End Of List, Beginning Of Life.

Concluding our series: The Top 20 Most Significant Health Benefits of Physical Activity & Exercise — and how engaging in even moderate amounts of properly supervised physical activity can get you there.  

Let’s quickly recap reasons 1-16, just to lock them in again…

1. REDUCES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

2. REDUCES CHOLESTEROL 

3. LESSENS  STRESS

4. PREVENTS HYPERTENSION

5. REDUCES RISK OF STROKE           

6. IMPROVES MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH

7. PREVENTS DIABETES

8. IMPROVES YOUR MOOD STATE

9. PREVENTS COLON, BREAST, LUNG AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA CANCERS

10. BOOSTS SELF-ESTEEM

11. PREVENTS OSTEOPOROSIS 

12. IMPROVES BODY COMPOSITION

13. PREVENTS ARTHRITIS

14. PREVENTS DEPRESSION

15. REVERSES ANXIETY

16. GOES BEYOND WEEKEND WARRIOR BENEFITS

…And let’s make the last four simple and easy…

17. YOU’LL LOOK BETTER

18. YOU’LL FEEL BETTER

19. YOU’LL LIVE LONGER

20. YOU’LL BE HAPPIER

And that should do it. But really, there’s so much more to be covered in these pages…

The benefits of exercise are certainly profound, but the how, when and where can be a tricky proposition: the Devil’s in the details and getting them right isn’t easy. It takes personalized attention — from folks you can trust.

The fitness experience isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s about expertise, dedication and literally sweating the details. That’s precisely how we define ourselves here at Definitions — and how we, in turn, help you define you.

This column will continue to monitor the pulse of global fitness and report on the most compelling info as it makes its way to the light: how exercise can be managed to literally reshape your brain; help decrease anxiety; increase concentration; make better decisions; even help keep you from growing prematurely gray… And then we’ll run it all through the Definitions lens — the one that turns those breakthrough findings into a personalized program designed specifically for you.

So stay posted… and stay fit.

Good health isn’t a luxury. We just make it feel that way.