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Why Regular Exercise?

For those planning on joining the armed forces, it’s a no-brainier that regular exercise is a must.
But what if you don’t? What if your career interest lies elsewhere? Should you even bother? Yes.
And here is why.

• Improve cognitive ability.

• Improve discipline. Often exercise is the first major activity of the day. Regularity in it brings a
great sense of discipline and organisation to life.

• Stress buster. Exercise is a great stress buster and uplifts our mood. It has great all round
benefits.

• Improve confidence. A sense of wellbeing and regularity in life increases our sense of self
control and boosts confidence.

• Improve will power. When a person strives to test the limits of strength or endurance, he has to
undergo pain. This improves tolerance and willpower. Exercising can thus be used to improve
our willpower and determination.

• Reduce chances of falling ill. Regular exercise improves our immune system. We expel toxins
from our body and become healthier.

• Better sleep and memory. Regular exercise improves our sleep and memory.

• Improve stress tolerance. Regular exercising results in lowered BP and pulse rate, (top long
distance runners generally have pulse rates in 40s per minute). When experiencing stress our
pulse rate and BP shoots up. Unfit people can get a stroke under stress. A person with well
trained heart and lungs is unlikely to do so. He will remain calmer under stress, because of the
intimate relationship between the psychological and physiological functions of the body.

• Increase energy. Regular exercising enhances our energy level to perform all our chores. We
can perform more in lesser time. We can, thus, read more, work more, and get more time to rest
as well. We, thus, become more efficient.

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