Our
bodies were designed to move--EVERY DAY.
The lymphatic system requires movement in order to pump
its fluids. And even the
circulatory system, which has your wonderful heart at its center,
functions much better when you move your body.
You can not eat well enough, you can not take enough nutritional
supplements, and you can not drink enough organic juice to make up for a
sedentary lifestyle. Exercise
is one of the most important of all the foundations of health.
If you are one of the fortunate who is wired naturally to make exercise
each day's priority, then you need read no further here.
If you are one of us who is wired naturally to do almost anything
else before exercise, then you may want to think about these ideas.
Because exercise is so extremely fundamental to wellbeing, we
simply must commit ourselves to a daily routine.
Here's the good news though; the commitment can be at any level
so long as you can absolutely keep it.
It can be a minute a day if it has to be.
At the beginning, you do not have to worry about the duration of your
workout. Your only job is to
keep your commitment. This
strategy works very, very well because it is also part of your body's
design to respond well to movement.
So, after you keep your commitment for a while, and sometimes it
is just a short while, your body will naturally expand your workout for
you. It will do this
gleefully and effortlessly for you.
So don't think about that part.
Just keep your commitment.
Walking is a good place to start. Virtually
no equipment required. Rebounding
on a mini-trampoline is another excellent place to start.
Minimal equipment required and no weather problems.
Hiking, swimming, biking, running are other good strategies.
Stretching and weight training and yoga or tai chi are also
important pieces of a healthy exercise program.
And again, they'll come along naturally after you've kept your
commitment for a while.
