Health Benefits of Regular Physical Exercise

Introduction

Regular physical activity provides enormous health benefits as it helps reduce heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and many other diseases and metabolic conditions.
Regular fitness exercise is also highly beneficial for weight reduction and weight maintenance, and may improve brain chemistry to reduce depression. By contrast, health studies that have monitored the wellbeing of large groups of people over many years clearly show that inactivity significantly increases the risk of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases.

The Health Benefits of Exercise

Regular physical activity:

improves your chances of living longer,
improves quality of life,
reduces the risk of heart disease,
lowers high blood pressure (hypertension) and high cholesterol,
protects you from developing certain cancers,
prevents or control type 2 diabetes (adult-onset diabetes),
reduces the risk of arthritis and alleviates associated symptoms,
prevents osteoporosis (gradual loss of bone mass/strength),
improves mobility and strength in later life,
alleviates symptoms of depression and anxiety,
benefits weight reduction and weight management.

Life of inactivity is dangerous to healthy living as it can threaten life and existence. It can cut life short and end it abruptly. To stay healthy, you must get busy by exercising every part of your body regularly. Exercise provides lubrication and flexibility to joints, firms the muscles and prolongs life.