The Seven Benefits Of Exercise

Posted: January 12th, 2010 | Author: Dr. Bill | No Comments »

I was sitting in my recliner reading this morning, and then I decided to catch up on the news on television. I landed on an epidode of “The Simpson’s,” and stayed there for a few minutes.

“The Simpson’s” has been on for 20 years, or more, and I think I may have seen 20 or so episodes, or maybe 5% of the total. It’s a very funny show, but other than the news, I don’t get in a lot of viewing time. At the moment I have 5 or 6 projects going, and that’s in addition to my “honeydooze.”

In this particular episode, Marge tells Homer they have to get a new couch, and Homer is annoyed because he just got his “ass groove” worked into the couch, and a new couch means he’ll have to start over. This is undoubtably the epitome of lazy, and as we all know, Homer is the King of Lazy.

Hopefully, no one mistakes Homer for a role model.

He’s missing out on something vitally important to his health, which is exercise.

For the great majority of people, moderate exercise is what you need. For a smaller percentage, higher intensity exercise would bein their best interests. Almost anyone can exercise, even if you are confined to a chair, or have a disability.

There are 7 real benefits to exercise.

1.  Exercise helps your body function efficiently. It improves the tone and quality of muscle tissue and stimulates the processes of digestion, absorption, metabolism, and elimination. It also helps you develop physical grace, poise, balance and symmetry, and aids in the correction of posture and the healing of injuries.

2.  Exercise improves your cardiovascular fitness. Exercise strengthens the blood vessels, the lungs and the heart, improving the transfer of oxygen to the cells and increasing the circulation of the lymphatic system.

3.  Exercise increases metabolism. Regular exercise will exponentially improve your ability to effectively utilize calories, reduce fat, and build muscle.

4.  Exercise helps manage your mood: it releases endorphins, chemicals in your brain that elevate mood. Regular exercise will also increase self esteem, and improve your mental outlook.

5.  Exercise helps to relieve stress. It’s a powerful tool for releasing tension, and combating stress. Any kind of exercise takes the edge off physical, mental, and emotional tension.

6.  Exercise helps you avoid, or decrease muscle atrophy and osteoporosis. Most people think that muscle loss and loss of bone density are inevitable with age. This isn’t true. Strength training will reverse the effects of muscle loss, and keep bones strong.

7.  Exercise burns calories. Regular exercise, as little as 4 times a week for just 45 minutes, can provide you with enough caloric utilization for immediate fat loss and it keeps your metabolism revved up for the next 24 hours, or more, so you continue to lose, even at rest.

Exercise also increases insulin sensitivity, lowers total cholesterol, raises HDL (good) cholesterol, decreases your risks for many types of cancer, and decreases blood pressure.

It also decreases the size of your “ass groove.”

By combining exercise with good food, and by taking my Powerhouse Omega Formula, an ultra pure pharmaceutical grade fish oil, you’re on your way to better health, and a longer, more active life.

Our friend Homer is funny, but he sure isn’t healthy. Only cartoon slobs survive his lifestyle.

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