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 ...blood fats... 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 your very favorite activities ...to help you stick to it. Whatever brings you joy ~ dancing, hiking,
biking, walking, swimming... whatever it is you love to do... DO THAT!!!
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 ...you can break it into three 10 minutes
sessions.
When
you workout for 30-60 minutes, your body releases a variety of hormones
to enhance mental outlook:
endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine ...which is why you feel happy, relaxed, yet mentally alert.
Have you
ever noticed when you have a problem, go for a run or walk, you come up with solutions easily? It's a dopamine doing it's thing!
Dopamine
is a neurotransmitter hormone released during
exercise promoting mental
clarity.
Dopamine helps you solve complex intellectual problems as you joyfully move your body.
Serotonin
is a neurotransmitter hormone
also released during
exercise to give you that happy and relaxed feeling.
Endorphins
are released when we are in love, eat chocolate
and 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 moving your body joyfully ten minutes 3x/day, jumping rope, rebounding or hoola-hooping,
or
just listening to your favorite music and dancing, a.k.a., "busting a few
moves".
Use your body: reach,
pull, push, challenge your physical Self. Walk wherever you can, whenever you can. Walk fast. Challenge
yourself.
30-60 cumulative
minutes of physical activity, DAILY, is the goal. 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 or more
10
minute workouts ~ small chunks throughout the day
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, bored, frustrated, overwhelmed, tired...
REMEMBER:
When you engage in physical activity, select those
activities 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 wantmore fat-burning
enzymesand afaster metabolic rate!?
CREATE RESULTS with daily physical activity.
Use
it or lose it!LIFE
IS SHORT. Be healthier to enjoy it! Because,
it's a great ride.
Go out, get physical and breathe
deeply! ...and speaking of breathing
deeply...
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