Lenin Rodriguez
12/10/2018
GYM/PHYSCIAL EDUCATION
What are the benefits of exercise? A question that numerous people tend to ask on a daily basis. Exercise is fundamental and essential for the human body, not only is it beneficial to sustaining our health but helps our self-esteem simultaneously. There are so many perks and benefits to exercising that I personally feel that anyone who is capable should indulge in some form of exercise. It’ll keep you and your health on track while also keeping you at bay from concerning health risks associated with the lack of exercise.
Exercise improves physical health. Physically active individuals have a much better health outlook than their sedentary peers. Even modest regular physical activity has a positive influence on people's health and vitality. A minimum of 20 to 30 minutes of moderate activity a day most days of the week will benefit health and assist with weight loss. A formal workout is not necessary to have these benefits; a walk will also be good enough. On top of that the intensity of a work out can be much more beneficial than a standard one as well.
Exercise reduces risks for serious illness. Exercise reduces people's chances of developing and dying of illnesses such as heart disease. It does this by lowering illness risk factors such as triglyceride and overall cholesterol levels, while improving the level of HDL, which is to be considered as the “good” cholesterol which has been claimed to reduce the risk of heart disease. Weight-bearing exercise and strength training activities help to maintain or increase bone mass, reducing a person's risk for osteoarthritis and associated bone fractures.
Regular exercise also lowers resting blood pressure rates for hours after an exercise session is over. In addition, moderate exercise may significantly reduce the risk of developing type II diabetes. Arthritics who exercise often experience more strength and flexibility in their affected joints as well as a reduced pain levels. Furthermore, exercise may delay or prevent the development of arthritis in other joints. Casually walking over a mile a day has been shown to reduce the risk of stroke significantly. Exercise even appears to reduce the risk of developing some cancers, especially cancers of the breast and colon.
Exercise increases energy and vitality feelings. Sedentary individuals often complain of being too tired to work out. Ironically, exercise improves people's capacity for work so that people who exercise on a regular basis actually have more energy and greater strength and endurance for daily activities than do their sedentary peers. The feeling of increased energy, and vitality is one of the first things people tend to notice a few weeks after beginning to working out on a regular basis. This increase in energy is arguably extremely beneficial and a very good reason to begin working out in the first place in my personal opinion.
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