physical fitness and health report
Done by: Abdulla Amer Al Saadi
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Hedley Butterfield
What is fitness? When
talking about fitness people always think of going to the gym and working out,
but that is not what fitness is all about. In the report I will explain the
different states of fitness and how can a person be fit.
The most known type of
fitness would be physical fitness but this also falls into several categories,
such as weightlifting, physical exercises, running, swimming etc. What fitness does is it aids in sports,
whether we would gain more strength, stamina or endurance, which helps us
tackle various sports.
By adding fitness to our
lifestyle, we would benefit tremendously by being more active and less prone to
diseases and that would also enhance our blood circulation that would also be
beneficial to the brain and heart.
The USA alone reports at
least 250,000 death annually due to the fact that people do not exercise or
have an active lifestyle, their reason was it was not having enough time,
because jobs require sitting for hours, while more and more excuses come up
with technological advancements that does not require us to use manual labor
people just got lazy. (Health Benefits of Physical
Fitness.1999)
While being lazy and not active, you are open
to more health risks, such as:
·
Type 2 diabetes
·
High Blood Pressure
·
Coronary heart disease
·
Stroke
·
Death
To avoid this, and help the world’s population to
be aware that lack of activity would be certain to cause chronic diseases, and
premature death, studies state that you do not have to work very hard in order
to be physically fit from the start, take things slow, for example, instead of
driving to your work or grocery store or anywhere, walk or bike instead, unless
that would be impossible, then specify a time in your week to talk a normal
paced walk at least an hour twice, or three times a week until you get used to
it and slowly you would turn your life around and would want to live a healthy
and active lifestyle because of the benefits it would give you and not to
mention letting you be in a better mood as well, because psychological studies
have shown that lack of exercise would cause depression. (Lack
of exercise…2012)
As we
look forward to the advantages of having a physically active lifestyle we would
gain a lot of benefits such as:
·
Weight Control
·
Reducing the risks of chronic
diseases
·
Overall better mood
·
Feeling active and full of energy
·
Helps with sleep
But the
benefits just don’t stop there, there are many more advantages, it could also
help with bonding with your family if you are always stuck in the office and
have no time to see them, planning a family fitness day three times a week
would be fun and at the same time healthy so you and your family can always
motivate each other, same thing with doing it with your friends, it creates a
bond between people. (Staff, M. C. 2014)
But fitness alone won’t do much, in order to
sustain a healthy lifestyle and is able to workout dieting should be considered
as it will help you reach your goals of weigh loss or fitness, as there may be
a million diet plans, most of them do not actually work, you should try your
best to consume natural foods and drinking plenty of water.
In the long run you would eventually be bored
with doing the same exercise over and over again, since humans grow and evolve,
we are prone to evolve our sports as well, and over the years, there have been
many ways to perform exercises which have been growing in reputation and the
most famous fitness sport is weight lifting, it has been available for so many
years, and in recent years it has become a trend for people especially
teenagers in high school, because not only does it give you a great physique
but you’d have more endurance and strength.
Other than weight lifting, there have been
other sports, which are categorized in 4 groups: (4 Types of Exercise. n.d.)
·
Endurance
o Walking
o Dancing
o Swimming
o Tennis/basketball
o Boxing
·
Strength
o Resistance
training
o Weight lifting
o Cross fit
·
Balance
o Yoga
o Tai chi
·
Flexibility
o Aerobics
o Gymnastics
By mixing up these exercise groups you would
have no excuse to be bored from trying out fitness, you could also focus on one
that you like, and try out others for an added benefit if you would go pro in
them.
Starting group sessions will also motivate
people and stay in competition so if they see themselves as slacking they could
challenge themselves to beat their teammates, or one-to-one competition with
your friend and see who would end up in a better physical appearance and
overall health after a specified time.
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