subject: Did You Know That Physical 'work' Is Your Body's Way Of Staying Healthy? [print this page] It is a shame that strength training exercise has gotten such a bad rap for many years when it has so many beneficial health affects for your body from weight loss, becoming leaner, halting muscle tissue loss, increasing energy, disease protection and longevity.People seem to be looking for a quick fix or a magic answer and are ignoring the good science that we know already exists. Strength training exercise is the solution that every adult needs in their life but somehow many seem reluctant to try it.Maybe because they associate this type of exercise as 'work' and they are right it is work. The same very physical work or movement that our body's need to keep themselves healthy. In our largely sedentary and inactive world physical activity has all but disappeared from our lives with technology, cars and household appliances and gadgets robbing us of the natural activity that used to be in everyone's lives.We seem to have forgotten that our bodies have been designed to be active - very active. Many people mistakenly believe that a bit of walking or gardening is enough activity but it is a drop in the bucket to what the human body needs to keep in top condition.The activity needs to be intense or vigorous which means a bit of effort needs to be put into it. This is an attribute that we no longer use in our every day life as people can now get through the day without having to exert themselves in any way. But this is not the way it has always been. Our ancestors had to be strong and fit just to survive and right up till around 100 years ago most people were physically active each and every day just to get through the basic tasks and activities of daily life. Never before in history has the human body not needed its strength and fitness for its survival.So what you say - how can this affect me? Well it is affecting us to the point that around 50 percent of the population has a premature and preventable disease. Many of these people have multiple conditions; most of them can never be cured. Awful devastating diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and dozens of others are robbing people of their quality of life and sometimes life itself. But it does not have to be like this. It is so easy to give the body the physical movement it needs so its muscular system can stimulate 'growth and repair' hormones that tell the cells and tissues to be renewed and replaced. This means the immune system stays strong so it can ward off disease and find and destroy stray cancer cells every single day. If the muscles grow weak so does every other system, organ, cell and tissue in the body.Strength training exercise is perfect as it does exactly what is needed to get those special hormones released that will keep you not only healthy but young as well. Strong means youthful, weak means old, tired - decay and degeneration.So get yourself started on a proper strength training program at your local gym or fitness center. Do not think you can get away with any type of endurance activity as it will not work. It has to strengthen your muscular system properly to be effective. There is not another single thing you could do that will keep you healthy and well and the benefits extend far beyond that. Not only will you have a greater quantity of life you will have more quality so you can do all the things that are available to make your life as enjoyable as you imagine it can be.
Did You Know That Physical 'work' Is Your Body's Way Of Staying Healthy?
