5 Reasons why women should be exercising
Move now. Live longer
This month we’re going ‘Beyond The Bikini Body’ and getting down to girls business. Let’s start with 5 awesome benefits regular exercise has on female specific health.
This is just the beginning….
Self-confidence
Physical activity across the board is well known to boost self-confidence, whilst also improving mental health & resilience.
Strength training in particular, is empowering throughout all life-stages. However, its really important to find the right space or style of exercise that suits you.
Sustainable results will come from a place that makes you feel safe and comfortable to be yourself.
Reproductive health
Women who participate in regular moderate-vigorous exercise including HIIT & strength training, whilst eating a healthy balanced diet. Are reported to have less PMS symptoms, and severity compared to those who don’t.
It might just earn you back a few brownie points for those times you ‘just weren’t yourself’
Regular exercise is also a first line recommendation for women trying to conceive, or having fertility troubles.
Maintaining a healthy weight, and living a healthy lifestyle may improve successful pregnancy rates, and health outcomes for you and bub pre & postnatally.
Menopause *be well prepared girls
Menopause; the end of our fertile life as we know it… If thats not dark enough, check out some of the signs & symptoms associated.
Weight gain
Hot flushes
Insomnia
High blood pressure
Anxiety
Depression
Headaches
Muscle & joint pain
Dry vagina.
Now tell me, do you think its worth investing in yourself to reduce the impact menopause may have on you; your lifestyle, and your relationships.
Exercise is no miracle cure that will see you breeze through ‘the change’ without any symptoms. But it’ll help make the transition and hell of a lot easier. And more so, if your fit and healthy in the many years prior.
Breast cancer
Did you know that 53 Australians are diagnosed with breast cancer every day? And that breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnoses in the country. That’s grim.
Did you know that regular exercise of moderate to vigorous intensity can significantly reduce your risk of developing breast cancer? That pretty sweet.
But the benefits don’t stop there. Women who consistently exercise during and after breast cancer treatment experience reduced side effects, reduced risk of recurrence, and higher survival rates.
Carn’ girls, get that butt movin’!!
Heart disease
Heart disease is our biggest killer.
Women are 3x more likely to die from heart disease than breast cancer. 1 death every hour.
That’s right sister, you took the words out of my mouth :-) Exercise is major preventative for heart disease.
Strength training in particular is recommended for women to support a healthy heart, whilst reducing the risk of associated diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
