40 Reasons to Exercise
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 9:31AM 40 Reasons to Exercise
| 1. To increase endurance. |
| 2. To make you less susceptible to disease. |
| 3. To strengthen your heart muscles. |
| 4. To improve your complexion. |
| 5. To reduce tension and enable you to handle stress better. |
| 6. To help you lose weight and keep it off. |
| 7. To help prevent constipation. |
| 8. To lift your spirits. |
| 9. To improve your sleep. |
| 10. To clear your mind, step up the blood flow to your brain and make you more alert. |
| 11. To prevent depression. |
| 12. To elevate beta endorphin levels in blood. |
| 13. To make your nervous system function better. |
| 14. To increase self-esteem. |
| 15. To ease the heart's workload by causing your muscles to use O2 more efficiently. |
| 16. To relieve menopausal symptoms. |
| 17. To relieve tension headaches. |
| 18. To ease back problems by strengthening stomach and lower back muscles. |
| 19. To reduce neck and shoulder pain. |
| 20. To purify the blood. |
| 21. To aid your digestive system. |
| 22. To retard premature aging. |
| 23. To increase flexibility. |
| 24. To ease menstrual cramps. |
| 25. To reduce varicose veins. |
| 26. To relieve arthritis. |
| 27. To reduce addictive cravings. |
| 28. To decrease LDL cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol. |
| 29. To relieve hypertension. |
| 30. To balance metabolism. |
| 31. To help lose inches. |
| 32. To improve your posture and general appearance. |
| 33. To eliminate chronic fatigue. |
| 34. To give you strength. |
| 35. To reshape your body to fit more attractively into your clothes. |
| 36. To improve circulation. |
| 37. To stimulate the processes of absorption and elimination. |
| 38. To make you more cheerful. |
| 39. To cause your bone marrow to increase production of red and white blood cells and increase blood volume. |
| 40. To help you regulate an out-of-control appetite. |
| 41. (bonus reason) To create collateral circulation. |
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