Physical Activity In Motion

As stated in our text book Physical activity is movement that is carried out by the skeletal muscles that requires energy. Exercise, however, is planned, structured, repetitive and intentional movement intended to improve or maintain physical fitness. Physical activity helps you live longer and prevent many chronic diseases, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, abnormal blood lipid profile, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and colon and breast cancers. Exercise can help keep your body at a healthy weight. Exercise is als ogreat for your heart and to build good muscles that are strong as well. ‘ A study in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise showed that doing 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise (jogging, not sprinting) makes you more resilient against stressors hours later, like preparing for that big meeting with your boss.’

Five major health realated conponets for physical fitness would be as listed: body composition flexibility muscular strength  muscular endurance  cardiorespiratory endurance Total fitness can be defined by how well the body performs in each one of the components of physical fitness as a whole. These five components are vitally important to health and wellness as well as to the ability to engage in normal activities of daily living (ADLs) such as performing chores or taking care of loved ones. Your exercise training programs should be designed with the intent of improving each of the five components of fitness.

Fitness is the ability of an individual to perform the physical demands of daily activities and recreational athletics and still have the energy to cope with the challenges of life. The amount of exercise and the ability that the body can handle all depends on you the person that is doing the exercise. We want to make sure that our body progresses and is able to handle the actitives that we are doing and putting our body through. It really does not matter what type of activies you are doing as long as your capable of handling the desired out come that you precive.

Make a scheual that you are comfortable with a limit yourself as well. Make your goal relistic and do not over do what your body can handle. Each worlout should progress and become longer as you go setting a pace for yourself. Example start with 10 minute exercises allowing your body to get use to the new activities and move up gradually to 45 minutes a day. Always strech properly and make sure that you are ready to do your exercises. Do not just jump in and assume that you can do 25 push-ups. This can lead to injuring you shoulders and arm muscles. We want to advoide and types of imjury to our bodies while we exercise. In our text books it stattes taht exercise can improve bone health by strengthing your bones,