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The Benefits of Just 15 Minutes of Exercise
You rush
home from work to get a start on dinner, and then throw a load of
clothes in the washer before heading out the door. You dash to the
soccer field to fetch your son from practice, and your daughter from her
dance class, before returning home to finish preparing dinner. After the
family has eaten, there are dishes to clean and put away, laundry to
finish, homework to help with, and bills to pay. You would be lucky to
be able to find a moment to yourself, let alone find the time for a
regular exercise routine.
But you
also know how much better you feel after you get in a good workout. Even
the busiest of schedules can surely afford you the time to give yourself
15 minutes of exercise every day. But is 15 minutes of exercise really
beneficial? It is if you choose the right exercise.
15 minute
exercise routines can be beneficial if the exercise you choose gets your
heart rate up quickly, and you maintain that level for at least 15
minutes per workout. Exercises such as aerobics, power lifting, weight
training, cardio-workouts, stair climbers, treadmills, and running are
all good exercise choices to get your heart rate up quickly, and to a
level that benefits your fitness and health.
The heart
is a muscle and when you perform exercises that cause this important
muscle to work harder, several things occur which are beneficial to the
overall fitness and health of your body. As your heart works harder,
larger amounts of blood and oxygen are forced through the heart and then
through the veins that deliver blood to the rest of the body. The force
and quantity of blood produced by an exercising heart keeps plaque
particles (a byproduct of fat stored in the body) moving through the
veins before they can congregate together and attach themselves to vein
walls. A collection of this plaque on the walls of veins, blocks proper
blood flow, and this leads to heart attacks and strokes.
As your
heart works harder, your lungs will be working harder to provide the
oxygen the heart needs through more respirations. Flooding the lungs
with oxygen through breathing expands lungs so that they can hold more
oxygen. When the body has more oxygen, it has the energy it needs to
produce more of the hormones that help our bodies to function. Hormones
help everything from internal organs such as the heart, lungs, kidneys,
brain, and the nervous and immune systems to perform the tasks that keep
us alive. These hormones are also responsible for creating and adding
balance to our emotions. Exercise produces more of these hormones in the
body and this is why we feel so good after exercising, even with just 15
minutes of exercise.
Finding the
time in your schedule for daily exercise, even just 15 minutes of
exercising, should be as important to you as the other things you do to
keep yourself healthy. Just as important as eating balanced, nutritious
meals, taking vitamins, seeing your doctor for annual health check-ups,
reducing the stress in your life, developing an optimistic outlook on
life, and getting enough of the rest your body needs to repair and
maintain itself, all contribute to your overall health.
Take a look
around our website
www.personalpowertraining.net to see a selection of the exercise
DVD’s, books, nutritional supplements, health products, and exercise
equipment you can use to get the most from 15 minute exercise routines.
Feel free to contact us if you have questions about what products would
work best for 15 minutes of exercising.
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