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Fitness And Exercise
Why It Is So Important To Total Well-Being
George Karalexis
Physical fitness through exercise is an essential element
of life for all people. Medical and health experts have concluded
that most people have a very low level of physical fitness
that, unless they perform the daily movements they have conditioned
themselves to do, such as getting out of bed, walking to work,
performing physical activities during work and at home, will
loose the little physical fitness they already have.
Like any living person, every living part of our body will
waste away if we do not use it. Like the saying goes, ...use
it or lose it..., the human body must be used or it will eventually
waste away. It is like when you are laid up in a hospital
bed with a broken leg and cannot use it for a number of weeks.
What happens when the cast comes off? You have to spend a
considerable amount of time to return that limb to normal
use as it has undergone muscular atrophy.
This is why it is so important to consider physical activity
as a means of life. What is life if you cannot enjoy the leisurely
activities with family and friends. How will you function
at work if your back has locked up due to inadequate support
from weak muscles. Do you always feel tired and lethargic?
If these reasons are not hitting home yet, then it is only
a matter of time before these words come back and haunt you.
I see friends and family who are suffering from illness day
in, day out. You do not want to get to this point in your
life before deciding that enough is enough. Why be reactive
and wait till something happens in your life before making
a change in your lifestyle, a change that should have already
been a form of normal living activity.
Think about what it will take before you start paying attention
to the body that is so busy doing things that are robbing
you of total physical freedom.
Did you ever think that you could perform some simple core
strength training routines whilst doing the things that keep
you busy? Well you can, and it is easy.
Years ago I remember a personal trainer of mine who introduced
me to short intense training techniques that transformed my
body from a slob to a heart throb, well to my wife that is.
Simple mid section braces that strengthen your abs and lower
back, give better mid waist support that can alleviate chronic
back pains and also tighten up your midsection. I do these
in the car whilst I drive, sit behind my PC typing and sit
down watching a DVD.
If you have 5 minutes or so to spare, then you CAN make a
difference, even if you feel unmotivated. This is a simple
exercise whereby you cave in that mid section that causes
you all the pain and anguish and hold it there whilst maintaining
normal breathing. Holding it there for 30 seconds and resting
for 20 seconds, and again for 5 times over. At first it may
burn a little, but that is perfectly OK and means that you
are working a muscle group that has not worked in a while.
As you get better at it, you can push the holds for a minute
or more and repeat 5 to 10 times over. I know through my experience
that this works and rids of those chronic bad back pains.
Fitness and exercise is a life activity that should be conditioned
as normal part of living, just as sitting in front of a TV
is, and just like sitting in the bar drinking with friends
is.
You see, not only will fitness and exercise help you feel
better about yourself, it will prolong your life, allow you
to do things you never thought possible, give you more energy
during the day, motivate you to do more in the tight schedule
you have, but also give you more time.
Think about it for a minute, if you are feeling more energised
to do more, then you will work more efficiently with your
time and free up time to do the things you always complained
not having time to do.
As the Nike branding says so well...Just Do It....
Visit the George Karalexis web blog for more articles
on fitness and exercise with a busy schedule. I am sure to
impress with an article that will suit almost everyone. Whether
you are a skeptic or unmotivated, use the last joules of energy
to move your mouse pointer over the link below:
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