EXERCISE: AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF LIVING.

Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle and in simple words, exercise is any bodily activity that is done to either enhance or to maintain your physical fitness and overall wellbeing.

Exercisedoesn’t just enhance the physical body but it also enhances our minds, and people exercise for different reasons. Here are 5 reasons why we exercise.

1. Long term health
2. Mental health
3. Physical fitness
4. Energy
5. Weight control.

The benefits of exercise are numerous but just to mention a few

• Increases resistance to pain because endorphin levels are elevated
• Increases resistance to pain because endorphin levels are elevated
• To improve quality of sleep
• To improve memory and brain function
• Exercise improves mood and boost energy
• Exercise is a great way to lower the risk of a number of ailments such as heart disease, stroke and many others
• It aids in weight management
• It improves physical appearance
• Allows one to stay independent as they get older

Daily exercise is good for optimizing health and according to psychologists symptoms of depression and anxiety usually improves after exercise, though it might be the last thing on your mind when you’re depressed, but once you get motivated to start,  it’s going to be a different story.

It is still unclear what the  link between depression, anxiety and eexercise is but working out and other forms of physical activity can definitely ease symptoms of depression or anxiety and make you feel better

Here is a list of simple exercises you can do at home.

• Lunges
• Push ups
• Squats
• Standing overhead dumbbell presses
• Single leg deadlifts
• Burpees
• Planks
• Side planks
• Sit ups