Fitness Benefits

Whether you live in The Woodlands Texas or any of the far stretched destinations of your travels…exercise is the best way to get healthy.  You know exercise is good for you, but do you know how good?  From boosting your moods, avoiding injuries, improving your sex life, sleeping better, and self image and esteem,  And all of these are good [intlink id=”17″ type=”page”]F.I.T.ness  benefits[/intlink] that make life great!

1. Exercise controls your weight, which at times can be an increasing problem. The fact is that exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss.  When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories.  The more intense the activity, the more calories you burn.  You don’t need to set aside large chunks of time for long routine workouts to reap the weight-loss benefits.  If you can’t do an actual workout, get more active throughout the day in simple ways – by taking the stairs instead of the elevator.  Or parking further away from your destination and walk faster to get there when you do that.  In other words…move your body more.
2. [intlink id=”1928″ type=”page”]Exercise improves[/intlink] your immune system.  Exercise will help combat health conditions and diseases.  Worried about heart disease?  Hoping to prevent high blood pressure?  No matter what your current weight, being active boosts high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good,” cholesterol and decreases unhealthy triglycerides.  This one-two punch keeps your blood flowing smoothly. Which decreases your risk of cardiovascular diseases.  In fact, regular physical activity can help you prevent or manage a wide range of health problems and concerns, including stroke, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, depression, certain types of cancer, arthritis and bone density.
3. Need to blow off some steam or wind down from a stressful day?  Exercise!  Physical activity stimulates vigorous brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed.  Frequent activity delivers oxygen and nutrients to your muscle tissues that help your cardiovascular system work more efficiently.  These chemicals and nutrients will change your mood, your energy, and your self esteem.
4. After a great workout at the gym, you will sleep better.  Vigorous exercise by design is to break down muscle tissue so that it can rebuild and become stronger. That rebuilding phase is a metabolic spike that fatigues your body, thus your recovery or rest time (sleeping that night) will be very beneficial.
5. Exercise can be fun!  When the body begins moving and warming up the brain releases chemicals that make you feel better.  As a general goal, aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day.  If you want to lose weight or meet specific foals, you may need to exercise more or make F.I.T. accountable for those goals.  Remember to check with your doctor before starting a new exercise program, especially if you haven’t exercised for along time, have chronic health problems, such a heart disease, diabetes or arthritis, or have any concerns.  The problems associated with movement like deep knee bends or scratching your own back are physical limitations we definitely want to address.