88 Reasons to Exercise

  1. Helps to lose weight
  2. Increases your level of muscle strength
  3. Increases your maximal oxygen uptake
  4. Enhances sexual desire
  5. Improves posture
  6. Reduces the risk of heart disease
  7. Increases the use of fat for energy
  8. Relieves tension headaches
  9. Improves chances of surviving a heart attack
  10. Improves the immune system
  11. Preserves lean body tissue
  12. Reduces the risk of high blood pressure
  13. Increases density of ligaments & tendons
  14. Improves heart circulation
  15. Increases HDL (good cholesterol)
  16. Reduces the level of Triglycerides
  17. Helps to maintain weight loss
  18. Helps to improve short term memory
  19. Reduces the risk of diabetes
  20. Helps relieve the discomfort of pregancy
  21. Reduces the level of anxiety
  22. Helps control blood pressure
  23. Increases level of muscle endurance
  24. Reduces the risk of abnormal heart rhythms
  25. Increases supply of blood to the skin
  26. Assists in efforts to stop smoking
  27. Helps to boost creativity
  28. Lowers your resting heart rate
  29. Slows the rate of joint degeneration
  30. Helps to overcome jetlag
  31. Helps to resist upper respiratory infections
  32. Increases your anabolic threshold
  33. Reduces medical expenses
  34. Increases recovery time from exertion
  35. Increases oxygen in your blood
  36. Helps speed recovery from chemotherapy
  37. Reduces the viscosity of your blood
  38. Increases thickness of cartilage
  39. Helps manage stress
  40. Helps you sleep better
  41. Helps you maintain metabolic rate
  42. Reduces the risk of colon cancer
  43. Helps control blood sugar
  44. Reduces the risk of prostate cancer
  45. Expands blood plasma volume
  46. Helps relieve constipation
  47. Reduces the risk of having a stroke
  48. Helps to alleviate depression
  49. Helps to maintain proper muscle balance
  50. Increases ability to adapt to cold weather
  51. Helps to combat substance abuse
  52. Helps to alleviate menstrual symptoms
  53. Helps to alIniate low back pain
  54. Improves mental alertness
  55. Helps to burn excess calories
  56. Increases your cardiac reserve
  57. Improves your physical appearance
  58. Reduces the risk of breast cancer
  59. Improves blood flow out of the heart
  60. Improves self-esteem
  61. Helps you to relax
  62. Improves mental cognition
  63. Improves joint flexibility
  64. Allows you to eat more
  65. Allows you to maintain caloric balance
  66. Helps to prevent carpal tunnel
  67. Protects against creeping obesity
  68. Increases your productivity at work
  69. Improves balance & coordination
  70. Increases your energy
  71. Decreases your need for medication
  72. Helps to retard bone loss as you age
  73. Helps to prevent symptoms of menopause
  74. Helps to relieve migraine headaches
  75. Reduces the risk of endometriosis
  76. Reduces the level of abdominal obesity
  77. Helps to decrease your appetite
  78. Improves pain tolerance
  79. Reduces sick days at work
  80. Helps to maintain an independent lifestyle
  81. Improves your general mood state
  82. Helps to increase your overall health
  83. Improves overall quality of life
  84. Reduces the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding
  85. Improves your decision making abilities
  86. Improves athletic performance
  87. Improves your heart tolerance
  88. Helps prevent thickening of the arteries