If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you know that exercise should be an essential part of your routine. But the benefits of physical activity go far beyond just physical fitness. Increasingly, more and more research is showing that working out regularly can boost other aspects of your health as well, including cognitive function and emotional well-being.
- Lowers risk of developing cancer, and heart disease.
- Improves brain health and emotional well-being.
- Helps boost your metabolism for weight loss and reduction of body fat
- Leads to improvement in quality of sleep
- Improves digestion
- Helps manage stress and lowering risk of developing anxiety or depression
- Improves appearance of the skin (an “anti-aging” effect)
- Improves reproductive health.
- Reduces risk of osteoporosis (weak bones)
- Strengthens muscles to reduce effects of aging.