How fitness can save your life? Well it’s simple. Before I explain, do not confuse fitness with muscle building. If you are physically fit and active in your life that means you are saving yourself. Your physical fitness could reflect on your mental and emotional health. Fitness relates to physical activity. Many people consider as trimming or muscle building or a daily marathon. If you do a regular exercise (say 30 minutes) or a daily walk can help you keep fit.
Probably you have noticed, when you go to a gym or a fitness center, the trainers are frustrated with trainees who want to be fit but do not want to do as he/she is instructing. There is a wrong misconception that just buying a tread mill or Sauna belt or even taking supplements will do a magic and they will become fit.
I know many of my friends hiding their exercise equipment under the bed and use their treadmill for other purposes i.e. as a clothes hanger etc. Important is not just to buy an expensive automatic state-of-the-art treadmill, important is their use. You do not expect to be fit next day. It is not a magic.
Just watching TV, looking beautiful models who are selling gadgets on TV will not help you to be fit. People say “it’s not easy to be fit” but I say “it’s not that hard too”. You have to be motivated and consistent to see the results of being fit, feeling benefits and seeing benefits.
So when I say “fitness can save our life” means you see many healthy benefits in your daily life. For example;
When you do an exercise, it has a direct effect on the heart. When you do physical exercise it increases oxygen supply to the heart, decreases oxygen demands and improves the strength of the heart muscle contractions.Physical exercises reduce the blood pressure.
If you have type 2 diabetics or you have family history of diabetics it is important to improve blood sugar levels and you can do it by doing regular exercise.The New England Medical Journal states in a study of over 84,000 middle-aged women, who exercised moderately or vigorously for 30 minutes a day, slashed their risk of heart disease by 80% (these women did not smoke cigarettes, were not overweight and maintained a healthful diet).
When compared active people with in-active ones, sedentary people have almost double the risk of developing or dying from coronary heart disease.So the question is how to get started? Some tips to get you started;Make a checklist or get an exam before starting any fitness program.
Note down all activities you enjoy doing each day.Don’t expect fitness results to happen overnight. Start Slowly.A personal trainer will solve your problem of having in-consistency, lack of progressive program, lack of coaching and or self motivation.It is always recommended to start your program as a team. Invite a friend, spouse or family member to join you.
Program should have objectives or set goals. Setting goals will help you to see the trend or progress of your workouts.As I mentioned above, consistency is the key to your success. If you don’t your expected results don’t be frustrated. Do not stop your exercises. If you stop, you will never get the results.
Results aren’t just how you look, its how you feel and your level of health.Do not take exercise as a burden. Just enjoy getting full benefits of it. Take it as a quality time of your life.
So instead of spending time reading this article or exploring more on the web, just make a plan, write down and follow. Make things simple at the beginning to get the real benefits.
If I, a lazy person can do then you surely can do as well. After all it’s your own life and your own fitness.