Five Great Reasons Why You Need To Exercise

Here’s an article by Carolyn Hansen, author of  Hot Metabolism.
I thought you would enjoy it:

Five Great Reasons Why You Need To Exercise

"The merits of a regular proper exercise program that builds and maintains your muscular system are wide reaching. From preventing chronic health conditions to promoting weight loss and all round physical, mental and emotional health. To feel better, have more energy to even living longer - look no further than intentional exercise.

These benefits are accessible to everyone regardless of age or physical ability. We all know that exercise is very good for us yet only six out of ten adults have a regular exercise program in place. If you yourself need more convincing lets look at specific ways exercise can improve your life.

1.) The strengthening of muscles - Once we get past our twenties we lose muscle tissue at the rate of one half pound per year unless we work at keeping it. This loss can tip us into a slow downward spiral of declining health. Muscle strength is the number one bio market of the aging process. Keep your strength and you will keep accelerated and premature aging at bay.

2.) The strengthening of bones - As our muscles are attached to our bones if you don't work your muscles you cannot keep your bones strong. Without work they will weaken, become thinner and more brittle and the risk of osteoporosis increases.

7 Top Tips to Restart Your Exercise Program

Its okay, you can finally admit it has been two months since you have done any serious exercise. But you have lots of good valid reasons for this. Getting sick, family issues and overtime at work are some of the things that got in the way of you exercising.

But you are not the only one as even people who consistently stick to an exercise program can sometimes fall out of the fitness habit from time to time. It can be challenging to get back on track again and you need to find a way to rebuild and form a new strong desire to get started on your exercise again.

Here are 7 ways to give yourself the mental kick in the pants that you need to stop dragging your feet, get up off the couch, and get back into the habit again.

1) Firstly don't break your precious habit - The easiest way to keep the habit going is simply not to stop for any reason. Avoiding long breaks in exercising or rebuilding your exercise habit will take some effort and this advice may be a little too late for some people. But if you have an exercise habit going strong, don't drop it at the first sign of trouble as it is so much easier to stay fit than to actually get fit.

2) Focus your time and energy on just this one goal - If you have lots of other stuff going on, it is hard to focus on one important thing. Just work on one goal at a time giving it a little extra attention till it fits back into your life.

Your Hottest New Investment - YOU

Could you be on the lookout for something that promises a good return on your investment? Something guaranteed to help you live a long, strong and healthy life?

Well here is one for you - it's called proper exercise. Nothing fancy, nothing hi tech or technical, no hidden costs. The only requirement to initiate this investment is you have to become more active. With a small down payment of couple of sessions a week, your investment could grow and the returns are guaranteed.

We are all concerned about saving enough money and investing wisely during our working years to ensure financial security in retirement. With personal strength and fitness, it is the same and the sooner you start to invest the better. The best time to begin an active life is when you are young, and the second best time is to start right now.

We all really do know that proper exercise is good for us, but sometimes our vision gets clouded and we lose track of what is really important in our life. We may ask ourselves "What could be more important than our health?" Without vigorous physical activity on a regular basis, there is no way that a person can have a high quality of health right across their lifetime.