevent impotence (I will one-up the Surgeon general and say, exercise regularly and you can "shag" like never before. There is nothing like being fit in the bedroom. You are more flexible, you have endurance, better lubrication, stronger erections because of better blood flow, and enhanced sensation. Exercise takes sex to a whole other level.)
10- controls weight. (The horrible dogma of "big is beautiful" is a deception meant to promote the denial of overweight person, convincing themselves that their weight is not a problem. Your weight is the single most important factor in determining early death. If you are overweight, your quality of life will be jeopardized. Jobs tend to higher thinner people first. It is expensive to be overweight. Overweight people tend to become depressed at higher rates than their thinner counterparts. Even if you have convinced yourself that you "look good", you are just "big-boned", "its in my genes", its my "hormones", its just "baby-fat", or think "Skinny Women Are Evil" like Mo'Nique; I'm here to tell you that being even slightly overweight puts you at risk of all the conditions mentioned and more. You are much better off being skinny, yes like a "crawny gal, or mawga gal" than having a gut.)
Get in the gym, jump in the pool and swim, walk, run, take the stairs (up, not just down) do what ever it takes to get fit. Most importantly, ENJOY IT. This is about wellness not about promoting a regimen or product.
Please follow me on twitter @garyyungdoc,
also follow Executive Lifestyle Group @ELGNYC
and Mister B @CallMeMisterB
My facebook page is Facebook.com/YungDoc
For my Long Island Readers: Every Tuesday at 7 pm One Love: A Wellness Group, meets at Eisenhower Park to complete the fitness run. Set goals, lose weight, feel good, and do it for FREE in an encouraging environment surrounded by attractive, young professionals. It doesnt get better than that! We meet at parking field 1 (Merrick Ave Entrance)
1- improves your chance of living longer and living healthier. (I like the idea of living long and living well #iLiveWell)
2- helps protect you from developing heart disease (High blood pressure, high cholesterol are synonymous with heart disease people)
3- helps protect you from cancers like colon (3rd most common cancer killer) and breast cancer(5th most common cause of cancer death)
4- helps prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus. (Some of us call it sugar, or sugar diabetes. This disease causes heart attacks, strokes, leg amputations, loss of sensation, bad sex, kidney disease, dialysis, blindness, the list goes on and on. Don't get a preventable disease like diabetes)
5- helps prevent arthritis and may help relieve pain and stiffness if you have arthritis.
6- helps prevent osteoporosis (weakening of bones, leading to fractures especially in women)
7- reduces the risk of falling when you get older (Falling sends many elderly persons to the hospital with fractures, brain bleeds, other internal bleeds, and often times results in death {has been pointed as the majority of accidental deaths and hip fracture and 5th leading cause of death in person over 65}. It's serious business.)
8- relieves the depression and anxiety. Improves the mood (after a good Fitness Run at Eisenhower Park on Tuesdays, at 7PM, I always feel phenomenal. All my concerns and worries are abated, and I am focused on feeling like a champion. Plus I feel super sexy and confident.)
9- helps prevent impotence (I will one-up the Surgeon general and say, exercise regularly and you can "shag" like never before. There is nothing like being fit in the bedroom. You are more flexible, you have endurance, better lubrication, stronger erections because of better blood flow, and enhanced sensation. Exercise takes sex to a whole other level.)
10- controls weight. (The horrible dogma of "big is beautiful" is a deception meant to promote the denial of overweight person, convincing themselves that their weight is not a problem. Your weight is the single most important factor in determining early death. If you are overweight, your quality of life will be jeopardized. Jobs tend to higher thinner people first. It is expensive to be overweight. Overweight people tend to become depressed at higher rates than their thinner counterparts. Even if you have convinced yourself that you "look good", you are just "big-boned", "its in my genes", its my "hormones", its just "baby-fat", or think "Skinny Women Are Evil" like Mo'Nique; I'm here to tell you that being even slightly overweight puts you at risk of all the conditions mentioned and more. You are much better off being skinny, yes like a "crawny gal, or mawga gal" than having a gut.)
Get in the gym, jump in the pool and swim, walk, run, take the stairs (up, not just down) do what ever it takes to get fit. Most importantly, ENJOY IT. This is about wellness not about promoting a regimen or product.
Please follow me on twitter @garyyungdoc,
also follow Executive Lifestyle Group @ELGNYC
and Mister B @CallMeMisterB
My facebook page is Facebook.com/YungDoc
For my Long Island Readers: Every Tuesday at 7 pm One Love: A Wellness Group, meets at Eisenhower Park to complete the fitness run. Set goals, lose weight, feel good, and do it for FREE in an encouraging environment surrounded by attractive, young professionals. It doesnt get better than that! We meet at parking field 1 (Merrick Ave Entrance)
Ask questions in the comments box or email me at gary@executivelifestylegroup.com
Reference:
Information adapted from Walter C. Willet,M.D. Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide To Healthy Eating. New York: Free Press, 2001. 50
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