You breathe in 7 quarts of air every minute 3500 calories = 1 lb of fat 1 lb of muscle will burn an extra 50 cal a day Exercise increases serotonin in the brain, and improves mental clarity. Exercise gives you energy Exercise helps keep stress and depression at bay Everyone has 20 minutes to exercise a day! Exercise prevents heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, & osteoporosis Exercise strengthens the heart Exercise allows you to eat more and get away with it! Your heart is about the size of your fist and weighs as much as a softball The heart is the strongest muscle in the body and beats roughly 100,00 times a day An exercise partner will help keep you on track! If all 600 muscles in your body worked together, you could lift 25 tons. There is enough surface area in your lungs to fill an entire swimming pool There are 206 bones in your body The human body has 45 miles of nerves The fastest mile by a human = 3:43.13 You use 200 muscle to take one step. Women's hearts beat faster then men's Your Brain is 80% water Hair will fall out faster if on a crash diet. Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress In America there are around 300,000 deaths that are contributed by obesity with out regular strength training, you lose approximately 1/2 lb. of muscle tissue a year. A slow metabolism is one primary cause of fat gain.