Exercise is Part of Your Image

The United States has 30 percent of its population that are obese. Almost 2/3rds are overweight. In Romania, where I am currently, 22 percent are considered obese. I am not advocating dieting, it's exercise! The true fountain of youth is in exercise and the key to maintaining pace with a fast paced business world. Well considering aerobics, the exercising of the heart gets the blood circulating and wards off wrinkles. Further, when you exercise you are doing something for yourself every day. Moreover, when you exercise you might weigh the same but take up less space so you can wear a smaller size.

At almost 47 I look like I'm still 35 (at least that is what many say), although my weight distribution changed dramatically at 44. But I have kept exercising I just changed my regiment.

I started exercising when I was 18 and have continued to this point. Guaranteed I do not walk on water about how often I do it but most times it is at least 4 times a week. There were several times when I was severely injured that I couldn't work out for a year and getting back into the swing of it was difficult. But let me tell you, you feel better about yourself, you maintain a youthful vigor which is praised in America, and you can handle things better when the going gets tough. In business, if you start to look like you are old, they will think you have petrified ideas. Think about it, most of our presidents continued to exercise during their stay in office.

But as I mentioned before, exercise is the true fountain of youth and will benefit you in the long run as you age. Age discrimination is on the rise because in most cases people just stop taking care of themselves. Let me tell you, you have to do more and it costs more to look good. But people that exercise have this energy around them that is youthful and contagious. So get started, but first go slow, then build up. Don't be the weekend athlete, be consistent throughout the week. This may mean getting up an hour earlier but it will be worth it.

Furthermore, try different exercises throughout the week such as doing yoga one day, aerobics another, and strength training with weights. Ladies, you don't have to worry about building muscle but you are building stronger bones that will help prevent osteoporosis. This is true for men as well. There are a couple of times I have fallen, like slipping in the shower and falling in my tiny kitchen in Romania where I would have had broken bones but instead I just got cut up and had a nice big shiner around my eye.

Further, there are days I don't feel like exercising at all, but that's when I need to do it. I try to do it first thing in the morning to get it out of the way. I will exercise for about 1 hour. In California I have an exercise room where I can watch the news drink my coffee and work out. Here in Romania I have started to include step aerobics in my exercise regiment. I just play good music and go for it, while checking my heart rate as I go along. I also brought with me an exercise ball and use two 2.5 L water bottles filled for weights. I don't have the foggiest idea where the gym is! I have incorporated some yoga with my strength training and cool downs and my flexibility has improved 100 percent.

Here are some tips to get started: