22 Benefits of Exercise

“Inactivity is a fruitful cause of disease. Exercise quickens and equalizes the circulation of the blood, but in idleness the blood does not circulate freely, and the changes in it, so necessary to life and health, do not take place.” Ministry of Healing p. 238

“Exercise in the open air should be prescribed as a life-giving necessity.” Minsitry of Healing p.265

What Exercise Can Do For You

1. Increases circulation
2. Assists the heart
3. Adds O2 to the body
4. Aids digestion
5. Relaxes nerves, raises endorphins, balances emotions
6. Increases resistance to disease
7. Reduces fatigue
8. Strengthens muscles, bones and ligaments
9. Beautifies figure and complexion
10. Sharpens mental powers – increases oxygen to the brain
11. Increases efficiency of lungs, conditioning them to process more air with less effort
12. Increases efficiency of heart in several ways – grows stronger and pumps more blood with each stroke, reducing number of strokes necessary.
3-6 months of exercise – resting heart rate decreases by 20 beats per minute –
saves 28,000 beats per day
13. Increases number and size of blood vessels and total blood volume thus saturating tissue throughout body with energy producing O2
14. Improves tone of muscles and blood vessels, changing them from weak, flabby tissues to strong, firm tissue, often reducing blood pressure in process
15. Slows down aging process and physical deterioration as it restores zest for life and youthful activity
16. Metabolism becomes more efficient – increases metabolism 13%
17. Decreases blood pressure
18. Decreases insulin requirement
19. Slows development of atherosclerosis
20. Decreases cholesterol level
21. Increases HDL
22. Decreases absenteeism

Black Hills Health and Education center is a medical wellness retreat offering wellness programs and lifestyle change in a beautiful setting of the Black Hills in South Dakota. Lifestyle centers offering lifestyle programs such as are offered at BHHEC are known by several different names among which are: Lifestyle Center, Wellness Spa, Medical Wellness Resort, Medical Wellness Spa.

The Black Hills Health and Education center is unique in that it offers a Christian based lifestyle program that includes everything from Lodging and meals, physicals and comprehensive blood work to daily treatments, exercise sessions with a personal trainer in the gym, classes presented by physicians, exercise director,(Dick Nunez) and other staff, cooking classes, sightseeing tours (Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park Wild Animal Game preserve) and aquatics classes at the lovely swim center in Rapid City. Also included are counseling and stress-relief classes.

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