Thursday, March 1, 2012
Exercise and Fitness
Physical fitness is the ability to preform regular moderate to rigorous physical activity without great fatigue. Some components include cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexiblity, and body composition.
There are many benefits from regular activity. There is improved cardiorespiratory fitness. Another benefit is the ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to supply oxygen to muscles during physical activity. Reducing risk of heart disease, prevention of high blood sugar pressure, and improved cholesterol levels. Doing regular exercise and fitness you can maintain bone mass, control your weight, and improve your health and life span. Improving your health lif would also prevent diabetes, increase longevity, and increase immunity to diseases.
To improve cardiorespiratory fitness you can preform some aerobic exercises. You can really do any type of exercise that increase heart rate, but total body activities are the most beneficial for you. Some execise activities that would fall uner the catagory of total body activities would be swimming, cross country skiing, and rowing.
http://www.medicinenet.com/exercise/article.htm
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