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Get your rear in gear

30 TO 60 MINUTES PER DAY WILL DO IT. Why bother?

  • Want to feel more confident?
    Launching a work-out program will do the trick. Your body releases chemicals that make you feel good to be in your skin.

  • As you build muscle mass, you create more fat-burning enzymes.
    Your body becomes efficient at burning triglycerides for energy.

  • After working-out, your body's metabolic rate stays in higher gear and keeps burning Calories, at a greater intensity.
    This effect lasts anywhere from six hours to 24 hours,
    depending on the length and intensity of your work-outs.

  • Design a work-out with favorite activities to help stick with it.


    You can add years to your life and life to your step!
    Create a fitness plan you can be excited about. If you love to dance, vary your activities to include your favorites. Integrate fitness into your life ...even 10 minutes per session, three times per day.

When you workout for 30 to 60 minutes,
your body releases a variety of hormones to enhance your mental outlook
:  

endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine
...so you feel happy, relaxed, yet mentally alert.

Have you ever noticed that when you have a problem,
and you go for a run or walk, you seem to come up with solutions easily?
 
It's a dopamine doing it's thing!

  • Dopamine is a neurotransmitter hormone promoting mental clarity.
    Dopamine helps you solve complex intellectual problems
    as you joyfully move your body.

  • Serotonin is a neurotransmitter hormone released during exercise
    to give you that happy and relaxed feeling.

  • Endorphins are released when we are in love, eat chocolate and are released after 30-45 minutes of cardiovascular exercise [moving  major muscle groups in a rhythmic motion]. The addiction to exercise is common. It is easy to get addicted to endorphins produced during exercise.

    Here are a few ideas to get started...
     

    • Take the stairs -- two at a time, if you can handle it.

    • Get into the habit of jumping rope, rebounding or hoolihooping ten minutes 3x/day, or just listening to your favorite music and "busting a few moves".

    • Use your body:  reach, pull, push, challenge your physical Self.
      Walk wherever you can, whenever you can. Walk fast.

    • 30-60 cumulative minutes of physical activity, DAILY.
      DAILY is ideal...yet this is not an ideal world. And sometimes, you may not have the time to squeeze in a workout. So, make the decision to be more active throughout the day.

    • Squeeze in three 10 minute workouts at a time.

    • Park at the far end of the parking lot. Walk to your destination.

    • Take your dog for a walk. Take your friend for a walk.
      Take your partner for a walk. Take your Self for a walk
      ...when feeling stressed.

REMEMBER:  When you engage in physical activity, select those you love.
If you love what you are doing, you will be sure to make it a life-long habit:
Hike. Bike. Dance. Swim. Play Golf, but skip the cart and ...Get Moving!

Do you want more fat-burning enzymes
and a faster metabolic rate!?
CREATE RESULTS with daily physical activity.

Use it or lose it!

If you are in a wheelchair, challenge your Self to move whatever you can. Seek the latest exercise videos which feature chair exercises. Visit a library or do a search on the internet to check the latest releases. Squeeze those buns! Pump up those biceps!

LIFE IS SHORT.  Be healthier to enjoy it!

Life is a great ride.

Go out, get physical and breathe deeply!

...and speaking of breathing deeply...

 

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