** 10 Reasons Why Aerobic Exercise is Important **

1. Improves the quality of your life: Add life to your years, as well as years to your life. A well designed exercise program will give you more energy to do the activities that you enjoy. 2. Relieves depression: Exercise is natures best tranquilizer. Researchers have found that mildly depressed individuals who exercise 15-30 minutes, every other day experience a positive mood swing in 2-3 weeks. 3. Prevents certain types of cancer. Studies have found that people who exercise are less likely to get colon cancer. Research has also suggested that women who do not exercise have twice the risk of developing cancer of the reproductive system and breast cancer. 4. Enhances self-image Research has documented the assertion that individuals who exercise regularly feel better about them selves than those who don't 5. Relieves stress and anxiety Exercise dissipitates those hromones & other chemicals that build up during periods of high stress. Exercise also generates a period of substantial emotional & physical relaxation that sets in approximately and hour and a half after exercise. 6. Reduces the risk of heart disease Experts have found that non- exercisers have twice the risk of developing heart disease than individuals who exercise aerobically on a regular basis. 7.  Can "slow" the aging process. By counterbalancing the age-related decrease in work capacity and physical performance, aerobic exercise can help you maintain and sustain your ability to perform work and be independent. 8. Increases the good (HDL) cholesterol Exercise is one of the few voluntary activities that is effective in raising your level of HDL-the type of cholesterol that lowers your risk of heart disease. Compliments of _____________________________________________________________________