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1. Exercise boosts brain power
2. Exercise helps ward off diseases.
3. Music improves workout performance. Listening to music while exercising can improve work out performance by 15%.
4. Working out sharpens your memory. Exercising increases the production of cells that are responsible for learning and memory.
5. More muscle mass = burning more fat while resting.
6. Exercise prevents signs of aging. If you exercise 3 times a week for 45 minutes you can help prevent signs of aging.
7. You get sick less often because it boosts your immune system.
8. Exercising boosts self-confidence. Exercising can help ease your mind and rejuvenate your body. Working out will make you feel great and boost your confidence.
9. Working out regularly has been linked to fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression.
10. While the popular belief that exercise can increase your metabolism isn't true, it does burn calories.
11. Regular exercise has been shown to decrease stress levels.
12. Research has found that short bursts of intense cardio training can help people lose weight and shed fat.
13. Only 10% of people are successful at losing weight through diet alone.
14. A quarter of adults aren't active at all.
15. Walking at a brisk pace can burn almost as many calories as jogging the same distance.
16. A study found women who incorporated strength training 3 times a week into their workout routine were more likely to maintain their current weight.
17. By the time you have reached 50 years of age, you will have walked approximately 75,000 miles.
18. No wonder your feet hurt - running puts three to four times your body weight in pressure on your feet.
19. When you lose weight, fat leaves your body via your Breath.
20. 25% of your bones are located in your Feet, Each foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, and over 100 muscles, ligaments and tendons, with both feet totaling 52 bones, or about 25% of the total bones found in your entire body.
21. Did you know that every minute you walk extends your life by one and a half to two minutes?
22. One sweat session lowers your blood pressure for up to 16 hours.
23. The gluteus maximus is the largest muscle in the human body.
24. The word gymnasium is derived from the Greek term for naked.
25. Exercise won't make you thin
Many people use exercise as their sole method of weight management, however studies have shown that exercise, when not combined with dietary changes, does very little in respect to losing weight.
26. Facebook can boost your fitness motivation. You may not have thought that browsing Facebook could help with your exercise goals, yet research suggests that signing up to the site could seriously boost your fitness motivation. Firstly, the constant lurking danger of being tagged in an unflattering photo means that social media sites have become a huge weight loss trigger for many of us. In fact, a study by Fitbit identified unflattering Facebook photos as the new number one weight loss trigger for Brits. Furthermore, more research from Fitbit has revealed that 64 per cent of those surveyed felt motivated to workout as a result of fitness boasts made by their friends on Facebook.
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