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We Are Being Robbed Of The Activity We Need To Stay Healthy

Right from our earliest days humans have had to work hard and be physically active in order to survive. The Industrial Revolution between the 18th and 19th Century meant changes from a previously manual labor and draft-animal-based economy towards machine based agriculture and manufacturing. Then came the 20th Century in which automation replaced the physical tasks and activities of daily life.

Now in the 21st Century almost all of us can get through the entire day without having to hardly lift a finger. Demanding physical work is not something we need to do in order to survive. In fact we spend most of our time in a position that is very close to sleeping in the amount of energy expended. We sit – a lot.

Most of our day is spent in a seat of some sort. We sit in the car, at our desk and at home watching or interacting with a screen of some sort. We seem to have lost sight of the fact that our bodies have not changed since our ancestors roamed the Savannah. They have been designed to be active – very active and need the stimulation of challenging physical activity to become and remain healthy. This is how the human body renews itself when ‘growth and repair’ hormones are released after vigorous activity.

As we no longer have this activity in our lives we have to put intentional exercise back in to replace it. This exercise needs to work the muscular system through the ranges of movement under a load and the only type of exercise that does this properly is strength training exercise. Working the muscles regularly will help make up for the lack of activity in our modern lives.

This will hold off some of the loss of muscle tissue that is disappearing at the rate of one half pound per year after the mid 20’s and this rate doubling after age 50. If this loss of muscle tissue is allowed to continue it drags down the quality and ultimately length of life. Controlling our weight becomes difficult, our bones become weaker and we are exposed to the risk of serious disease or illness.

One of the most serious consequences of losing muscle and bone are the loss of functional disability. The loss of ten to twenty pounds of muscle tissue as you get older means a decline in your ability to carry out the necessary tasks of daily living. This can leave you unable to take care of yourself eventually and that means someone else will have to help you even do the basics of living.

There is nothing that hastens the aging process more than losing muscle tissue and gaining body fat as we get older. But most people just give a sigh and accept it as part of getting older and there is nothing they can do about it. Yet there it plenty each of us can do to avoid this situation. We need to step up and take responsibility for our own health and wellbeing.

If you are not already get yourself started on a proper exercise program. If you seek the help of a fitness professional if will make things quicker, easier and more effective. Your program needs to be updated and monitored and you need to not only do the exercises properly but with the right level of intensity (degree of effort required).

To highly value your own strength and fitness that ultimately will determine the quality of your life, a proper exercise program is the least expensive commodity. It is also the ultimate responsibility one can have for ones own health and wellness.

Do not allow living a life with enough muscle building and maintaining activity to eat away at the health and mobility that you now enjoy. You need to take it upon yourself to ‘take care of business’ and do what you need to do to protect yourself for the future.

About the Author

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Carolyn Hansen is a certified fitness expert and fitness center owner who coaches clients to look and feel younger.

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