Exercise
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Exercises can be thought of as physical activities which help us to gain physical fitness and to maintain a better health. Doing exercises regularly is one of the most important factors for maintaining a better health. By doing exercises regularly you will get some unique kind of health benefits, which you won't get by other means.
Benefits of Doing Exercises
Regular Exercising can give you the following benefits:
- It will reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure.
- It will reduce the risk of developing high cholesterol.
- It will prevent you from type 2 Diabetes.
- It will burn your unnecessary fat and will help you keeping a healthy weight.
- It will help you to have a better mood. Start doing exercise regularly and see the difference.
- Regular exercise will improve your cardiovascular system and blood circulation throughout your body. If you do breathing exercise regularly in fresh air functionality of your lungs will definitely improve in a significant way. And these all in turns will ensure more oxygen supply to your cells and tissue. So, you will be more energetic.
- Certain kind of exercises will help you build strong muscles and increase your physical strength.
- Regular exercise in long run will strengthen your immune system.
- Exercise will reduce the tendency for insomnia and some exercises will reduce depression.
Types of Exercise
You can classify exercises as the following types:
- Aerobic Exercise: Aerobic exercises will improve your oxygen
consumption and generally includes larger amounts of muscle groups.
They are generally more rhythmic and repetitive. By doing these exercises
you will be able to increase blood flow to your muscle and tissues significantly.
Common examples of aerobic exercises are: Running, Jogging, Walking, Swimming and Cycling. - Anaerobic Exercise: Anaerobic exercise include smaller portion
of your body with high intensity for a shorter period of time. It is not as
rhythmic as aerobic exercise. Generally, anaerobic exercises are performed for
building strong muscles and increase overall physical strength.
Common examples of anaerobic exercises are: Heavy weight lifting, Sprinting. - Strength building exercises: These kinds of exercises are
specially designed to increase your strength. This includes increase of strength
in your muscles, bones, tendon and ligaments.
There is no specific example of strength building exercises. Generally it is included as part of a bigger program like in a training session for athletes (i.e: training sessions for gymnasts)or you can customize it for you. - Exercises for Flexibility: These kinds of exercises involve
mainly our joints and the muscle areas related to the joints.
You can call them "free hand exercises" also. With the increase of our ages
flexibility decreases. But, doing these free hand exercises regularly only for 10 - 15
minutes you can easily make your joints and body more flexible.
Common examples of flexibility exercises are: Stretching.
How and Where can you Perform these exercises
Aerobic Exercises
You can perform aerobic exercises both in home, in gym and also in outdoors. In home you can do aerobic exercises with help of the following popular exercise equipments:
- Treadmill
- Elliptical Trainers
- Stationary bikes
Anaerobic Exercises
Like aerobic exercises you can perform anaerobic exercises in home,in gym or in outdoors. In home you can do anaerobic exercises with the following equipments:
- Dumbbells
- Barbells
Strength building exercises
You can perform these kinds of exercises in home, in gym and also in outdoors. But, to get the best results you should be under supervision of an experienced person or a professional. So, you can be member of a gym or alternately you can sign up for a health program which will meet your demand.
Exercises for flexibility
You can do these exercises anywhere anytime. In home, in office, in park and everywhere else. ( But, try not to do in front of your BOSS! LOL )Feeling bored in office with lots of work? Do some stretching. You will feel better.
Back To TopWhat should be the right kind of exercise for you
- If you are an average person like me who wants to have a better health, wants to be more fit physically and wants to maintain a healthy weight then you should choose Aerobic and Flexibility exercises.
- If you are an sports person or like to actively participate in various sports activities then along with aerobic you definitely have to do anaerobic exercises.
- If you want to build muscles and increase strength of your body, joints, ligaments then you should definitely choose a strength building exercise program.
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