Fitness for Life: The Benefits of Weight Training, Diet, and Exercise Program and a Healthy Lifestyle
The benefits of a fitness program extend far beyond an improved physical appearance. While the health benefits to a well developed fitness program are widely recognized by those that generally live a healthy lifestyle, the society at large fails to practice what would surely give them a happier, healthier, and more productive life. At work, in school, or anywhere else fitness-minded people are perceived by their lazier counterparts as "fanatic" for being so dedicated to eating a healthy diet, weight training, and cardiovascular exercise. I don't know how many times as a bodybuilding competitor getting ready for a show that I've been ridiculed for "not having a life". The ironic thing was, that the "life" these people had that I was so unfortunate to be missing consisted of going home after work, parking their fat-ass on the couch, then eating and watching television before it was time to go to bed. Hmmmmmmm.... I think I"ll Take the gym! Although this is an extreme example (jealousy is the sincerest form of flattery), the problem is that by most peoples' opinion, it is perfectly acceptable to allow your body to wither away into old age; these people take better care of their lawnmower than they do of themselves!
Enter The Metabolic Syndrome:
We are getting so collectively fat that obesity has become the norm and is now considered an epidemic. Currently known as "the metabolic syndrome", the prevalence of obesity and its countless related issues have turned "just fat" into a "syndrome" It is actually great that the medical community has recognized that obesity/ The Metabolic Syndrome is such a problem, however our limited ability to completely characterize (and agree upon) the exact nature of it has led to treatments which can only alleviate certain symptoms, rather than fix the fundamental problem. We are getting so fat that it is now a "syndrome"! Compounding the problem, most people with metabolic syndrome are on the fast-track to death by heart disease, stroke, or certain types of cancer. As high as health care costs are today, they are going to get higher as the metabolic syndrome phenomena grows; there is a clear increasing trend toward obesity in western society.
Currently people are treated with a myriad of drugs to treat the symptoms associated with the metabolic syndrome, but none of these will ever be a cure. Naturally physicians first recommendation is for the patient to loose weight, however this advice is rarely followed because the same "quick-fix"/"easy way out mentality" that prevented them from exercising in the first place does not die easy; we go to the Dr. to get drugs, not to be told to exercise more.
***note that while the path to the metabolic syndrome is highly avoidable by most people, there are a minority who simply do not respond to diet and exercise in normal way; this article is not meant to insult these people in any way. They have a legitimate medical condition which will most likely need pharmaceutical intervention.***
Click on the link below to read on for an example of the transition from "out of shape" to "metabolic syndrome" and how this can be prevented.
Healthy Lifestyle part 2
Enter The Metabolic Syndrome:
We are getting so collectively fat that obesity has become the norm and is now considered an epidemic. Currently known as "the metabolic syndrome", the prevalence of obesity and its countless related issues have turned "just fat" into a "syndrome" It is actually great that the medical community has recognized that obesity/ The Metabolic Syndrome is such a problem, however our limited ability to completely characterize (and agree upon) the exact nature of it has led to treatments which can only alleviate certain symptoms, rather than fix the fundamental problem. We are getting so fat that it is now a "syndrome"! Compounding the problem, most people with metabolic syndrome are on the fast-track to death by heart disease, stroke, or certain types of cancer. As high as health care costs are today, they are going to get higher as the metabolic syndrome phenomena grows; there is a clear increasing trend toward obesity in western society.
Currently people are treated with a myriad of drugs to treat the symptoms associated with the metabolic syndrome, but none of these will ever be a cure. Naturally physicians first recommendation is for the patient to loose weight, however this advice is rarely followed because the same "quick-fix"/"easy way out mentality" that prevented them from exercising in the first place does not die easy; we go to the Dr. to get drugs, not to be told to exercise more.
***note that while the path to the metabolic syndrome is highly avoidable by most people, there are a minority who simply do not respond to diet and exercise in normal way; this article is not meant to insult these people in any way. They have a legitimate medical condition which will most likely need pharmaceutical intervention.***
Click on the link below to read on for an example of the transition from "out of shape" to "metabolic syndrome" and how this can be prevented.
Healthy Lifestyle part 2
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