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10 health reasons to exercise

1. Helps you lose and maintain weight
   When you exercise, you burn more of the energy that you consume.
2. Gives you energy
   At the end of the working day, you feel tired due to mental fatigue, poor circulation and hunger. Exercise will energize you, not the opposite!
3. Relieves stress and anxiety
   The effects of a brisk walk are better and longer lasting than claming or anxiolytic drugs.
4. Prevents cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and certain cancers
   Regular exercise lowers blood pressure, improves cholesterol levels and halves the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Exercise stimulates calcium storage in the bones and is more effective at preventing osteoporosis than drugs. Exercise can prevent certain forms of cancer including those of the breast and colon. 
5. Gives you a longer life
   People who burn at least 2000 calories per week through exercise live on average two healthy years longer than those who don't. 
6. Reduces premenstrual and menopausal symptoms
   Exercise improves circulation, widens capillaries and decreases menstrual cramps. Exercise reduces hot flashes and nightly weats in menopausal women.
7. Improves digestionPhysical activity stimulates digestion and prevents constipation.
8. Benefits your backExercise makes the discs, muscles, tendons and ligaments in your back stronger and tougher. A corset of muscles around your torso offroads your spine. 
9. Makes you freeze lessExercise improves ciculation, widens capillaries and increases metabolism event at rest. 
10. Makes you more beautifulExercise gives you a healthier skin, clearer eyes, nicer muscles, better posture and less varicose veins and cellulite.
    
    

		Decide how to split your exercise per week/day to match the below ratios:
		Cardio - 50%: A Brisk walk, riding a bike, dancing aerobics, swimming Strength - 40%: Weights, swimming, climbing, hiking Flexibility - 10%: Stretching, yoga