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What
is Personal Training?
Next
to diet, exercise is the most important factor for
achieving and maintaining optimal physical health.
It provides health benefits to people of all ages
and can also prolong life. It helps organs function
more efficiently, such as the heart and lungs, prevents
illness and injuries, and keeps the body functioning
properly. A Finnish study of nearly 8,000 men and
women, for instance, found that those who did not
exercise increased their risk of dying by 400% compared
to individuals in the high risk category. I provide
individualized exercise programs that are fun, safe,
time efficient and orientated to your goals.
Health
Benefits of Exercise
Regular
exercise can help protect you from heart disease and
stroke, high blood pressure, non insulin-dependent
diabetes, obesity, back pain, osteoporosis, and can
improve your mood and help you to better manage stress.
How Physical Activity Impacts Health
Regular physical activity that is performed on most
days of the week reduces the risk of developing or
dying from some of the leading causes of illness and
death in the United States.
• Reduces the risk of dying prematurely.
• Reduces the risk of dying prematurely from
heart disease.
• Reduces the risk of developing diabetes.
• Reduces the risk of developing high blood
pressure.
• Helps reduce blood pressure in people who
already have high blood
pressure.
• Reduces the risk of developing colon cancer.
• Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety.
• Helps control weight.
• Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles,
and joints.
• Helps older adults become stronger and better
able to move about without falling.
• Promotes psychological well-being.
Specific
Health Benefits of Exercise
Heart Disease and Stroke
Daily physical activity can help prevent heart disease
and stroke by strengthening your heart muscle, lowering
your blood pressure, raising your high-density lipoprotein
(HDL) levels (good cholesterol) and lowering low-density
lipoprotein (LDL) levels (bad cholesterol), improving
blood flow, and increasing your heart's working capacity.
High Blood Pressure
Regular physical activity can reduce blood pressure
in those with high blood pressure levels. Physical
activity also reduces body fatness, which is associated
with high blood pressure.
Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes
By reducing body fatness, physical activity can help
to prevent and control this type of diabetes.
Obesity
Physical activity helps to reduce body fat by building
or preserving muscle mass and improving the body's
ability to use calories. When physical activity is
combined with proper nutrition, it can help control
weight and prevent obesity, a major risk factor for
many diseases.
Back Pain
By increasing muscle strength and endurance and improving
flexibility and posture, regular exercise helps to
prevent back pain.
Osteoporosis
Regular weight-bearing exercise promotes bone formation
and may prevent many forms of bone loss associated
with aging.
Psychological Effects
Regular physical activity can improve your mood and
the way you feel about yourself. Researchers also
have found that exercise is likely to reduce depression
and anxiety and help you to better manage stress.
Millions
of Americans suffer from illnesses that can be prevented
or improved through regular physical activity
• 13.5 million people have coronary heart disease.
• 1.5 million people suffer from a heart attack
in a given year.
• 8 million people have adult-onset (non-insulin-dependent)
diabetes.
• 95,000 people are newly diagnosed with colon
cancer each year.
• 250,000 people suffer from a hip fractures
each year.
• 50 million people have high blood pressure.
• Over 60 million people (a third of the population)
are overweight.
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