- Lower your risk for nearly every disease, from colds to cancer
- Strengthen your heart and lungs
- Lower your blood pressure
- Keep your weight down
- Maintain and even increase bone density
- Strengthen your immune system
- Lower the percentage of body fat
- Increase the “good” HDL cholesterol and decrease the “bad” LDL cholesterol
- Relieve stress and tension
- Reduce the chances of lower-back problems
- Change the shape of your body
- Increase your range of motion
- Improve reflexes, memory, and coordination
- Improve your sex life
- Stimulate the release of endorphins, which give your body a natural “high” feeling of euphoria
- Relieve depression
- Change your self-image and self-esteem
- Lengthen your life
Source: Callanetics Fit Forever by Callan Pinckney (p. 30)
