Benefits of Exercise

Exercise and physical workout have wide range benefits affecting physical, physiological, and spiritual conditions and bringing an all round personality development. It helps in forming a healthy body and a positive attitude towards life.

Benefits to Physical Health

Exercise helps in formation of strong and healthy body that is more resistant to diseases and fragilities. Following are some of the major benefits to physical health

Many exercise improve flexibility, some help to build muscular strength while some increase endurance.
There are many forms of continuous activities that involve using the muscles in your arms or legs. These are called endurance or aerobic exercises. These exercises help the heart by making it work more efficiently during exercise and at rest.
Brisk walking, jumping rope, sea -surfing, jogging, bicycling, cross-country skiing and dancing are other examples of aerobic activities that help in increasing endurance.

Benefits to Body

Physical exercise provides benefits to many body functions by helping

Taking in more oxygen: Breathing improves in exercise drawing more oxygen to lungs
Pumping blood faster forcefully: The heart beats fast to produce energy and deliver oxygen more effectively to the rest of your body. The force of each beat of your heart increases to maximize blood flow to your muscles and back to your lungs.
Increase the diameter and number of small blood vessels. The higher intake of oxygen to your muscles causes small blood vessels (capillaries) dilate to carry away waste products. Slowly it leads to rise in number of capillaries in muscles.
Avoid overheating. Your body warms up by repeated movement of your muscles. Body compensates the rise in temperature by releasing heat out.

Benefits in Prevent certain diseases and conditions

Exercise benefit the ability to ward off certain disease by helping

Reducing the risk of coronary artery disease: Exercise help in achieving a higher level of aerobic fitness that can help prevent heart attack.
Reduce the risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure).
Improve blood fats. Exercise increases the concentration of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) and decreases the concentration of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol) in blood.
Reduce the risk of developing some cancers, including breast, colon, and prostate cancer.
Reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Prevent viral illnesses. Physical exercise helps activate your immune system and prepare it to fight off infection. People who exercise regularly are less vulnerable to minor viral illnesses, such as colds and flu.

Benefits to Living Style

Regular exercise benefits the living style by

Increasing stamina
Managing stress
Improving sexual performance
Staying mobile for longer period of life
Staying in a positive frame of mind
Increase in self confidence

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