Find movement you enjoy! Exercise is not a chore! Listen to your body! Consistency is key, exercise will get easier! Don’t forget to take a rest day!
50 reasons to exercise
- Elevates your mood
- Improves ability to learn
- Helps build self esteem
- Keeps your brain in shape
- Keeps your body fit
- Promotes mental health
- Improves your immune system
- Vastly reduces stress
- Supports feeling happier
- Known to have anti-ageing effects
- Enhances skin tone and color
- Encourages better sleeping patterns
- Can help prevent strokes
- Boosts joint function
- Increases muscle strength
- Relieves anxiety
- Improves memory
- Helps control addictions
- Enhances productivity
- Amplifies creative thinking
- Raises body image
- Gives you more confidence
- Encourages focus in life
- Stimulates healthy eating habits
- Increases longevity
- Increases bone strength and density
- Supports heart health and strength
- Encourages improved posture
- Helps prevent colds
- Stimulates appetite
- Improves good cholesterol levels
- Reduces risk of (some) cancers
- Reduces high blood pressures
- Reduces risk of diabetes
- Helps fight dementia
- Helps ease back pain
- Decreases risk of osteoporosis
- Lowers feelings of depression
- Hinders muscle loss
- Improves energy and endurance
- Improves sports performance
- Improves pain resistance
- Increases balances and coordination
- Increases oxygen supply to brain cells
- Increases concentration
- Assists with self control
- Lowers fatigue
- Improves sex drive and satisfaction
- Causes life to be more exciting
- Upgrades quality of life
A little bit of activity is better than nothing! Try to start with 5-10 minute sessions and slowly increase your time to 15-30 minutes. No need to suffer to get results! You may breathe a little heavier, but shouldn’t be out of breath. No gym required, just creativity! Try picking fruit, boogie to some music, take a hike, or stretch when watching TV.
Feeling exhausted → just a 5 minute walk can boost your energy!
Feeling pain → talk to your doctor about a safe way to exercise!
Exercising 15 minutes a day takes just 1% of your day and has many hidden benefits:
Exercise re-energizes you, for a more sustainable lifestyle. If you exercise regularly, you are likely to get a better nights sleep. Exercise can help boost self-confidence.