Exercise As Medicine For Your Best LifeDiscover the transformative benefits of using exercise as medicine for your health and well-being. Learn about its potential to combat chronic diseases, improve mental health, and enhance overall quality of life. Join us on a journey towards better health through movement! Exercise is often overlooked to have better health and well-being. Today we want to share the simple idea to use exercise as medicine for your best life. Many years ago I learned the idea to use exercise as a lifestyle medicine. I really like that idea. Exercise and fitness can be simple practices that give tremendous benefits long-term. Moving well and moving often is a term I use often because it is so simple. Sometimes us humans make life hard and exercise doesn't have to be hard. Do you know that exercise has been shown to be a good medicine? There is a study that shows evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 Chronic Diseases - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.12581 - this paper has been cited over 2600 times. Here is the Abstract from the link above: "This review provides the reader with the up-to-date evidence-based basis for prescribing exercise as medicine in the treatment of 26 different diseases:
The effect of exercise therapy on disease pathogenesis and symptoms are given and the possible mechanisms of action are discussed. We have interpreted the scientific literature and for each disease, we provide the reader with our best advice regarding the optimal type and dose for prescription of exercise." https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.12581 Imagine for a moment if you or a loved one had one of the above health issues and they were prescribe exercise as medicine? How much differently would you look at exercise? How differently might you look at how to use it in your daily life? 86% of people have an exercise deficiency - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241367/ “If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health” - Hippocrates Get moving because it matters for your health. There are two different things to think about here. Good Health & Moving for your Fitness: One is movement and that could be walking each day. This is one of the simplest ways to get in a movement as medicine practice and definitely vital for good health. “Walking is man's best medicine” – Hippocrates We wrote an blog post to help you in developing a walking practice here that you might find helpful - https://www.wendybottrell.com/blog/developing-a-walking-practice The other aspect of proper movement is moving for fitness. Being strong for a lifetime. Strong bodies, strong minds is a lifetime intervention plan! “All parts of the body, if used in moderation and exercised in labors to which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy and well developed and age slowly; but if they are unused and left idle, they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly” – Hippocrates We wrote a blog post to help you make health and fitness priority one for your best life here that you might find helpful https://www.wendybottrell.com/blog/make-health-and-fitness-priority-one-a-plan-for-your-best-life So, fitness could look like bodyweight exercise, lifting weights, moving kettlebells, or you may enjoy Pilates, gardening, dancing for example. The point of proper movement, exercise, and fitness is consistency! “If there is any deficiency in food and exercise the body will fall sick” – Hippocrates Move Well every day and realize the benefits are accumulated over your lifetime. Figure out a way to make it fun, challenging, empowering and most of all an activity you will do most days of the week. I really enjoy Kettlebell Training, HIIT training, lifting weights, stretching, going for walks, hikes in nature, riding my bike and find ways to include it in my lifestyle daily. Your feedback is invaluable! We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts, ideas, or comments below, and let's continue to inspire each other on our paths to wellness. If you ever need guidance or support, don't hesitate to reach out. We recently wrote a blog post that might interest you here - Unlock Your Full Potential with Cardio, Strength Training, Sleep, and Nutrition - https://bit.ly/49ibCFpv We're here to help you thrive every step of the way. Let's Build Health & Fitness - Join Our Newsletter Today and receive the free Walk for Health Guidebook! Sign Up Today! https://bit.ly/2WDbX5I
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