Your Health: Where the New Jersey Businessperson Can Exercise!

Your Health is a six-part series written by NEW JERSEY BUSINESS magazine, which explores various aspects of personal well-being.

By George N. Saliba, Managing Editor On Oct 16, 2018

It is a societal mantra that aerobic exercise yields many benefits, ranging from bolstering one’s immune system and facilitating cardiovascular health, to improving one’s mood and, yes, even increasing longevity, for example.  It is simultaneously a recurring theme that people should “start new exercise habits” and continue with them indefinitely until infirmity or age prohibits – so they may reap the aforementioned benefits.

The businessperson may feel that he or she does not have the time to exercise, but many argue that exercise’s boons are significant enough to warrant paring back other commitments, if necessary, so that it may be included in a businessperson’s schedule.

Literally thousands of books exist detailing how to exercise and also develop and maintain exercise motivation, yet what is perhaps unsung is the fact that after a person receives medical clearance to partake in aerobic exercise, the requisite costs can be very low: a pair of athletic shoes and a safe environment where one can walk, cycle or rollerblade, for instance.

New Jersey has an abundance of open spaces and beautiful neighborhoods which dovetail with the overall aerobic exercise equation. When a person’s neighborhood streets become overly routine, this list  by the The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (which describes itself as a “volunteer-powered organization that builds, maintains and protects public trails”) may offer a change of pace for those who appreciate nature.

And while interacting with nature has many demonstrable benefits of its own, some exercise aficionados enjoy New Jersey’s busy city streets, or even exercising on the gridded layout of nearby Manhattan’s maze of roads and bridges.

For those people who prefer a “gym” environment replete with equipment, health clubs can be located from Cape May to Sussex County. The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Division of Consumer Affairs offers a two-page consumer brief on the topic, with tried-and-true advice for selecting a reputable one.

As the famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso once said, “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”   NEW JERSEY BUSINESS reasons that what the genius did not say is that if people exercise, from an actuarial standpoint they should live longer, thus permitting more time to partake in the other activities they so enjoy.

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