Stay Fit and Healthy Without Excuses

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It's FRIDAY! A 1 hour workout is just 4% of your day. Everything is about progress. Find an activity or activities you like doing and stick to it. Make it a habit and push yourself. You might just start to feel better :)

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Stay Fit and Healthy Without Excuses


Exercise decreases the stress hormones such as cortisol and increases endorphins. Endorphins are the body’s natural feel good chemicals, and when they are released through exercise, your mood is boosted naturally. As well endorphins, exercise also releases adrenaline, serotonin, and dopamine. These chemicals work together to make you feel good.
Endorphins are defined as hormone-like substances that are produced in the brain and function as the body’s natural painkillers. During exercise, these endorphins are released, and this can produce feelings of euphoria and a general state of well being. The endorphins produced can be so powerful that they actually mask pain. Physically active people recover from mild depression more quickly and physical activity is strongly correlated with good mental health as people age (ntpages.com).

It's also important to note you need to be smart when it comes to exercising, if you are hurt or injured make sure you get a full recovery before you get back at it. It's never fun to be injured and try to train at the same time. Also a rest day or day off can be beneficial to your workouts. This is very important....A day off will let your body recharge physically and mentally. Trust me on this one, if you workout regularly you will feel like a new person after your rest day. Just don't turn your rest day into days on end and weeks.

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Below are some good excerpts I pulled from WebMD.

People who exercise regularly "make it a habit," says Hill, who is director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado, Denver. "They haven't bought any more time during the day than anyone else. What we've done is prioritize it. We find time for things we value."
"There's an exercise for everyone," says Recascino. "It doesn't have to be onerous or unpleasant."
If it makes exercise more enjoyable for you, it's OK to watch TV or read while you're on the exercise bike or treadmill -- just don't forget to pedal or run.

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