Moving our bodies is good for us on every level—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Regular physical activity can help you to:
- Boost your energy, endurance, and metabolism
- Control your weight and improve your appearance
- Change your brain so it’s easier to choose healthier foods
- Tone your body and build strong, lean muscle
- Increase your flexibility, balance and coordination
- Stay younger in body, mind and spirit
- Improve your mood so that you are better able to handle life’s challenges
- Help you sleep better
- Improve your ability to think
- Raise your self-esteem
- Prevent and manage many diseases and unhealthy pre-disease conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, cancer, depression, Alzheimer’s and many others
- It’s fun!
