BENEFITS OF EXCERCISE

Benefits of Exercise
If you make exercise part of your day, Denise Austin believes you’ll
already experience some noticeable benefits.
These include:
✓ Waking up in the morning feeling refreshed
✓ Walking with a gait
✓ Having energy left at the end of the day
✓ Feeling more optimistic about recreation
✓ Sleeping more soundly at night

More Benefits of Exercise
The benefits above are general. Let’s examine the more specific
benefits of exercise on specific parts of the body, as described by
Goldberg and Elliot:

✓ Exercise prevents heart disease
The average ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol (good
cholesterol) is about 4.5. If this ratio doubles or reaches 7, you
double your chances of developing coronary heart disease. You
reduce that risk by as much as 50% if your ratio is 3 or lower.
The lowdown on cholesterol: not all cholesterol is bad. You have
the good one (HDL-1 and HDL-2), the not so bad one (VLDL) and the
harmful one (LDL).
To get your ratios, divide the total amount of your cholesterol by
your amount of HDL. The lower the ratio you have, the better.

✓ Exercise prevents osteoporosis
28 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS. 80% ARE WOMEN. ONLY ¼ OF
THIS 80% KNOW THEY HAVE THE CONDITION AND ONLY HALF ARE BEING TREATED.
THE ANNUAL OSTEOPOROSIS BILL TO THE UNITED STATES IS $14 BILLION.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF CALCIUM AND REGULAR
EXERCISE BUILD STRONG BONES.
WHILE GENETICS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE RISKS OF OSTEOPOROSIS,
INDIVIDUALS CAN CONTROL SOME FACTORS THAT WILL HELP PREVENT THE PROBLEM.

PEAK BONE MASS IS ATTAINED IN YOUR 20’S.
STARTING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM WHILE STILL YOUNG, EVEN IF YOU LIVE IN THE
FAST LANE, WILL HELP YOU AVOID BONE DISEASE.

✓ Exercise prevents diabetes
People are still debating how much exercise an individual needs, but
for people with type 2 diabetes, exercising three or more times a
week improves fitness and blood sugar levels. If you have type 2
diabetes and are overweight, exercise done with the following
parameters would be of tremendous benefit: intensity of 60%-70%
maximal heart rate, with duration of 30 or more minutes, 4-7 days
each week.
There have been hundreds of documented reports that reveal how
people’s lives have significantly improved and the remarkable
transformation that their bodies experience after they made the
decision to take ownership of their weight and fat problems