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Did you know that allotting merely 10 minutes a day for a brisk walk can significantly improve your emotional state? Taking part in regular physical activity can both increase self-esteem and reduce stress and anxiety, according to the report. And it can act as both prevention and treatment for various mental illnesses including depression and anxiety. We simply love excuses to go outside and log some Charity Miles. (via Why the object of exercise is not just a physical one) High-res

Did you know that allotting merely 10 minutes a day for a brisk walk can significantly improve your emotional state?

Taking part in regular physical activity can both increase self-esteem and reduce stress and anxiety, according to the report.

And it can act as both prevention and treatment for various mental illnesses including depression and anxiety.

We simply love excuses to go outside and log some Charity Miles.

(via Why the object of exercise is not just a physical one)

Playgrounds are the new weight machines, says the New York Times. In the race to make space for so-called functional fitness training — which encourages people to push, pull, squat and generally move their bodies as they might naturally — the first machines out the door are usually the ones that lock the body in place, working a single muscle. Are you ready to make like CrossFit and trade your less press machines for sandbags? High-res

Playgrounds are the new weight machines, says the New York Times.

In the race to make space for so-called functional fitness training — which encourages people to push, pull, squat and generally move their bodies as they might naturally — the first machines out the door are usually the ones that lock the body in place, working a single muscle.

Are you ready to make like CrossFit and trade your less press machines for sandbags?

We constantly remind people of the benefits of exercise. Taking the time to sweat every day really is worth it! Recent findings also show that it can help stave off dementia in later years: In other words, brain decline is not necessarily an inevitable part of aging. “It’s simply not pre-destined for all human beings,” Bryan James tells Shots. “Lots of people live into their 90s and even 100s with no symptoms of dementia.” (via How Exercise And Other Activities Beat Off Dementia - NPR) High-res

We constantly remind people of the benefits of exercise. Taking the time to sweat every day really is worth it! Recent findings also show that it can help stave off dementia in later years:

In other words, brain decline is not necessarily an inevitable part of aging. “It’s simply not pre-destined for all human beings,” Bryan James tells Shots. “Lots of people live into their 90s and even 100s with no symptoms of dementia.”

(via How Exercise And Other Activities Beat Off Dementia - NPR)