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1.“Movement is almost synonymous with life”

2.Regular exercise may preserve your noggin.

Getting your heart pumping for three hours or more a week may reduce age-related changes in brain vasculature and blood flow, a recent study revealed. If you only do yoga think about adding weights and aerobic exercise to the mix. Exercise and the accompanying increased vlood flow may explain why active seniors are vetter avle to ward off cognitive decline. So start moving now for a healthy brain in the future.

3. FACT:

The number of variables you can influence with any type of exercise – muscle mass muscle shape and amount of body fat.

4.Question: How much should you exercise?

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, adults should be getting at least two -and- a –half hours of moderate exercise or one-and-a-quarter hours of vigorous exercise each week. So why bother with all this exercise? To improve health of course! Adhering to these guidelines will decrease your risk of depression, type-2 Diabetes, premature death, coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and breast cancer.

5. THE COST OF BEING FIT.

Your shopping habits could be setting you up for fitness failure. Anew study in the Jounal of Consumer Research says to be mindful of fitness-related purchases to avoid sabotaging your goals.
According to researchers, most people believe that over spending on fitness gear will predict future behavior (i.e., purchasing a treadmill + cardio 5 days per week), but is in fact, this type of behavior that can lead to fitness sabotage. To curb fitness sabotage, researchers say thinking more realistically about fitness goals and being kinder to your wallet (i.e., signing up for a basic gym membership and hiring a personal trainer for motivation) will help keep fitness part of a long-term plan and not just this season’s flavor.

6. WANT THE BEST BUTT EVER?

Try squatting on the Smith Machine! This exercise is a safe way to get use to squatting under the bar. Researchers at Drake University found people to be 5% stronger performing the Smith Machine Squat compared to a barbell squat. The farther forward you place your heels the more you will target the glutes. REMEMBER: Your heels are your knew best friend, if you feel pressure in the knee push more with your heels and not your toes, this will also target hamstrings more.

7. PAIN IN THE NECK:

One set of dumbbells, one hour per week can relieve the pain in your neck.
If the back of your neck feels like a furnace, you are in need of some gym time, according to a study in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Forty-two women with chronic pain caused by the trapezius muscle engaged in different treatment programs and, after 10 weeks, only those who strength trained reduced their pain- by up to a whopping 49%!
Exercises to try:

• Lateral raise
• Shoulder shrug
• One arm row
• Upright row
• Reverse Fly