Why Exercise is King!

Weight Management
Exercise increases muscle to fat mass ratio which burns a higher rate of calories. Working out increase your metabolism, particularly strength training, up to 24 hours, which also burns more calories. Helps regulate your appetite and regulate blood sugar

Disease Prevention
Exercise reduces your risk of about every-age related health issues including heart disease, diabetes and lowering your blood pressure.

Mental Health
Exercise boosts your beneficial chemicals responsible for putting you in a good mood. These mood-boosting benefits translate into less risk of burn-out at work, less depression and better performance under stress.

Longer Lasting Youth
Increased muscle mass supports balance and coordination preventing falls and broken hips as we age. Less muscle mass will lower your metabolism which is a huge reason why so many people in their 40s and 50s have experience the middle age spread.

Bigger Muscle Fibers
More muscle, the more calories you burn to maintain muscle. Improved physical appearance. As muscle grow and strengthen so does connective tissues-tendons and ligaments become thicker and stronger which helps prevent injury.

Bone and Joint Health
Weight bearing exercises on bones which stimulates growth and strength. Both Cardiovascular and resistance training helps make your joints stronger and stretching helps improve range of motion enabling you to bend farther in different directions

Better habits
Studies have shown combining exercise’s mood-boosting benefits with appetite control mechanism strongly increase your ability to break bad habits.

Functional Fitness
The ability to perform all your normal daily tasks such as playing with your kids, house and yard work, lifting furniture or groceries and leisure activities with lowest risk of injury, such as lower back, and living independently as long as possible.
Reference; Liz Applegate, Ph.D, “Encyclopedia of Sport and Fitness and Nutrition”
2002, Prima Publishing