# \#motivation **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tag/motivation/166.md [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) --- ## [Why should I exercise?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-should-i-exercise/204)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-should-i-exercise/204 "2017-12-16T20:49:45Z")
Why should I exercise? Your heart is a muscle. Exercising your heart is the same as exercising other muscles. By increasing the demand on it during exercise, you make it bigger and stronger. Just like doing pushups. A …