Health Benefits of Exercise
The benefits of exercise are no secret. Nobody believes that they are doing themselves any favors by not living a healthy lifestyle that includes strong nutritional habits and regular moderate to intense exercise.
Most individuals exercise for cosmetic reasons, but the health benefits absolutely cannot be ignored!
Regular exercise can help protect you from heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure, noninsulin-dependent diabetes, obesity, back pain, osteoporosis, and can improve your mood and help you to better manage stress.
A professional fitness trainer can determine the type of exercises and how much exercise is right for you.
Exercise:
- Reduces the risk of dying prematurely.
- Reduces the risk of dying prematurely from heart disease.
- Reduces the risk of developing diabetes.
- Reduces the risk of developing high blood pressure.
- Helps reduce blood pressure in people who already have high blood pressure.
- Reduces the risk of developing colon cancer.
- Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety.
- Helps control weight.
- Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
- Helps older adults become stronger and better able to move about without falling.
- Promotes psychological well-being.
Millions of Americans suffer from conditions that could be reduced by exercise and a more active lifestyle:
- 13.5 million people have coronary heart disease.
- 1.5 million people suffer from a heart attack in a given year.
- 8 million people have adult-onset (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes.
- 95,000 people are newly diagnosed with colon cancer each year.
- 250,000 people suffer from a hip fractures each year.
- 50 million people have high blood pressure.
- Over one-third of the American population is overweight.
The high number of health problems in San Antonio, TX is quite alarming. Don’t be a statistic – let the personal trainers at FORM Fitness help you improve the quality of your life.
