40 Years Old, Rich Man's Disease and Why You Should Start Exercise at a Young Age.

Hey there everyone. Do you know that when you are 40 your metabolic system is not as effective compared to your younger days. That is why when you turn 40 and you have not been exercising for the past 10 years, you better START OFF SLOWLY.

Start with 10-20 min walking or if you think your body can take it, go for a jog. From there, increase the intensity when you think you push yourself harder. By the end of the week you can reach 30 or even 45 min of exercise in a day. Its all about motivation and your determination to be healthy. The main thing people who are 40 and above should focus more on are a few important things like CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE, MUSCLE STRENGTH, MUSCLE ENDURANCE, FLEXIBILITY & BODY COMPOSITION.


There are 5 important factors that make up health related fitness which everyone from every age group should have and these 5 factors will determine your longevity. It is important that you have a strong heart (can be obtained through cardiovascular exercises like jogging or swimming) muscle strength and endurance (through weight training or body weight training) flexibility (through stretching and remember to hold 20-30 secs each stretch) and lastly body composition ( means you have a average body fat percentage and good amount of muscle mass in your body).

Doing exercise in a group gives you motivation and a chance to build new friendship!

Ok. Now to talk about rich man's disease. LET ME ASK YOU THIS, Do rich people invest enough time to exercise and be active? NO. These individuals are too focused on being successful until they forget about exercise and their body!

Study, Study, Study. What about exercise?

The importance of exercise should be implemented from a young age. This is to prevent our children to grow up thinking exercise is not important! When you start a habit like that during your younger days, you will definitely bring this BAD HABIT growing up and sooner or later when all you do is eat all the oily, fatty and high calorie food, you will grow up to be obese and the chances of you getting the Rich Man's Diseases like heart attack, gout and many more is higher. And then you inherit it in your DNA and then your child or grandchildren might inherit the Rich Man's disease from YOU.

Don't be like this! GET UP AND EXERCISE!

This applies to everyone from everywhere. Please don't be lazy and get up from that sofa and start practicing regular exercise! Don't be a person who just says "Oh I will start tomorrow" after reading this but seriously, please just do it! Remind yourself and find your motivation or drive to exercise and be a better you for YOU and for your FUTURE. Manage your time well and balance study, social life, and exercise when you are young and you will enjoy a better healthier life.

Have a nice day everyone!