A sedentary lifestyle will cause stress, depression, obesity and severely increase the risks of Cardiovascular Disease. Don't follow the social fads or get caught up in the "busyness" of your day. Make time for what matters most, your health. Moving your thumb rapidly for hours at a time going through Facebook and Instagram doesn't count. Your physical activity can improve your overall health and lifestyle. Incorporating new habits of planned physical activity will change your life.
Improving your Physical Fitness and Cardio-respiratory Fitness (CRF) will drastically decrease your risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) which is the number one killer globally in the past 15 years to date.
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According to the World Health Organization, Cardiovascular diseases take the lives of 17.7 million people a year which accounts for 31% of global deaths. http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/en/
Benefits of Fitness
Physical activity improves your CRF and helps you live longer and prevent many chronic diseases, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and colon and breast cancers.
Besides being perhaps the strongest predictor for CVD and total mortality, CRF is also strongly associated with other important health and functional outcomes, including depression and dementia, and their related mortality risks. For more info see link below:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/127/5/652
Just starting to exercise?
Exercise is planned physical activity. It can be as simple as starting to walk every morning or night with a spouse or loved one. Start with something fun and easy. Remember to progress, you want to avoid physical stagnancy.
When creating your fitness plan, use the universal principle of exercise F.I.T.T.
Frequency- how many times per week
Intensity- how fast is your pace
Time- how many minutes a day
Type- what kind of exercise do I want
Lastly don't forget to take the initiative and ask your doctor today. Seek professional help, don't just follow the word on the street.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951585/
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