When thinking of exercise, some visualize an agonizing experience that produces huge, bulging muscles and is only fit for the already strong. Wrong! Exercise is a means to an end - the end being the hot, healthy body you always dreamed of having.
The negative connotation associated with exercise is not necessarily derived from facts. Exercise is simply a mechanism we can use to empower ourselves. The benefits are endless. According to the National Academy of Sports Medicine, increased activity can reduce the instances of lower back pain, knee injuries, chronic diseases in the adult population, musculoskeletal injuries, diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), obesity, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis. Exercise can also help ward off depression and other mental ailments by promoting a general sense of well-being in an individual. People who are healthier live longer, higher quality lives. Sadly, many wait until they are diagnosed with one of these conditions to begin an exercise regimen that could have kept the doctor away.
However, everyone wants to look good. People shell out money for pills, different diets, books, and surgeries every year to lose weight when the real answer is so much cheaper! The best looking person in the gym is most likely the person who is there most consistently. You might be thinking 'No, I could never look like that,' but no amount of genetic makeup or bad plight can deter the results everyone can get from consistent exercise.
The science behind it is plain and simple. It's the principle of General Adaptation Syndrome which is a fancy title for the fact that your body has the ability to adapt to whatever stress you put on it. Exercise is simply our way of applying positive stress to our bodies to induce our desired response. For example, if you want bigger muscles, you lift heavy weights. Your muscles with grow to support a consistent need to lift heavy weights. If you don't want to huff and puff on the way up the stairs, climb them more often.
While cosmetic surgery can help you remove the few stubborn areas of fat that exercise cannot, any physician will tell you that true health comes through a proper regimen of diet and exercise. Dismiss the idea of the "quick fix" and you'll see results that you never thought were possible.
Exercise doesn't have to be a horrible torturous process. It's a way of taking control of your life and giving something back to yourself after everything else you throughout your days. Renovate the most important part of your life: you! Commit to exercise and you, too can have a fit, healthy body.
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