To live well and long we need a good strong body, because if the body dies, it doesn’t matter how good your mind was. The body was made for a different time. A time when we needed to do much more physical things than most of us who have white collar jobs do now. The body doesn’t do very well sitting and being sedendary.
So we must exercise. What does that mean exactly? Resistance training – lifting heavy things and putting them down. Use different parts of your body. You don’t have to kill yourself. Do what is work but not weight that will hurt you for your fitness level.
But that’s not all. This alone won’t necessarily get our heart rate up. So we need to do that too. Cardio – run or bike or something that will get your heart rate up and have you sweating and breathing for 20 minutes or more three times a week.
Lastly, we need rest. Don’t work out every day. Let your body rebuild and respond to what you are asking of it. If you exercise right, you get stronger on rest days.
If you find a hobby or sport or activity you love that fits the weight lifting requirement or the cardio requirement that’s great. I have property and like to go into the woods with a chainsaw. That’s a great workout and I am doing something productive. Some people have jobs that are workouts. Some people play soccer or tennis or basketball.
Stay healthy and live longer. The time to think about it is now and every day, not at a premature end.
Exercise = Weights + Cardio + Rest.
You’re never going to know if you enjoy something if you never try it. I never thought I’d enjoy cardio until I ran my first 10 miles. Now, I’m trying to fit at least one in every day! Every so often on a weekend, I’ll run as much as I can for the pure exhilaration that is finding out how far I can go. Now I’ve been lifting some weights to help the cause! No one can stop me but myself!