In the past, people have always been active, either farming, hunting, etc. In the last few hundred years, more and more people started moved to the cities and stopped being as active, which the body requires for total health. At the turn of the 20th century, 90% people were farmers. Today, less than 3% people are farmers. People are meant to be active. Without physical activity, the body adapts, physical strength and endurance decreases, energy reserves decrease, the physical body depresses; therefore, increasing the likelihood of becoming mentally depressed. In the old days, the farmer would hoe for hours, putting undue stress on certain body parts which ultimately created muscle imbalances and injuries. He would be active that the body requires, but at such a high cost of time, muscle imbalances, and injuries.
We know more today about achieving total physical health than we have ever know. We know how to get the activity the body requires for total health in a much more efficient and safer manner and quicker. We know more on how to target muscle groups via exercise machines and exercises for muscle strength and endurance, planned in such a way as to ensure muscle balance is maintained, while getting the activity the body needs, and therefore physical health & fitness, which ultimately leads to mental, emotional, social health and fitness. We know more on how to exercise the body to get the desired results of activity in a much more effective, safer, quicker means. For example, we know more today on how to increase weight loss by increasing the body’s metabolism via muscle activity through muscle exercises focused on weight loss, diet, and cardio.
A whole, complete healthy lifestyle - of total living in all aspects of one's life - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Each aspect affects each other and therefore works with each other. When a person is in great physical shape, they feel great, and more effectively handle life and get the most out of their life. When a person is up, they feel more confident, have more energy, do more things, they accomplish and achieve more, & the more successful they become.
