Research overwhelmingly shows
that regular exercise lowers the risk for many diseases, enhances the
functioning of virtually every physiological system in the human body and
improves psychological well-being.
Somewhere down the line, we
all know the benefits of exercising regularly. We all frequently encounter
fitness posts, images or blogs which states the benefits of going to the gym.
We do get instantly charged up by seeing those posts, but that energy does not
last for a long time.
How many times have you taken a yearly gym membership and
been regular to the gym for only a couple of months and later start making
excuses to skip your daily fitness
routine? The main cause of this is the lack of motivation. But don’t worry,
because this post is all about how you can stay persistent for a long time and
be achieve the fitness goals you set for yourself.
Here are 101 Reasons to
Exercise.
Note- You will find some best
tips, at the end of the list, on how to utilize this list of reasons.
1. Helps you to more effectively manage
stress.
2. Helps you to lose weight – especially fat
weight.
3. Improves the functioning of your immune
system.
4. Reduces medical and health care expenses.
5. Reduces your risk of getting heart disease.
6. Increase your level of muscle strength.
7. Improves athletic performance.
8. Can help relieve the pain of tension
headaches.
9. Allows you to consume greater quantities of
food and still maintain caloric balance.
10. Helps you sleep easier and better.
11. Enhances sexual desire, performance and
satisfaction.
12. Reduces the risk of developing high blood
pressure.
13. Increase the density and breaking strength
of bones.
14. Improves your physical appearance.
15. Increases circulating levels of HDL (good)
cholesterol.
16. Assists in efforts to stop smoking.
17. Helps you to relax.
18. Can help improve short-term memory in older
adults.
19. Helps to maintain weight loss – unlike
dieting.
20. Helps to relieve many of the common
discomforts of pregnancy (backache, heartburn, constipation, etc.)
21. Reduces your anxiety level.
22. Helps control blood pressure in people with
hypertension.
23. Protects against “creeping obesity.”
24. Reduces vulnerability to various abnormal
heart rhythms.
25. Improves the likelihood of survival from a
heart attack.
26. Helps to overcome jet lag.
27. Slows the rate of joint degeneration in
people with osteoarthritis.
28. Lowers your resting heart rate.
29. Helps to boost creativity.
30. Reduce circulating levels of triglycerides.
31. Helps you resist upper respiratory tract
infections.
32. Increase your anaerobic threshold allowing
you to work or exercise longer at a higher level before a significant amount of
lactic acid builds up.
33. Improves your ability to recover from
physical exertion.
34. Helps to preserve lean body tissue.
35. Helps speed recovery from chemotherapy
treatments.
36. Increases ability to supply blood to the
skin for cooling.
37. Increases the thickness of the cartilage in
your joints.
38. Gives you more energy to meet the demands
of daily life, and provide you with a reserve to meet the demands of unexpected
emergencies.
39. Increases your level of muscular endurance.
40. Help prevent intestinal ulcers.
41. Increases the density and breaking strength
of ligaments and bones.
42. Improves posture.
43. Increases your maximal oxygen uptake.
44. Helps you to maintain your resting metabolic
rate.
45. Reduces the risk of developing colon
cancer.
46. Increases your tissues’ responsiveness to
the actions of insulin, which helps to better control blood sugar.
47. Helps to relieve constipation.
48. Expands blood plasma volume.
49. Reduces the risk of developing prostate
cancers.
50. Helps to combat substance abuse.
51. Helps to alleviate depression.
52. Increase your ability to adapt to cold
environments.
53. Helps you maintain proper muscle balance.
54. Reduces the rate and severity of medical
complications associated with hypertension.
55. Helps to alleviate certain menstrual
symptoms.
56. Lowers your heart rate response to physical
exertion.
57. Helps to alleviate low back pain.
58. Helps to reduce the amount of insulin
required to control blood sugar levels in Type 1 diabetics.
59. Improves mental alertness.
60. Improves respiratory muscle strength and
endurance.
61. Reduces your risk of having a stroke.
62. Helps you to burn excess calories.
63. Increases your cardiac reserve.
64. Improves coronary (heart) circulation.
65. Offsets some of the negative effects of
certain antihypertensive drugs.
66. Increases your stroke volume.
67. Improves your self-esteem.
68. Reduces your susceptibility to coronary
thrombosis.
69. Reduces your risk of developing Type 2
diabetes.
70. Reduces the risk of developing breast
cancer.
71. Improves mental cognition.
72. Maintain or improves joint flexibility
73. Improves your glucose tolerance.
74. Reduces workdays missed due to illness.
75. Reduces blood viscosity.
76. Enhances your muscle ability to extract
oxygen from your blood.
77. Increases your productivity at work.
78. Reduces your likelihood of developing low
back problems.
79. Improves your balance and coordination.
80. Improves your body’s ability to use fat for
energy.
81. Provides protection against injury.
82. Decreases (by 20 to 30 per cent) the need
for antihypertensive medication, if you are hypertensive.
83. Improves your decision-making abilities.
84. Helps reduce and prevent the immediate
symptoms of menopause.
85. Helps to relieve and prevent “migraine
headache attacks.”
86. Reduces the risk of endometriosis.
87. Helps to retard bone loss as you age,
thereby reducing your risk of developing osteoporosis.
88. Helps to decrease your appetite.
89. Improves pain tolerance and mood if you
suffer from osteoarthritis.
90. Helps prevent and relieve the stresses that
cause carpal tunnel syndrome.
91. Makes your heart more efficient.
92. Helps to decrease left ventricular
hypertrophy in people with hypertension.
93. Maybe protective against the development of
Alzheimer’s disease.
94. Improves your mood.
95. Helps you to maintain an independent
lifestyle.
96. Reduces the risk of gastrointestinal
bleeding.
97. Helps to increase your overall health
awareness.
98. Reduces the level of abdominal obesity – a
significant health risk factor.
99. Increases the diffusion capacity of the
lungs, enhancing the exchange of oxygen from your lungs to your heart.
100. Improves heart tolerance
101. Improves Your Overall Quality of Life!
Know, I know that it is a huge
list of reasons why everyone should exercise regularly. This list was prepared
considering all the reasons which are suitable for every single person. You
might find some of the reasons to be vague and not very important for you, but
they are on the list for a general public. Most people stop exercising or going
to the gym because they lack the motivation required to be regular and
persistent. Trust me, persistence is the key to achieve and maintain a healthy
body.
So, here’s how you can get the
best out of this blog. Prepare your own list of reasons from the above list
which contains the best reasons which suit best for you and pin that list to a
place where you can easily catch sight of. Let it be right above your bed, so
that you see it every morning and night, or maybe pin it above the study table,
or make it your phone background. This
is going to help you in the long run because there are many reasons for going
to a gym, but only one reason for not going- ‘Lack of Motivation’. Whenever you
see your list, you will be reminded why you started exercising in the first
place. “You didn’t come this far to only come this far”.
I hope that this blog helps
you to be persistent in your exercising regime and stay motivated for a long
time.
Do share your list in the
comment section so that others get benefited by it.
