COMMIT TO LIFETIME HEALTH AND FITNESS
Lifetime Healthcare
Lifetime fitness is a commitment. Lifetime health and fitness is a commitment to a lifestyle change to live a happier and healthier life.
Since the turn of the century, the average life span in the United States has increased markedly from 47 years old in 1900 to 77.3 years old at the turn of the century.
Sadly, 33 percent of high school students across the country do not participate in the recommended amount of lifetime health and fitness activities as outlined by the Surgeon General and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. This lack of activity in fitness programs often carries into adulthood, where the number of people without lifetime exercise and fitness program increases.
According to a lifetime fitness report by the National Institute on Aging, only 58 percent of the American population engages in a lifetime fitness program that involves leisure time vigorous activity and of those people, only 26 percent do so three or more times a week as part of their lifetime fitness program.
So how does a lifetime exercise and fitness program improve your quality of life?
The Center for Disease Control lists the following top five annual causes of death in the United States.
- Heart disease: 696,947 deaths
- Cancer: 557,271 deaths
- Stroke: 162,672 deaths
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 124,816 deaths
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 106,742 deaths
With the exception of accidental deaths, all other leading forms of death could have been avoided or delayed with a lifetime health and fitness program that included exercise, a healthy diet, and non-smoking.
When a lifetime health and fitness program includes a diet that low in cholesterol, a significant reduction in the build up of fatty deposits called plaque is noticeable in the arteries.
A healthy lifetime fitness program should never include cigarette smoking. Smoking has been linked to cancer, chronic respiratory problems, and cancer.
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