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We've
assembled some interesting facts that will help you appreciate your body
and keep you motivated to take care of it.
Boost
your burning power. Did you know that for every 1 lb of muscle you
gain, your body burns an extra 50 calories a day?
Use
it or lose it. By age 65, people who haven't engaged in regular exercise
may incur a decrease in their muscular strength level by as much as 80%.
Make
your move. A muscle moves by contracting and by its motion, you move.
As a machine for moving, a muscle is pretty efficient, using about 35-50%
of its potential energy.
More
than a few. The human body has more than 650 muscles.
Unique
in its own way. No two muscles in the body have exactly the same function.
When one muscle is paralyzed, either stability of the body part is impaired
or some specific movement is lost.
The
cellulite myth. There is no such thing as cellulite. The skin sometimes
appears lumpy in fatty areas of the body because strands of connective
tissue attach the skin to underlying structures. These points of attachment
may pull tight where the fat is thick, making lumps appear between them.
The fat itself is not different from excess fat anywhere else in the body.
So, if you reduce body fat, you will begin to lose the lumpy appearance.
The
cardiovascular chain. Your body has approximately 60,000 miles of
blood vessels that not only oxygenate the tissues of the body and unburden
them of wastes, but also act as stringent regulators of the body's environment.
Stressful
miles. If you are 25 lbs overweight, you have nearly 5,000 extra miles
of blood vessels through which your heart must pump blood.
Taking
a break. Your heart rests between beats. Over a normal lifespan, your
heart stands still for about 20 years.
Now
that's pressure. Your blood rushes through your arteries with enough
pressure to lift a column of blood five feet into the air.
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