FITNESS & BEAUTY · MAY 2018
L
et's face it, if you have anything
in common with most Americans
(80% according to the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention),
it’s probably that you know how
difficult it is to get off your butt and exercise
the amount our bodies expect from us.
And before you get started on why that is,
don’t bother, because I can hear the list of
excuses piling up already: Gym Memberships
are too expensive. I don’t know what to do
when I’m in the gym; I get easily distracted;
I’m too tired from working my brain all
day; I’m comfortable with my body; I’m too
uncomfortable with my body; it goes on and
on, and it’s getting tiring. But if we’re going to be honest here, there
really isn’t much I can do to help that. I can’t
pop out of your phone screen every morning
to pull you out of bed an hour earlier. But
what I can do is provide a list of medically
supported reasons why you should get that
little bit of exercise, and hope it leaves a mark
on you.
Nobody is asking for you to sculpt yourself
to look like Dwyane Wade. Nobody’s asking
you to run a marathon or sign up for a
powerlifting competition. Nobody’s even
asking you to work out every day! In fact,
the CDC’s study, mentioned above, only
asked for two and a half hours of Aerobic
Exercise or one hour and fifteen minutes of
vigorous-intensity activity, and eighty percent
of American’s couldn’t even do that. It’s
embarrassing, and our country’s health is in
jeopardy because of it. First on this list is a