Awaken Your Path To Wellness

14. The Power of Movement: How Exercise Can Transform Your Health


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Exercise is a crucial component of a healthy lifestyle and has numerous benefits for overall health and well-being. Movement is medicine and it does not demand huge exercise efforts. In most cases, even small increments of activity are shown to have a positive effect. Small steps toward a more active life can transform into big health gains over time.

In this episode Dr. Barb covers:

  • Benefits of exercise on our physical health 
  • Benefits of exercise on our mental health 
  • Importance of exercise 
  • How exercise impacts different body systems
  • How much exercise we need 
  • What type of exercise do we need to do
  • References:

    “Health benefits of physical activity” (2017) Applied Exercise and Sport Physiology, With Labs, pp. 183–212. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315213507-15.

    “Physical activity, wellness and health: Challenges, benefits and strategies” (2021). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-2403-0.

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