Do you exercise enough?

by Tales of 2Timothy1.7

In my family we’ve been gifted with a pretty fit body. In general I have to say both men and females of my direct family are well-built. So I never had to struggle with overweight or any eating disorder. Having been blessed with this, I always thought that exercising was something you did for fun. So I never paid much attention to it.

My best friend was an athlete when she was younger. We used to go running together. From her I learned the little running tricks, how to keep the right tempo, control your breathing and stretch afterwards.

My father too was great in sport , having won medals in Judo and other sports he was a very fit young man in his teenage years and so I inherited the healthy habits of loving sport and being able to exercise and enjoy it. From time to time I would do some Push-Ups, Set-Ups and many stretch exercises to keep my body fit. As I genuinely love running, I even run several half marathons and one I did for a charity. Exercising was something I did, without really realising the importance of it.

As time passed by, I started to learn about the importance of healthy eating and exercising. The first thing that surprised me was that exercising isn’t a burden that only overweight people have camp with but something that all of us need to do to be healthy. Nowadays as we spend a great deal of our life sitting behind a desk and eating processed food we need to make sure that our body keeps functioning correctly. In order to do that we need to eat more healthy and exercise.

Now, just like me you probably think; exercising well, I don’t have time for that. I work full time and when I come home I have a full list of chores to do. So I don’t have an hour time to spend on a treadmill. But exercising doesn’t have to take that long.  A half hour, fifteen- or even ten minutes a day are more then enough to get your body going.

You certainly wonder: What does exercising do to your body?

Exercising increases the blood circulation. Anatomy tells us that the circulation of blood or what’s also called the cardiovascular system organises the transport of nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones and blood cells to provide nourishment and help fighting diseases, stabilize temperature and pH. This all is accomplished through that circulation in your body. But in order for all this to take place there needs to be movement. If you spend eight hours or more sitting down, then your body doesn’t do enough movement for all this to function properly. That is why you need to exercise. By your movements you increase the oxygen and the transport of all the necessary elements all over your body.

Physical exercise is not only necessary for the rest of your body but also for your brains. By working out, you bring oxygen to the right organs. This results to the fact that you are able to concentrate much longer, to focus and get more work done. All these elements makes that you are able to be more creative and increase your capacity to be more patient and thus improves your overall achievements.

I know you used to think that exercising was a luxury that only does with too much time on their hands could afford. But knowing all this makes you realise that it is something that each one of us have to do on a daily basis. Ideally you should work out five days a week. But if your schedule doesn’t allow you to do that, then you can try to make time to work out at least three days a week. This can be in the morning, before going to work or in the evening. Like I said before, it is not about how long you exercise but more about your body getting enough movements to get that circulation going. So you don’t need to spend your whole day in the gym. You can take five minutes to do some Jumping Jacks at home or go for a fifteen minutes jogging session.

Like every healthy habit,  in the beginning you will need to push yourself before you get used to it. Now that you know all this, it is up to you what you choose to do, but whatever you do, keep it moving!

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