Eight Interesting Facts about Fitness

1. In the course of a lifetime, the resting heart will have pumped enough blood to fill 13 supertankers...so treat it right...it works hard!

2. A person breathes 7 quarts of air every minute, so make sure you treat your lungs right!  If you smoke, maybe think twice.

3. The human nervous system can relay messages to the brain at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.  Your brain receives 100 million nerve messages each second from your senses.  Eating healthy has a great impact on your nervous system and every other system in your body for that matter.

4. Every day 4000 children and teenagers take up smoking...we need to set a better example.

5. Underwater swimming is the only time you should hold your breathe while exercising...air is free, enjoy it!

6. If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction, you could lift 25 tons...so you are stronger than you thought!

7. There are 206 bones in your body, yet one fourth of them are in your feet, so buy good shoes (You are welcome ladies...show this to your men and blame us).

8. The human body has 45 miles of nerves...no wonder I always feel nervous!