Exercising on a regular basic can physical improve your daily activity or even improves your chances of living longer. Other Benefits why you should include exercise:

. improves quality of life
. reduces the risk of heart disease
. helps lower high blood pressure (hypertension) and high cholesterol
. helps protect you from developing certain cancers
. helps prevent or control type 2 diabetes (adult-onset diabetes)
. reduces the risk of arthritis and alleviates associated symptoms
. helps prevent osteoporosis (gradual loss of bone mass/strength)
. improves mobility and strength in later life
. alleviates symptoms of depression and anxiety
. benefits weight reduction and weight management

Now you may ask, what is the Healthiest Type of Exercise? The answer to that would be. There are different types of exercise, in my experience different types of exercise offer different benefits for example Aerobic or Cardio workouts primarily improve the cardiovascular system (heart, lungs), while weight-training or strength-training improves muscular strength and flexibility or stretching exercises improve overall mobility and coordination. Can you see where am going? Ok lets continue.

Cardiovascular Exercise

If you lead a fairly inactive or sedentary life, any increase in aerobic activity is good for you. Studies show that a brisk walk for even one to two hours a week (15 to 20 minutes a day) reduces your risk of having a heart attack or stroke, developing diabetes, or premature death. Weight-bearing aerobic exercise can also strengthen joints, and improve bone strength.

How Much Exercise is Needed?

Well I’am glad you asked. It is recommend that getting a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days of the week. You can do all 30 minutes at once or break it up into 10- or 15-minute periods.

Moderate intensity exercise or physical activity is activity that causes a slight but noticeable increase in breathing and heart rate. One way to gauge moderate activity is with the “talk test” - exercising hard enough to break a sweat but not so hard you can’t comfortably carry on a conversation.

Brisk walking is an ideal moderate-intensity activity. For the average person, a brisk walk means walking 3-4 miles an hour, or about as fast as you’d walk if you were late for a ball-game or PTA meeting!

Although a mere 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity a day is an excellent way to start, exercising longer, harder, or both can result in even greater health benefits.

Exercise For Weight Reduction

If you are walking or exercising mainly to reduce weight, 30 minutes or so a day will only be beneficial if you also monitor your calorie-intake. Even then, you may need to increase the duration or intensity of your workout. A report from the US Institute of Medicine reveals that it takes 60 minutes a day of moderate-intensity activity to maintain a healthy weight.

I hope this helps see you in my next post.

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