Let’s get exercising
Regular exercise is one of the most efficient ways to improve your overall health and to reduce your risk of almost every chronic disease. So, if you’re into efficiency read on!
Diarising at least 30 minutes a day of dedicated time where you exercise to the point of being puffed , will improve most of your health scores as well as your vitality levels. This is referred to as moderate intensity exercise and requires some effort to get your heart rate up but where you can still have a conversation with your exercise buddy.
Creating that exercise habit.
We know that making daily exercise a non negotiable habit is not easy for everyone. A lot of people talk about their work being active so they don’t need to find time to exercise, for most this isn’t true. Finding 30 minutes a day to do some ‘intentional’ exercise where you get your heart pumping for a sustained amount of time has many more significant health benefits than the ‘incidental’ kind, although both are important.
Scheduling in a time to exercise with a friend, both improves your chances of getting that exercise block in, contributing to creating a habit and improves social connectedness. Many find that using a smart watch or pedometer that tracks your steps, is good motivation to hit the recommended 10 000 steps a day.
Regular exercise works in very clever ways to maintain good health including:
✔ Reduction in blood pressure, resting heart rate and the stiffness of arteries
✔ Immune system booster
✔ Reduction in inflammatory processes and unhealthy stress hormones
✔ Slowing the ageing process through amazing direct effects on our chromosomes
✔ Triggering the growth of new brain cells
✔ Fighting insulin resistance
✔ Improving muscle strength to reduce risk of falls as we get older.