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Fifteen Very Good Reasons to Exercise

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Getty 04 715 Exercise?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1428435976645iStock/Thinkstock(ORANGE, Calif.) — Better weather means gradual shedding of your winter clothes, which means you’ll be revealing more of yourself to the world.

Is there any better reason to get yourself in shape than through exercise?

Frank Frisch, PhD and director of kinesiology at Chapman University in Orange, California, has drawn up a list of 15 benefits of exercise that may seem obvious enough, but that obviously bear repeating, as published in Health.com:

1. Exercise gives you more vim and vigor.
2. Exercise jump-starts your sex drive.
3. Exercise keeps your skin soft and glowing.
4. Exercise improves your posture.
5. Exercise improves your flexibility.
6. Exercise boosts your mood.
7. Exercise helps you sleep soundly.
8. Exercise keeps your metabolism high.
9. Exercise slows cell aging.
10. Exercise reduces belly fat.
11. Exercise relieves stress.
12. Exercise enhances your memory.
13. Exercise makes your heart more efficient.
14. Exercise protects you from heart disease.
15. Exercise improves your blood flow.


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