Would you like to have a strong robust heart, immune system, and brain?
 If so, exercise is a FREE way to help you achieve your goals.
Research shows people that have a regular exercise routine have the following:
- Reduced inflammation in the body.
- Lower blood pressure.
- Decreased risk of developing diabetes.
- Maintain healthy weight.
- Reduced stress and anxiety.
- Suffer less heart attacks and life threating cardiac events.
- Improved memory and thinking because exercise increase area of brain responsible for these processes.
- Reduced age-related bone and muscle loss that help prevent injuries.
- Improved immune response.
- Decrease in 13 types of metabolic cancers.
These are only some of the benefits of exercises. There are so many more.
With all the positive benefits of exercise there is one body system that ties all of it together and makes it possible for you to exercise. It is your skeletal muscle.
Your skeletal muscle is the largest organ in your body. Skeletal muscles are primarily characterized by their mechanical activity required for posture, movement, and breathing, which depends on muscle fiber contractions. However, skeletal muscle is not just a component in your muscular skeletal system but a secretory organ that produces chemical messengers that communicate with other organs like adipose tissue, liver, pancreas, bones, and brain. Some of these chemical messengers even have anti-cancer effects. However, all these benefits are depended on muscle contraction.
 How Much Exercise Do You Need to Get?
It depends on your current state of health. If you’ve been living a sedentary life, I would suggest working with a personal trainer for a few months to help build you a good exercise routine.
Some recommendations I do have are:
To prevent, slow down and even reverse sarcopenia (age related muscle loss, strength, and mobility) – do 30-40mins of full body resistance training 2-3 days per week.
 Exercise and Cancer
People that exercise at least 30mins per day have a decreased risk in 13 different types of metabolic cancers.
Based on research people that exercise after a cancer diagnosis shows a decrease in three types of cancer: breast, prostate, and colon. This can be walking, cardiovascular exercise and or resistance training.
Exercise and Brain Health
One study found that engaging in a habit of regular exercise of moderate intensity over six months to a year was associated with an increase in the volume of brain regions related to improved memory and thinking.
Exercise and Heart Health
A number of studies have also shown that people who exercise regularly are less likely to suffer a sudden heart attack or other life-threatening cardiac event.
Let me know in the comments, do you have an exercise routine? If so, what does it look like?
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