Fun fitness facts

Day-to-Day activities Can Burn Calories!  Make a couple simple changes to your daily routine and you could increase your daily calorie burn as much as 300 calories!! Take the stairs, park at the far end of the parking lot, do 10 squats every time you go to the bathroom, pack the groceries, and walk the dog as a family! These little changes can really add up, so give it a try!

• Regular exercise is linked to better sex, because it can improve body image, energy, self-esteem and overall fitness.

• All it takes is 30 minutes of strength training 2-3 times per week to see huge benefits including: fat loss, increased bone density, improvements in cholesterol and blood pressure; and increased muscle tone.It only takes an extra 100 calories a day to gain 10 pounds in a year!
• After a weight training workout is completed, women on average,burn an extra 100 calories in the 24 hours post workout. If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction, you could lift 25 tons.
• By the time you have reached old age, you will have walked approximately 70,000 miles.dies are creatures of habit. The more youurn fat rather than storing it.
• A pound of muscle will burn 9 calories a day and a pound of fat will only burn 2

• In spite of what you may have read, there is no "best time to exercise." It turns out that the best time to exercise is when it works for you.You expend about 100+ calories per mile no matter if your running or walking!      
• Regular exercise can reduce the signs and symptoms of PMS.No time to exercise? The ave. adults spends 170 min/day watching TV and 101 min./day driving in a car.
• Each muscle fiber is thinner than a hair and can support up to 1,000 times its own weight. are creatures of habit. The more you exercise, the more your body learns  burn t rather than storing it.
• What else do you need to head over to the weights? And just imagine this is only a small list of benefits! Weight training is also linked to decrease depression symptoms more than clinical treatment; take years off aging bodies; give energy during the day; fight breast cancer and colon cancer (ok, most cancers); and boost your immune system.