Did you know INACTIVITY kills approximately 5,300,000 people each year?

INACTIVITY meaning you:

• You Don’t Exercise Regularly (Cardio-Vascular)
• You Don’t Exercise Regularly (Yard Work)
• You Don’t Exercise Regularly (Alternative Exercises)
• You Sit Around & Lay Around Several Hours Each Day
• Your Job Is Sedentary (no physical activity)

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Inactivity is strongly linked to:

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Bowel Cancer
• Breast Cancer

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This data comes from an 18 July 2012 article titled “Physical Inactivity Kills As Many People As Smoking.”

According to I-Min Lee at Harvard Medical School, “We tried to estimate how many deaths would be avoided if all the inactive people in the world became active.”

I-Min Lee and her team gathered 2008 worldwide data on deaths from:

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Bowel Cancer
• Breast Cancer

This data was smartly correlated with data on levels of exercise from several countries.

I-Min Lee and her team conducted calculations that if those that died had conducted exercise and reached their weekly target rate of 150-minutes of exercise each week, they concluded that:

• Type 2 Diabetes (07% would have survived)
• Coronary Heart Disease (06% would have survived)
• Bowel Cancer (10% would have survived)
• Breast Cancer (10% would have survived)

According to Harold Kohl from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas – states that ‘inactivity has created a modern day pandemic, brought on by the mechanization of everyday jobs and domestic life, the ease of transport and the prevalence of sedentary leisure pursuits’ such as computer games and watching television.’

Harold Kohl is quoted: “As populations have shifted towards industrialization, mechanization and dependency on cars, we’ve engineered opportunities for physical activity out of our lives, and are now killing ourselves as a result.”

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“Sitting Really Can Kill You, Heart Experts Say”

An article written by Maggie Fox (15 August 2016) sheds some serious unhealthy weight on the threat of inactivity in our daily lives.

According to the American Heart Association – ‘Evidence is building that sitting too long can cause heart disease and diabetes – even in people who exercise.’

A team led by Deborah Rohm Young from Kaiser Permanente, Southern California – “The evidence to date is suggestive, but not conclusive, that sedentary behavior contributes to cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk.”

A daily regimen of 30-minutes of walking briskly should be a minimal goal.

Deborah Rohm Young warns – “Regardless of how much physical activity someone gets, prolonged sedentary time could negatively impact the health of your heart and blood vessels.”

Sedentary behaviors are:

• computer work
• light housework
• lying down while awake or reading
• reclining
• sitting
• slow leisure walking
• watching television

In the 1960s, approximately 50% of all jobs required physical activity. Today, only 20% of all jobs require physical activity.

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Inactivity Busters!

Here my simple answer to inactivity.  It involves:

• Walking briskly for at least 30-minutes
• US Army Rifle Drills
• QiGong Exercises

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Walking Briskly!

Here’s my take on walking briskly. Walk just 01 mile and time yourself. The next time you walk the same mile on the same exact route, beat your time by 10-seconds. Each time you walk your mile, beat your old time by at least 10-seconds. Record all your walking exercises.

When you’re happy with your results, increase your distance to 01 ½-miles and again time yourself. Beat your old record by seconds each time.

Then build-up to walking 02-miles at a good pace that has you sweating.

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US Army Rifle Drills!

I have no idea if the US Army still employs Rifle Drills in their physical training exercises. But when I used them, they were a great exercise that built strength real quick and gave a good cardiovascular workout.

It’s advised to employ the US Army Rifle Drills at a real easy pace like 01 repetition of each exercise and slowly build-up.

For a rifle that weighs approximately 07-pounds, I used a broom stick with 03 ½ pounds of gravel in plastic bags on each end and I secured them with carpet tape. It balanced out real good and cheap to make instead of buying a plastic rifle for $150.00.

Here’s link to view all 07 US Army Rifle Drills with instructions and several other exercises worthy of your attention.

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QiGong Execises!

Until 1980, this 5,000 year old practice (QiGong), was kept as a secret within families and religious temples. QiGong is an ancient oriental technique which uses movement and breathing to stimulate the natural healing energies within the body. Practiced regularly it has been shown to enhance overall vitality, reduce the effects of stress, and assist in the resistance to disease. The world’s largest medicineless hospital, the Huaxia Zhineng Qigong Clinic & Training Center is located in Qinhuangdao, China.

Its founder is Dr. Pang Ming, a Qigong Grandmaster who is trained in both Western and Chinese traditional medicine. Since its initial practice in 1988, the clinic has treated more than 180 different diseases (100,000 patients+) with a 95% success rate! Beat that success rate “conventional medicine!” The center avoids medicines and special diets and favors exercise, love, and life energy which is known as chi!

I can not teach you QiGong, however, below are some hand-picked videos on YouTube to get you started with this gentle exercise that has been done for thousands of years:

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•  QiGong For Beginners:  What Is QiGong?

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• QiGong For Beginners (00:30:04)

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•  Daily QiGong For Beginners (00:04:31)

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•  10 Minute QiGong Routine To Start Your Day (00:09:29)

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•  8 Simple Movements Of QiGong For Beginners (00:10:11)

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•  Morning QiGong 10 Min Exercise (00:10:44)

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•  Beginners Chi-gong / Energy Training (00:07:27)

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•  Simple Beginner QiGong – With Jeffrey Chand (00:11:39)

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• QiGong For Beginners:  QiGong Exercises (00:25:36)

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PS I have an old cross-country ski machine (my 2^nd one) that I found at a thrift shop for only $20 bucks and several years later, it still kickn’ my butt with a great sweating workout.

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