Are You In Denial That You Need To Exercise?

Often when we see old people in a poor state of health it scares us and we fear getting old

. We don't want to get weak and helpless and you often hear people say "I don't want to live a long life if it means someone will have to take care of me".But despite what you may have been told over the years, you do not automatically enter into a downward spiral of appearance and functionality as you get older. Physical degeneration and disease is not an inevitable part of the aging process.The fact is most of us age at an accelerated rate and the shame of it is we are not even aware of it, we don't even realize it. Therefore, we do nothing for ourselves to intentionally put the brakes on the ticking clock. We forget that our ancestors had to perform hard physical work almost every single day just to feed themselves and acquire shelter and clothing. This was so right up until the 20th Century when the demands of daily life were rapidly replaced by automation. Changes in farming, transport and manufacturing meant that people no longer had to perform any demanding physical work in order to survive. Alas that is what most of us do every day in our modern world, almost nothing that requires vigorous physical exertion. Many young people today have no idea even what hard physical work is and certainly do not know what it feels like. Many of them do not even realize that our easy and convenient modern day lives do not have enough muscle building and maintaining activity to keep our muscles and bones from shrinking.The price is a high one for this physical inactivity as there is a detrimental result of muscle wasting causing functional disability. Adults lose around one half pound of muscle tissue each year until they reach around age 50 then the rate of loss doubles so it can add up to fifteen to twenty five pounds of muscle tissue lost - just wasted away. This loss is responsible for an accelerated decline not only in health but also in the ability to perform the required tasks and activities of daily life. The price is not only high for the person that can no longer take care of themselves but the price is high for whoever has to take care of them - their family, their community and ultimately the world.Somehow we have to accept the fact that the human body needs vigorous physical movement to stimulate the release of 'growth and repair' hormones that cause us to become and stay healthy and well. Without it there is a downward spiral of decline, deterioration and decay. If this sounds far fetched take a look at the statistics. Fifty percent of people in our world today have at least one medical ailment and many have multiple health issues. Three quarters of us are overweight and many more barely have the energy to get through the day and feel lousy much of the time. Not something to be proud of really.Yet so many people are in denial that proper exercise is critical to us humans. The facts are six out of ten people think they don't need to bother with exercise and that it is some frivolous pastime or 'optional' extra.Yet when they get sick somewhere down the road they are the first to say 'why me?" Don't wait till that happens to you; get yourself started on a proper exercise program that contains mainly strength training exercise to put back the muscular activity that is vital to our health. Seek the help of a fitness professional to get you started on the correct program. Yes, you will need to spend a little time each week and you will need to put a little effort into it to make it work. But the benefits you will experience will astound you as you gain strength and fitness and improve the quality of your one and only life.

Are You In Denial That You Need To Exercise?

By: Gen Wright

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