In
Everyday life, I ride buses and sky trains to get to places, take escalators
and elevators rather than stairs and watch movies and surf the web in my
leisure time. However, doing all these sedentary activities, I still prefer
physical over sedentary for many reasons.
Many
studies have shown that exercising and getting the circulation through the body
is extremely beneficial for not only people, who want to be fit, but also
teenagers and students with academic and social stress. When our body is in a
physical activity, moving our muscles and pumping the blood through the body,
our brain signals and releases a special type of hormone called “epinephrine”. Epinephrine
initiates the expansion and retraction of arteries and veins, allowing a more
efficient circulation and also, releases glucose, one of the essential elements
for the body to function. The hormone acts as a soft drug and physically numbs
the body and relieves accumulated stress. It is proven with scientific evidence
that being involved in physical activities can benefit many different
individuals physically and psychologically.
To
add one more thing, as a teenage student who lives in Vancouver, one of the
green cities in the world, it is very hard to understand why people would sit
in their gloomy room staring at a computer screen or watching a meaningless
television show. With all the beautiful trails full of trees and beaches with
great sceneries, it is impossible to be a “sedentary Vancouverite”.
It
is Friday afternoon, just like every teenager, I am staring at the computer
screen, looking at the new iPhone 5. I get a Facebook message from my friend
asking whether I want to play tennis later this evening. I give a little shrug
and type “for sure, I’m down” and click send.
