Given all the negativity in the news and such, WHY do you exercise?

[Deja Q]

[Deja Q]

1. What, nobody exercises?

[MemphisTiger]

2. My exercising has nothing to do with the news

positive or negative. It has to do with me wanting to remain healthy.

[CrispyQ]

3. I figure the way things are going in Bush's Merica,

you better get as healthy as you can. That's still no guarantee, but I am determined to reign in some excessive life style habits & get myself in as good a shape as I possibly can in hopes that it will payoff in fewer medical issues when I'm old. I've watched my mother go from being vibrant & active in her middle age, to being weak & completely unsure of herself on her feet as she has aged. She grasps at handrails, walls, anything that's available, when she walks & she is unsteady on her feet. I wonder how much of it is due to lost muscle mass.

[politicat]

4. It'll be easier to outrun the zombies if I'm in shape.

Because zombies have got to be next on the disaster list....

[MissMillie]

5. to help cope with negativity

physical activity gets me out of my head. When I work out I'm not thinking about how much the GOP has screwed up, or about my job, or the troubles w/ my kid.

All I think about is how to get through the next 40 minutes of aerobic activity, and how my form needs to be when I'm lifting.

Exercise is stress relief.