Hey Christine,

I hope you had a good week. It's nice that we have had some blue skies lately so I hope you've been able to enjoy that small pleasure!

Last week I wrote about the importance of having empathy for our future selves. More often than not, we disassociate from this Future You version of ourselves. We somehow trick ourselves into thinking that Future Christine, will be able to harder things that the current version of ourselves can't seem to do, like get up early to exercise, or say no to dessert etc. The fact is, Future You is still just you and so if you are, please, if you know you need to make a change but just can't seem to be motivated enough to do it, don't think Future You will be either. The best time to start was yesterday, but the second best is right now. So get at it!

That said, sometimes visuals help more than just words, so I thought I would share this post by Dr Sam Spinelli. Below you will see an image of a cross section of three thighs, a 40 year old athlete, a 74 year old sedentary man and a 70 year old athlete.

The pictures say all you need to know. Exercise matters.

In the comment section he says "It is commonly believed that with aging comes an inevitable decline from vitality to frailty. This includes feeling weak and often the loss of independence. These declines may have more to do with lifestyle choices, including sedentary living and poor nutrition, than the absolute potential of musculoskeletal aging.

The ability to retain muscle mass and strength in the upper decades of life via the simple modality of chronic exercise bodes well for our ability to intervene and prevent the functional declines experienced with sedentary aging."

In summary, getting in your daily exercise, can do more for your health than just about anything else. So get up and get moving! :)

xo Christine

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