The Importance Of Exercise And Keeping Fit

Everybody knows that you're supposed to exercise and stay in shape. But as we age, we tend to "Let go" of a few pounds here and there, or with our commitment to staying in shape. But, a few pounds, and a more sedentary job, can make an accumulative difference that brings about a staggering change in your body's systems and overall health. 

The importance of exercise and keeping fit cannot be overstated 

Feet 

Let's start at the bottom and work up. Your feet - they support one and ½ times your weight with each step you take. If you weigh 150 pounds of force on each foot. If you're participating in a high impact sport, like tennis or running, you are putting 3 to 4Xs your weight on each foot, every single time it hits the ground. That's 600 pounds hammering on each foot. Do your feet hurt? if they do, it's no wonder, you face an uphill battle with painful feet, because you can't participate in most exercise without excruciating pain. Proper shoes and low or no - impact exercise is crucial for the person with poor feet. 

Knees 

Do your knees hurt? If they don't already, they probably will. It's a catch - 22 for people trying to get in shape — they need to exercise and get fit, but their knees and feet hurt too much. Osteopaths tell us that patient who have osteoarthritis in knees benefit greatly from every single pound of weight loss. For each pound of weight that you shed, you take 4Xs that off 4,800 pounds not placed on your knees for every mile you walk. Low impact exercise and weight loss can make a major difference in your joints. 

Heart 

This will shake you up, so be ready— for every pound of fat you gain, your body has to build 7 miles of new blood vessels for support. If you are 10 pounds overweight, that means your body constructed 70 miles of blood vessels, including capillaries and small veins and arteries. No wonder obesity and heart disease seem to go hand in hand! Your heart has to pump blood throughout all of those miles of blood vessels 

Do you get out of breath at the tiniest exertion? Now you know why. 

So, if you think about it, what is one little pound of weight loss? Really, that diet you are on, where you have reached a plateau and only lost 1 pound in the last month, what good did that really do? 

It reduced impact on your knees by 48,000 Pounds per day. It reduced impact on your feet by 1.5 to 4 times that. And in removed 7 miles of stain on your heart— No wonder you have plateaued. 

Give your body a chance to recover, then keep going.