Health Benefits of Exercise
You probably won’t read this, since it’s about exercise, but I think it’s time for a few words about the benefits of sweating. First of all, exercise isn’t supposed to be easy—especially if you have been a lounge lizard for years. And, no it isn’t over in six weeks. You will need to sweat and be very consistent about your workout schedule for a lot longer than six weeks. Sounds depressing doesn’t it? It means you must build your life around exercise, not vise versa!
If you are lucky enough to be a healthy individual, you will be able to build your physiological and functional levels quickly, adding a new wider improved quality to your lifestyle. When you exercise regularly, your general outlook on life brightens. Benefits of a good hard workout program are endless. Aerobic or cardiovascular training, along with weight bearing exercise movements, will improve bone density, increase circulation, improve stroke volume (cardiac efficiency), help dissipate metabolically produced heat, increase the body’s ability to use oxygen and generally improve your body’s performance.
Exercising three times a week for twelve weeks or longer will decrease fat stores and build muscle. So you will have enhanced the muscletendinous, skeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory systems of your body.
Even if you are not at full health to begin with, you will still find a load of benefits awaiting you. People with disabilities such as diabetes, arthritis, obesity, asthma, and coronary heart disease can find success in a modified fitness program. You may even reverse some of the symptoms of your disability with a regularly planned program combining exercise and proper nutrition.
Moderate exercise will help the diabetic use carbohydrates more efficiently. Arthritics will benefit from a fitness program that concentrates on range of motion. The asthmatic student will build cardio-respiratory function, reduce stress levels and develop a wider range of physical ability. The overweight student will burn fat and build muscle using a low impact workout. The heart patient can lower blood pressure, serum cholesterol levels, body fat and stress. All of these require specialized fitness programs and need a physician’s approval and the guidance of a knowledgeable fitness professional. Give yourself three months of dedicated exercise and no matter your abilities or disabilities, you will be quite pleasantly surprised with the results You may even find you enjoy it!
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