Get Healthy, Get Fit
Who wants to feel 10 years younger? ✋🏼 I have the secret to reversing the hands of time…. And guess what? You already know this secret, too… EXERCISE.💪🏼💦
Exercise or physical activity of any kind will change you, just like sitting on the couch, eating pizza and binge watching your favorite shows will change you though obviously not in the same way.😝 🍕
If you have a hard time getting yourself to do regular exercise, mentally change the way you're thinking about it. It's not about seeing instant results, it's about improving and maintaining your overall mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. If you really get moving, start sweating and exhaust yourself, you'll feel complete elation. The more you do it, the better it will make you feel. I’ve been back at it for almost two years now and I can’t mentally, emotionally or physically live without it now.
Here are 7 benefits to moving that body….
#1. Improve Mental Health - exercise helps balance your emotions and relieve stress, anxiety and depression. It's no secret, exercise has helped many people rebalance their mental health. This is because endorphins are released that make you feel SO GOOD!
#2. Sleep - Exercise can give you a peaceful night of sleep. The older we get, the harder it is to have a truly amazing sleep which is where exercise can help.
#3 Reduces chronic inflammation. Regular exercise can reduce inflammation to allow our immune system to perform better.
#4 Beat the Cramps! Exercise might help with the pain. Studies actually have looked into this and it seems that for some women who exercise regularly have fewer painful cramps during their menstrual cycle. Lucky for me, I don’t have this problem because I don’t have a uterus. 🤣😬
#5 Stay Healthy - Exercise will help you boost your immune system. Regular exercise helps you build a strong immune system. It does this by reducing inflammation to allow our immune system to perform better. Exercise also helps increase blood flow and can strengthen antibodies.
#6 Beautiful skin - Exercise for that perfect glow! Yep! Enough exercise will get your heart pumping and increase circulation. Exercise gives your skin oxygenated blood and it nourishes your skin cells. There is also sweat which helps flush out your pores of dirt and bacteria. It’s glorious!!!
#7 Strengthen Muscle - Exercise will help you keep the muscles you already have.
It's a great idea to start building muscle, not to get buff, but just to keep yourself toned and capable. As you get older, even after 30, you want to building muscle to keep what you have! That's right, you can start to lose muscle, just from aging. 😱 So stay on top of it!
Last tip: find a friend that loves exercise as much as you do. Working out with someone holds you accountable and keeps you motivated. Thank you Chandra Ryan Perkins Jen Price Parks and Jo Ferguson for always pushing me! 💜💪🏼
xx-S✨
PS… My favorite places to workout and take classes are Nooma-Rogers and cocoon yoga lab 🤗