Get Moving, the Body Cries   

   With all our inventions, intentions and connections, we move about less than ever. In two generations, despite bicycles, treadmills and fitness centers, American physical activity has fallen more than 30 percent. In China, 50 percent in half that time.

   The cost is $117 billion in annual health care, according to a 2018 report in the AMA. Our bodies break down - lower bone density, stiffer joints and weaker muscles. 

   Organ function declines and our cells produce less energy. We are more prone to injury, exhaustion and chronic illness. 

   Old coach Vince Lombardi said in the 1960s: "Football is a game played by 22 men desperately in need of rest, watched by 50,000 spectators desperately in need of exercise." 

   Move more, research shows, and your body gets healthier. Exercise reduces stress, improves mood and gives us mental acuity. (So that's my problem!)

   Our longevity improves also. The Cleveland Clinic over 23 years found a correlation between higher physical activity and longer life. 

   We don't make time. Our ancestors lived and worked by physical activity, not usually in offices and factories. They had to stay active to survive.

   Today we enjoy transportation, sedentary jobs, and food and dry goods bought without physical effort. With all our conveniences and busyness, we still don't find time to exercise.   

   Our bodies become higher risk for cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, cognitive decline, cancer and early death. 

   A personal trainer says drop the all-or-nothing mentality and accept that a few moments devoted to movement can still have value.

 Epoch Times