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There are at least 2 great reasons for making fitness a priority. First, it improves the quality of your life. Second, it improves the quantity of your life. If we can convincingly argue that fitness actually achieves these goals, it seems obvious it should be a priority. Many articles and magazines discuss how physical activity can minimize health risks and describe other benefits of physical fitness. However, knowing exercise is good may not be enough for us to make the time we need.

A huge chunk of the American population lives a sedentary lifestyle. Aside from having a life with very little to no physical activity, our poor eating habits contribute to an increased mortality rate. Approximately 300,000 adults in the United States die because of inactivity paired with a poor diet[1].

A recent study showed that a sedentary lifestyle can just be as hazardous to one’s health as smoking. Physical inactivity has been proven to be a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Most Americans, although not completely sedentary, are not active enough to gain any health benefits from whatever activity they have. Here are some of the key statistics that correlate inactivity to certain diseases: