Women and Exercise:
Step away from the TV

Women and exercise often have a love-hate relationship. Everyone knows that exercise is important for a healthy lifestyle, but it can be hard to overcome bad habits such as inactivity.

It’s taking that 1st step that is so important because once you do and you see how much better you feel, the 2nd step will be so much easier.

Easy fitness advice for women

• Exercise with a friend so you can keep each other on track – it’s more fun with a partner

• Get a personal trainer if you need motivation and accountability

• Take a class – group exercise is more fun and challenges you more than you would on your own

• If going to the gym sounds frightening to you or you just don’t have the time, find ways to incorporate exercise in your daily routine:

  • Park further away from your destination so you have further to walk

  • Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator

  • Walk the dog instead of just letting him out the back door

  • Do sit-ups or leg curls during commercials

  • Attach leg or arm weights while you’re cleaning the house

  Anti-aging benefits of exercising just 20 – 30 minutes include:

  • Boosts feel-good endorphins which improves your mood
  • Relieves muscle tension
  • Helps you sleep better
  • Reduces stress
  • Protects your heart
  • Builds muscle and helps burn calories
  • Keeps your brain young and engaged

  Make it part of your routine like taking a shower or brushing your teeth. You know they say that if you do something for 21 days (more or less) it becomes a habit. This habit is certainly worth cultivating.

  Women and exercise – don’t make it an adversary relationship and you you’ll be amazed at the results.
  
  

  
  
  Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. - John F. Kennedy

  
  
  

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