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Get Up
and Get Going! Sneaking Activity into Your Already Busy Day: Your Cornucopia
of Choices.
If you're
not ready to jump into a full-blown exercise program, increasing your daily
lifestyle activities can be a good alternative to doing nothing at all. Active
living is widely accepted as a new, broader way of thinking about fitness.
Being active means enjoying physical activity and finding ways to be active
every day- at home,
at work, in your community. Whether it is bowling, mowing
the lawn or playing sports, an active lifestyle does pay off.
In this new
approach everyone can succeed. Being physically active improves your health in
all sorts of ways. It lowers blood pressure, increases “good” HDL
cholesterol and increases bone density. It improves the cardiovascular system
and improves strength, endurance and flexibility of the muscles. It lowers
stress and anxiety. Regular exercise lifts the moods. It relieves tension and
helps put problems into perspective. Why not be active for the health of it?
We at your SHS know you’re busy. Work, family and school place a lot of demands on you. It doesn’t seem that there’s any time to be active. But there is. It’s like a great bargain; you just have to know where to look for it. .
Although looking for ways to move more doesn't take as much dedication as participating in a full-blown exercise program, it does takes a certain amount of commitment and creativity.
So what counts
as activity? Anything that gets you moving. It all adds up. But you've
constantly got to be on the lookout for good opportunities to get up and go.
The SHS will give you a few quick examples that should work for virtually
anyone –and most take little, if any, extra time.
·
Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
·
Parking further from your classes and
walking the extra way.
·
Take walks between your classes
·
Get up 30 minutes earlier and take a brisk
walk
·
Forget the drive-through carwash. Wash the
car yourself.
·
Play actively with your kids, grand kids,
or pets.
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Before and after dinner, take a walk
·
Ride your bike to work, school, or to a
friends' home
·
Walk to do errands that are just a few
blocks away.
·
Catch up with your around-the-house work:
wash the windows, vacuum or shampoo the carpet, clean the garage or basement,
sweep the sidewalk.
· Push your lawn mower instead of using the power-assisted drive.
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ME? WHY SHOULD I FIND TIME TO EXERCISE?
Are there any life-long benefits of a
regular exercise program? Consistently done, exercise will give you more energy to do the
activities you enjoy. It will enhance your ability to study and to do the things you like
to do at work and play. Research has shown that aerobic exercise for 15-30 minutes at
least every other day will improve your sense of well being, mood, and self-esteem.
Regular exercise dissipates hormones and other chemicals that buildup during periods of
high stress and in turn reduces stress and anxiety. It has also been shown that routine
exercise can slow the age-related decline in the various physiological systems that many
individuals experience as they get older. Proper exercise can increase your aerobic
capacity as you age and can reverse the lost muscular fitness that typically occurs with
aging. Weight-bearing exercise along with adequate calcium increases the density of the
bone structure and can lessen the risk of osteoporosis. Exercise is one of the voluntary
activities that raises your level of HDL, the type of cholesterol that lowers your risk of
heart disease. Researchers have also found that exercisers go to sleep more quickly, sleep
more soundly, and are more refreshed than individuals who do not exercise. All factors
considered, individuals who exercise regularly have better memories, better reaction time
and better level of concentration than those who do not exercise. Energize and revitalize
both your body and mind. Engage in aerobic exercise on a regular and consistent basis
throughout your lifetime!
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