To live a healthier life one big component is to be active. If we were more active what are
some things would happen?

Being active can help you feel better, it can also help maintain or lose weight, it can also help in being more social with other people, and it can help boost confidence.

Being more active can help in feeling better. According to betterhealth.vic.gov.au people who exercise regularly have better mental health and emotional wellbeing, and lower rates of mental illness.

Exercise doesn’t have to be strenuous or take a long time to see some benefits, and having any exercise is better than doing none but it is recommended to have 2 – 5 hours of moderate exercise per week.

Being active can also help in maintaining weight or losing weight.When losing weight, more physical activity increases the number of calories your body uses for
energy. Using calories through physical activity, combined with reducing the calories you eat, creates a calorie deficit that results in weight loss according to cdc.gov.  Also most importantly, physical activity reduces risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes beyond that produced by weight reduction alone according to cdc.gov.

Finally, being more active can help boost confidence levels. An important part of self-confidence is physical activity, it has been proven that it does boost self-confidence through setting and achieving goals. Also, This is where the gains in physical fitness translate to greater
confidence in other areas of your life.

You started something that felt challenging, maybe even impossible, and you achieved it. You prove to yourself through exercise that you can set difficult
goals, work toward them, and achieve them. Some reasons people use to not exercise.

According to trainingpeaks.com exercise hurts the heart according to a study where they examined 12 runners and rowers with an average age of 57 and Half of the athletes showed signs of fibrosis, or scarring of heart tissue, compared to none of age-matched “non-exercising” controls. But one way you can’t stop this is by having a rest day and not overdoing it.

Being more active is good because it helps you feel better, it can also help maintain or lose weight, and it can help boost confidence. We have to be more active and regulate how much we exercise because too much can hurt the body but doing none will also weaken the body so we have to find a balance.