It’s a well established fact that physical fitness is definitely the way to overall health and wellness. Physically fit people enjoy so many health benefits including the warding off of disease and even less emotional issues such as stress, anxiety and depression, that it’s no wonder there is such a push toward physical fitness today.
Heck, even our government is getting involved in the fight to make more citizens physically fit by making it easier for people to walk and run on the local streets and sidewalks, as we talked about a few posts ago where a town was trying to make it’s locale a little more exercise friendly to encourage residents to enhance their physical fitness and engage in activities that are life and health enhancing.
A new study has come out that includes the anti-storke benefits of physical fitness for both men and women alike, that is implying that even moderate physical fitness, meaning no killing yourself at the gym for hours on end per week, but about a half hour or so a day of moderate activity like walking briskly, can increase your odds against a stroke, which it was just found has almost tripled in middle aged women recently, a disturbing new statistic.
The statistics are very promising amongst men and women who were categorized in the cardio “fit” group, because they had about a percentage in the 40’s less risk than those that were not categorized as moderately physically fit in the other group who did not perform the exercise necessary to classify them as moderately fit.
This just goes to show you that a little concentration on physical fitness sure does go a long way, and in the end, it can definitely mean not only the difference between life and death, but also make a huge difference in the quality of life you have while you are still around! It only further reinforces my belief that everyone needs to get on a regular exercise regimen.
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