| The manual or physical work that was a big part of | | | | program containing mostly strength training activity as |
| our ancestor's life has all but been removed from our | | | | the condition of your muscles is the main contributor to |
| modern day lives. Hard work, from farming to simply | | | | the health of your metabolism (your body's engine). |
| doing household chores without appliances is no longer | | | | Your metabolic health depends on the effectiveness |
| part of ordinary life for most people. But the problem is | | | | of the body's chemical and physical reactions from |
| the human body is designed to be active - very active | | | | converting food into energy to repairing and renewing |
| and needs the stimulation of vigorous movement to | | | | the body's cells and tissues to building resistance to |
| stay strong and healthy. | | | | aging and disease. Your levels of strength, stamina, |
| This lack of physical activity in our lives has become | | | | body composition (muscle/fat ratio) and energy give |
| such a serious threat to our health it now has a name | | | | you your quality of life and can only come from the |
| - Sedentary Death Syndrome or 'SeDS'. The | | | | health of your metabolism. And since your muscle |
| frightening facts are that not only adults are developing | | | | tissue is the main driver of your metabolism it starts |
| this disease but children are as well. And the cause is - | | | | and ends right here. |
| too much food and too little physical activity. | | | | Make no mistake about the correct type of activity |
| Our collective obsession to being glued in front of a | | | | that is needed to give the most health benefits. Long, |
| screen of some sort has a lot to answer for as our | | | | slow endurance type of activity (walking, jogging or |
| activity level drops to the equivalent of sleeping when | | | | cycling) is great as part of an active lifestyle but |
| we are parked in front of these modern miracles. | | | | cannot give you the muscle strengthening of proper |
| Between that and the bad food choices that are | | | | exercise. Working the major muscle groups through |
| made when sitting in front of these screens it is no | | | | their full ranges of motion under a load is what is |
| surprise that two thirds of the worlds population are | | | | required to deliver metabolic health which in turn gives |
| overweight and 50 percent have at least one serious | | | | your better weight management and true anti aging |
| health condition. | | | | benefits. |
| The legacy we now leave behind and perhaps the | | | | Modern exercise programs are more concerned with |
| greatest tragedy is that health ailments previously | | | | what happens to the body long after the exercise |
| associated with the older population will now affect | | | | session is over as opposed to old fashioned exercise |
| children. This will serve to drastically decrease not only | | | | beliefs that were only concerned with what happened |
| the quality of their lives but the length of their lives as | | | | during the session. |
| well. It is now predicted that children being born today | | | | Proper exercise to maintain health and wellness should |
| will have a 20-30 year reduced life span. So, it seems | | | | be viewed more as part of a lifestyle and not as a |
| although we will leave them the wonder of modern | | | | laborious undertaking best suited to athletic enthusiasts. |
| technology we also leave them this horrifying | | | | It is far easier to find time for a couple of sessions |
| inheritance. | | | | each week than to risk having your life cut short by a |
| To avoid the severe decline in health that leads to the | | | | killer disease that could be stalking silently from within. It |
| risk of over 50 illnesses and diseases due to | | | | is each of our responsibility to make sure we are not |
| inconsistent or non existent physical activity is such a | | | | another victim and we only have to give a little bit of |
| simple one. Get yourself started on a proper exercise | | | | time and a little bit of effort each week to ensure this. |