The amazing thing that exercise offers are free - You don’t have to go far to do it, it doesn’t take much time and it need not disrupt your day. What’s more, moderate exercise properly performed has no harmful side effects.

There is no need to engage in marathons or daily gym sessions. Less demanding activities can provide excellent fitness and health benefits. Exercising too strenuously can, in fact, be harmful to health. It can damage the joints, leading to osteoarthritis, and it can suppress the immune system, increasing the risk of disease. So don’t overdo it.

There are lots of different ways you can become fit, but the two most effective ways are, first to aim to be generally more active throughout the day and, secondly, to incorporate set period of planned exercise into your week. How you do this is entirely up to you. There are an infinite number of activities, exercise, sports; pastimes and leisure pursuits that will help you get fit. Simple daily tasks such as walking the dog, cleaning the house and gardening, for example, can bring important all-round fitness and health benefits.

Once you decide to shape up, choose activities that you are willing to fit in your weekly schedule and perform long-term. Better still, pick up the ones you actually enjoy doing. If you find that one form of activity is too hard to perform, or you just don’t like doing it, simply switch to something else. Also, if it hurts, modify the activity or avoid it altogether. If you continue with a physical pursuit that you don’t enjoy or find it too demanding, you’ll soon become discouraged and you may even end up quitting the idea of exercising altogether.

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