Physical and Mental wellbeing?

Can physical exercise acctualy effect your mental wellbeing?

In this post i will show that this statement is true.

Physical activity and excecise can have an immediate and long term health benifits. Most importantly regular activity can improve your quality of life in so many different ways.

1. Reduced risk of a heart attack

2. manage your weight

3. Lower your cholesterol level

4. Lower the risk of type 2 diabetes and some cancers

5. Lower blood pressure

6. Streinghten bones, muscles and joints

7. Increaced balance

8. Feel better overall- more energy, better mood, relaxed and better quality of sleep

State of Mind

1. Block negitive thoughts

2. increased social contact by excercising with others

3. Altered level of chemicals in your brain, such as serotonin, endorphins, and stress hormones.

A guidline to follow to better physical activity

1. Doing any physical activity is better than none at all. If you are currently inactive then start small.

2. Walk around yoour house, then the block, then 2,3,4 and so on. The goal is to start then gradually increase the amount you do and the level of difficulty.

3. Be active everyday!

4. If you have to... Start with 5-10 minutes of excercise a day, then increase that up to 30-60 minutes a day. In the begining it does not even have to be all at once, JUST START! Eventualy it will become second nature for you and you will even begin to miss it if you skip a day.

5. Muscle strengthening activities twice a weak such as; heavy gardening, hiking hills, climbing stairs, weight lifting, resistance bands, cycling to name a few.

Now i hear all the time; did you get your steps in today you know we need to take 10,000 steps a day! Do we really need 10,000 a day?

Well, that's a great goal to have! Remember that is just that, it's a goal.

JUST START!

Even if you only take 200 steps a day it's a start. Just increase the amout you take evey day, that's all it takes.

Day 2, increase to 220 steps, then 260, 300,1000 and before you know it you'll be lossing track of how many you've taken.

Get a step counter to aid you in keeping track of your progress, wether you use an app on your phone to start with, then move up to a fit Bit https://amzn.to/3998eyh

This will help you not only to keep track of your steps but also heart rate, calories burned and insights into your sleep patterns.

I personally average over 13,000 steps a day and have gone as high as 33,000+ a few times just at my job.

While hiking iv'e walked more than 42 km's in a day! Not bad for someone who was walking with the aid of a cane just 15 years ago due to health issues.

No more canes for me!