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Working out is – without doubt – one of the best things you can do to keep both physically and mentally on top of your game. If you exercise you’ll lower your body weight, minimize the risk of illness and disease as well as look and feel better than if you live the life of a couch potato! Regular exercise can help you get a better quality of sleep, improve depression by increasing your self-esteem and you’ll simply have more get up and go. Let’s take a look at some physical and mental advantages.

Physical Advantages

- Regular exercise such as strength training improves metabolism by stimulating muscle growth. Meaning, your muscle becomes more active, and burns more fat, more effectively. You’ll simply burn more calories off – even when you’re not exercising.

- As we get older our metabolism slows down naturally, and we gradually lose muscle mass. So, even if we eat and exercise the same amount, we can see body fat increase because our metabolism isn’t working the way it used to. Keeping your fitness plan fresh by challenging the amount of weight you’re used to will always compensate for this.

- Just 30 minutes of exercise a few times a week can help you lose 2lbs a week if you eat a healthy low fat diet as well.

- Strength training is a proven way of protecting your bones as you get older. Weight training and weight bearing exercise, for example, increases spinal bone mineral density which can help prevent osteoporosis.

- Regular exercise helps you get better quality sleep and, if you sleep well, then you feel well! Exercise is a common addition to prescribed treatment for those diagnosed with depression.

- Exercise increases your stamina in all kinds of ways as it pushes up your anaerobic threshold. So you can do more activities, for longer periods of time.

- Regular exercise reduces menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, bad temper and insomnia.

- Regular exercise reduces the chances that you’ll suffer from cardiovascular diseases.

- You can change your cholesterol levels from bad to good with a regular fitness plan.

- You’ll reduce your risk of injury, and not just form exercise! You’ll be physically more adept and coordinated!

Mental Advantages

- Regular exercise can help you keep mentally sharp.

- Because exercise promotes restful sleep, you’ll perform better mentally as well as physically.

- If you are prone to depression then taking regular exercise can help by simply making you feel better about yourself.

- Getting into exercise may not be easy at first but it will make you feel better about yourself and give you a sense of achievement.

- Feeking stronger, lowering your resting heart rate and having a leaner total body mass will reduce internal and external stress, help you handle other challenges much easier, which will improve quality of your life…meaning you’ll relate to yourself and others…better.