Exercise...we all know it is good for us, so why don't enough of us do it? There is a myriad of excuses for why people don't exercise as much as they should. There aren't really two sides to this issue since we all KNOW that exercise is a good thing. Unfortunately, many of us, have excuses of why we don't do it. There are so many benefits to exercise...it decreases the risk of cancer, helps us feel good physically and mentally, helps improve our health and fitness. A lot of people simply don't like the inconvenience of exercise. They don't want to get up earlier to walk to work instead of driving, or they are too tired after work to go for a walk.
I know I don't exercise quite as much as I should, but I do try to fit it in. My family and I live a block from Walgreens, and 2 blocks from Walmart. As long as we are not making big purchases, we walk to those locations.
I make sure my daughter is active as much as possible - her weekly schedule includes a Thursday morning music and movement class, a Saturday morning gymnastics class, and Sunday morning swim time. She is a bundle of energy, and it doesn't take much to motivate her to get up and get moving. My husband enjoys riding his mountain bike to and from school when the weather's not terribly cold. I work in an enviroment where we do a lot of walking and physical activity throughout the day.
There are days when I don't feel like doing anything after getting home from work, and days that I give in and just sit down. Although, since having a child 2 years ago, the time to just sit down has decreased to nil. We all owe it to ourselves to make that time to exercise, no matter how worn out we feel. In the long run, it will help us to be more energetic, healthy people to a much older age in our life.
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