Jog your way to happiness, health, a higher IQ and better sex
We know why most of you hit the gym – to be slim, strong and have the biceps of Matthew McConaughey, the abs of Jessica Alba... and the brains of Albert Einstein?
These days most of us know the mainstream benefits of exercise. Regular workouts can help you lose weight, build muscle, increase energy and make you look extra hot in that teeny tiny bathing suit. But did you know that exercise can also boost brainpower, fight depression, improve your sex life and help your hearing?
Although we can all appreciate the advantages of losing those love handles, several new studies have uncovered remarkable new benefits to getting fit.
Check out 6 new reasons to renew your gym membership!
Jog Your Brain - Recent studies have shown that exercise has both immediate and long lasting effects on our brain. A new study at Rhode Island College suggests that a single aerobic workout can kick-start creative thinking and keep those resourceful juices flowing for hours afterward. Best of all, it's never too late to reap the workout benefits. It's reported that sedentary senior citizens who took up moderate-paced walking for 45 minutes, three days a week, were able to significantly improve mental skills that decline with age.
Good Night's Sleep - Regular exercise has been shown to trigger a more restful sleep. Afternoon exercise can shorten the time it takes to fall asleep and help deepen your shut-eye. Additionally, postmenopausal women who exercised 30 minutes every morning had less trouble falling asleep than those who were less active. Regular exercise has also been found to help sufferers of insomnia. And, contrary to popular belief, recent research suggests that even late evening workouts won't hurt your ability to get to sleep.
Better Hearing - J new study found that cardiovascular training improves your hearing in the short term and helps to preserve it in the long term. Other studies have also found a correlation between fitness and hearing and that the least fit people tend to have the worst hearing.
Better Sex - Forget Viagra and get to the gym. After studying more than 31,000 men, it was found that physically active men have a 30% lower risk of erectile dysfunction than those who do little or no physical activity. Another recent study looked at 8,000 women aged 18 to 49 and found that those who exercised three times a week experienced 40% greater arousal, 31% have sex more often and 25% find orgasm easier to achieve.
According to a study, people who exercise regularly feel better about themselves, feel more sexually desirable and report higher levels of satisfaction.
A Stop to Smoking- Trying to kick your habit? Research suggests that exercise might help. The adrenaline rush and stress relief from a brief workout can replace similar feelings smokers get from tobacco. According to several smoking cessation programs, exercise can reduce the urge for a cigarette for those trying to quit.
A study followed 281 sedentary and non-sedentary female smokers who were trying to quit. The study found that smokers who exercised were twice as likely to quit and stay cigarette free than those who didn't do any exercise.
Fight Depression - A new study suggests that regular exercise may work as well as medication in improving symptoms of major depression. Researchers followed 202 depressed adults and found that those who went through group-based exercise therapy did as well as those treated with an antidepressant drug.
Okay, so let's see, exercise fights depression, helps you stop smoking, increases creativity, helps you sleep, enhances your sex life and improves your hearing (so you can hear the happy groans of your bed partner).
Original Story By: Katie Ann Rosen
Here's the link:
http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/544/9/25/2007/Jog_your_way_to_happ...
What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now. - Buddha
My working hours are 6 till half 2 anyway, no change for me at Ramadan.
I would love a lady to squash me .......
Any takers out there ???
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You bored? I guess the Ramadan working hours are the same as here, aren't they?
I attempted 'squash' with johnjo a week ago. Just thought I'd mention that :D
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Only takes 35 mins normally, wot do u do ? flap yer arms !!
Im gonna come over soon, just as soon as i can find the time.
Do you miss me you cheeky thing ? and you, a married lady !!
lol
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As long as I've lived I never found that the blokes who boasted about their prowess were the ones who were worthy of the boast :P
Well, that's what my girlfriends told me, anyway ...
Edit: Oops sorry - I went to edit this and now it's all out of order in the line of chat.
it's only an hour's flight FFS !
I concede defeat.And Azzy giving me hard time for hijacking her post
Guess i better go !!
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dawn till dusk eh. and here I was thinking that the banging and groaning noises I was hearing after sunset and during the night was the blokes working on the construction site next door.
I live and learn :D
Best u might ever get
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Does this mean you will be out? How much are you renting the flat in your absence so's peeps can avail themselves of the offer :P
flat for the best sex u will ever have !!!
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that is true
Just ti clarify even further you're only allowed sex with your spouse.
No.
Sex is allowed during Ramadan. Only not allowed during fasting time which is from dawn till sunset.
Gee thanks for waking up my guilty conscience. I haven't been going to the gym for like a month if not more. Just too much work that by the time I'm done I can't lift a finger. Plus, ramadan doesn't help at all! Grrrr....
is ramadan non sex period? For males and females? for old and young?
All these eating as of late...Ramadan's nightly buffet is creating havoc to my waistline...hehehe
Me Gotta get back to that whistle bait figure(as if I had one)...hehehehe
health, a higher IQ, better sex..........
and a tighter butt
~ your thoughts create your reality ~
Yes, me too.
I intend to get back on track again as from tomorrow. Haven't been out for a week since hub wasn't well and I sort of lost the impetuous to get up and go out first thing (I usually hitch a lift with him when he leaves for work) because HE wasn't going out.
Tomorrow, insha'allah ...
All this working long hours benefits me financially but is not good to my health (I'm diabetic). So, I'm heading back to the gym come next week or so and start doing my routine.
Hope it also help me to stop smoking...lol
blah blah blah is all I hear. Lipo here I come!! :-P
Exercising is crucial for a healthy, happy life! :) Just as getting and giving love, have some me-time and spend time in the nature.
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makes me feel ill. I used to work at a Health Farm and people who'd had stuff done and then didn't take care of themselves afterwards often looked worse than before!
why so cynical? it's all about baby steps! :-)
it's much better for you and more fun than a tummy tuck :D
then when you get about 5 years older all the fat you put on, through still not exercising, will hang over the scars - lovely :P
especially in this oppressive weather. And gyms in doha suck a** big time! unfortunately it doesn't help that I have a high blood pressure and high cholesterol level....sometimes I cant even breathe....but I still wont exercise...thats how much I hate it! I think for me the only way to go is some serious lipo and a tummy tuck
"8,000 women aged 18 to 49 and found that those who exercised three times a week experienced 40% greater arousal, 31% have sex more often and 25% find orgasm easier to achieve."
I gotta tell ya, I am now 100 % more tired than I ever used to be, but I STILL can't find it!
where ??
darude is a long drink of milkshake - or is that milksnake.
hows the farm wolfie??
ihave been to gyms when i was in high. didnt see any effect on anything:)
but of course sports are good..
nothing beats a daily swim to keep you fit and trim...that's what I've been doing for years.
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Love is the answer...
needs some guidance she is getting thinner day by day. someday the wind in Doha will take her in air. well she is also shortie i guess :D
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How come I realised that 'shortie' mention on the last comment list was directed at me - grrrrrrrrr
How's you, anyway, you long drink of water, you!?
*bounces off in the direction of the kitchen*
no any suggestions for ppl who are kinda shortie. right Jauntie :D
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It's always good to be a bouncy-about person :D
(even if it drives one's spouse bananas)