Summary: Brain derived nuerotrophic factor increases when you exercise regularly (essentially keeping your brain young)<br><br>Your cerebellum density declines with age resulting in dimensia and alzeimers disease. The decline is slowed and even halted by exercise.<br><br>Exercise meets all levels of maslow's hierarchy of needs on the road to self-actualization. Very few things do that!<br><br>Exercise is one of the few things you can do in a day that exemplifies agency (making your life happen) rather than subject-hood (letting life happen to you)<br><br>Exercise makes you more resilient to stress at a cellular level by clearing out free radicals and increasing mitochondrial density.<br><br>Exercise makes us more insulin-sensitive and therefore better able to burn fat as a fuel source all the time.<br><br>Improved body composition lowers our risk for chronic disease and exercise plays a role in that.<br><br>Muscular atrophy is a fact of aging and exercise can slow and/or hault that keeping you younger longer.<br><br>Exercise can be a fun way to keep your family engaged, interacting, and alive together in a world where many are missing out on that connection.<br><br>Exercise when periodized properly can increase serum Human Growth Hormone which is essentially the biological fountain of youth.<br><br>Like, share, subscribe, review, and SUPPORT! (recurring donations of ANY amount will be sent an Defining Dad Bod Logo to sport on their vehicle! AND have access to supporters-only content including extended reviews and thoughts on the Sabbath with your host!)<br><br>#definingdadbod<br><br><a href="http://www.definingdadbod.com/donate" rel="noopener">www.definingdadbod.com/donate</a>
