12 "Get You Off the Couch" Reasons to Exercise > FitLife of Colorado

Physical Activity helps you lose weight by burning calories, boosting resting metabolism, and buffering you from bone and muscle loss that can result if you diet alone.
High levels of physical activity can decrease your risk of colon cancer by 40-50%.
Exercise helps you get better sleep.
Walking 30 minutes five days a week can increase your life span by one and half years.
Half-hour aerobic sessions three to five times a week have been shown to cut symptoms of mild to moderate depression nearly in half.
Brisk walking for just an hour or two a week can reduce the risk of breast cancer in post menopausal women by nearly 20%.
Aerobic exercise five days a week has been shown to cut the risk of catching a cold nearly in half.
People who work out have more energy than nonexercisers.
Resistance training helps maintain bone density to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
An active lifestyle halves the risk of developing heart disease.
Just working out 15 minutes 3 days a week may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
Working out improves your sex life.

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