This blog was made to get you to start moving!!! It’s main goal is to educate you on the benefits of exercise, and inform you about different ways to exercise in a healthy manner. In my first blog post I talked about why exercising is important and different forms of exercise you can try.
If you are a visual learner, I made this video where you can see some different forms of exercise. In my second blog post, I talked about reliable sources you can count on if you want to find out more about the health related benefits of exercise. I also touched upon the not so reliable sources. This included different forms of social media content that might be good for inspiration, but is not backed by science.
Now we must touch upon some dark things related to exercise. The dark side of social media is that it can be a breeding ground for eating disorders, according to the HuffPost. There are countless exercise influencers on social media who look too good to be true. You look at them and might think, “why don’t I look like that?”. They show videos of them exercising, but there are a lot behind the scenes that go into how they look that their audiences do not see.
People, especially younger girls, are so impressionable and when they see these impractically perfect bodies, they want to look like that too. According to Center For Change, this can lead to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, as a person is trying to look like these influencers.
I personally have witnessed someone suffer through an eating disorder, and I believe that social media has played a huge roll. Technology has many benefits, but the social media aspect of technology is sometimes not a good thing.
Now that we have talked about that, I can’t stress the importance of balance more. Exercising can be such a fun thing to do, you just have to respect your body and learn to love who you are. Exercise is such a great tool to make you feel good about yourself.
To learn more, like my facebook page found at: “Exercise and Stay Healthy.” I will continuously post more information and more exercise ideas for you all to try!
Copyright notice: This blog was created to convince people to start exercising, as health related illnesses due to obesity have become huge issues (find out more by going to the CDC physical activity page). Exercise can be a great preventative measure to take. This campaign was not made to make any profit. I provided you with the original sources of my findings, but did not do my own statistics to find out the information my research has provided you with. I provide many links to other sources in the blue underlined words, all you have to do is press on them! You are more than welcome to share this blog with as many people as you want, the goal is to spread the word about exercising! Just give credit where credit is due. Thanks!!
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