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• 10 BENEFITS OF EXERCISE
...10 Benefits of Exercise...
• Improve and maintain health (optimum body functioning).Creates a strong healthy environment for the body systems
• Improve and maintain physical fitness (set of attributes that are health related e.g. strong heart and muscles, optimum metabolism etc).
Exercise increases heart rate and breathing for an extended period of time, exercising and strengthening the heart muscle. A strong heart means stronger pump and blood flow = increased energy and increased circulation. Circulation assists almost every process in the body including waste elimination etc.
Exercising is "doing work" that strengthens muscles being used to carry out the work. Strong muscles carry out quality work and endure longer.
• Weight Maintenance (Burns of excess fat in body)
Exercising is "doing work" that uses up energy. It uses up and burns of excess fat in the body to maintain healthy fat stores in the body. Muscle is also metabolically active and is constantly burning calories. See article; Basics on Weight Loss.
• Increases Longevity, Quality and Duration of Life
• Decrease chances of health conditions
e.g. heart disease, diabetes, etc
• Energizes
Workout demands energy from body and the body rises to meet demands by creating more mitochondria, energy producing organs in body cells. Also increased blood circulation means nutrients get to cells quicker, producing more energy.
• Good Mood
Releases endorphins, hormones that are associated with creating happy emotional states.
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