{"id":772,"date":"2018-07-11T05:40:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T05:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=772"},"modified":"2018-07-13T05:43:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T05:43:36","slug":"five-things-you-may-not-know-about-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"Five Things You May Not Know About Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>We all have those days when we know we should exercise but have absolutely no motivation to do so. The thing is, exercise is great for us and something we need to do regularly, no matter how hard it is to get started.<\/p>\n<p>So, to help inspire you to hit the gym, pound the pavement or turn up to this week\u2019s team training, we\u2019ve pulled together a list of some of the choice things about getting active.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Exercise boosts brain power<\/strong><br \/>\nSimply moving your body has immediate and long-lasting benefits for your brain. Getting your heart rate up improves your body\u2019s ability to use oxygen and increases blood flow to the brain, which helps you to think faster, react quicker, concentrate for longer, remember more and, most importantly, feel happier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Sweat more, stress-less<\/strong><br \/>\nWe all feel stressed at times, it is an inevitable part of life. So, if you\u2019re feeling stressed, a bit of physical activity might be just what you need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of sweating the small stuff, sweat it out through exercise,\u201d says Ritua Ali&#8217;iva&#8217;a, Auckland Council\u2019s Fitness Lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Exercise together, stay together<\/strong><br \/>\nBuild a better bond with your significant other, friend or family by working out together. Not only does it make exercise fun and you more committed, working towards mutual goals and providing support to each other helps you to develop stronger bonds. After all, relationships are built on shared experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at <a href=\"http:\/\/ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz\/articles\/news\/2018\/7\/five-things-you-may-not-know-about-exercise\/\">Auckland Council<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have those days when we know we should exercise but have absolutely no motivation to do so. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-exercise","tag-articles","tag-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}