A new study has shown that not exercising is actually more harmful to your health than not smoking!
This doesn’t mean you should go out and smoke 2 packs a day, but you should be aware just how important exercise is to your health.
The data from the study posted in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that those with a sedentary lifestyle are 500% more likely to die than people in the top band of exercise performance. This is 3 times higher than the risk posed by smoking!
Having a sedentary lifestyle increases your risk of a whole bunch of health issues, including heart disease, Type II diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis, and low back pain.
In addition, sitting around long periods of time watching TV, eating, sitting on the computer, looking at our phones- these all decrease mobility in the joints of our hips, knees, shoulders, spine- and that makes us more susceptible to injuring these areas due to lack of movement.
You NEED to get up and move! Start an exercise program, do yoga, jog, walk your dog- do SOMETHING! Anything. If you don’t, you’ll not only be more at risk for injury- now you’ll die younger than if you exercised and smoked cigarettes!
If you want to start an exercise program, check out my previous blog post about your Ideal Exercise Zone.
