
- When we exercise, we work our muscles, which keeps them healthy and prevents shrinkage and atrophy that commonly happens as we age. Muscles also help us burn more fat as we age, so it helps us keep our weight down.
- Exercise promotes better sleep, which helps our bodies repair and rejuvenate.
- Weight-bearing workouts increase bone mass, which prevents osteoporosis and falling in older people. One of the leading causes of nursing home admittance and death in the elderly is broken bones from falls, specifically broken hips.
- Daily exercise helps prevent diabetes, which can cause blindness, neuropathy, limb amputation, and death.
- Exercise improves circulation, giving us younger looking skin, lower blood pressure, less pain, and more energy.