The exercise habit can lead to a healthier life.
Keeping physically fit is universally acknowledged as a ‘no brainer’ so far as leading a healthier lifestyle is concerned. So why do so many of us not bother, or almost as bad, like a New Year resolution vow to exercise more and regularly but fall away after after a short time?
Let us take five affordable and effective ways to exercise, first. These are:
1. Running for your life and enjoyment
2.Walking Even a mere 15 minute walk can be so beneficial
3. Swimming Acknowledged by medical people to provide excellent but not over taxing strength training
4. Cycling Age is no bar for this activity
5. Gardening. Even gentle pottering around the garden has been shown to aid balance and make for greater flexibility
The benefits of regular exercise doing one or more of the above activities will reward you with greater :
- flexibility
- muscle strength
- balance and co-ordination
- stamina
Now, the above activities can be done in short programmes to suit yourself and your physical abilities. You can go to the above resource links against each activity ( gardening will be dealt with in a later post ) for further information to help you.
And there’s the rub. In our heads most of us know what is good for us, but many of us do not persist long enough to receive the sustainable rewards. So we fall down. This is where we all need some help. After working out what we can and should do, we need to change our daily pattern of behaviour to include our chosen
activities – often, in order to receive the benefit, we may only perhaps need to exercise every other day. But it must become a regular feature in our lives. Yes, it should become a habit.
A habit has been described as: ” a regular tendency or practice.It’s something you do almost without thinking.In some cases,our habits even come to to define us as people.” S.J. Scott –77 Good Habits To Live A Better Life
Powerful stuff ! We need the habit to keep us exercising.
To acquire a good exercise habit it helps to have the support of others. We can join clubs and associations, or a group of like-minded friends. In this way we can encourage and be encouraged in what we are doing.
In a series of posts to follow, we’ll go in more depth into these activities to increase our fitness and wellness . Also we’ll look into how exercise can become an indispensable part of our lifestyle. Hope to see you next time.