Saturday 26 November 2016

TYPES OF FITNESS

Endurance

It is also known as aerobic fitness. Aerobic activities increase your breathing and heart rate. This type of exercise keeps your heart, lungs and circulatory system healthy and improve your overall fitness. They include activities such as;
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Brisk walking
Yard work (moving, raking, digging)
Dancing


Strength


Strength exercises are intended to make your muscles stronger. It is an important exercise because it enables one to carry out tasks that require more energy. The exercise is also important for those people in different carriers such as in boxing. Some people Just do it for fun or passion.It is also called strength exercises or resistance training.
This type of exercise involve; lifting weights, using resistance band and using your own body weight.
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Balance

Balance exercises help to maintain balance so as to prevent falls, which is a common problem in older adults. 
It includes these types of exercises; standing on one foot, heel- to- toe walk and Tai Chi.
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Flexibility

Flexible exercises stretch your muscle and can help your body stay flexible. Being flexible gives you freedom of movement and also to do more activities and exercises.
Shoulder and upper arm stretch
Calf stretch
Yoga

3 comments:

  1. There is also circuit training which combines strength-training with aerobic exercise. This type of exercise involves jogging between exercise stations. At individual stations, you perform different flexibility, dynamic strength training and static strength training exercises

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    1. Awesome, good to know that, and of course put in practice

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  2. its really interesting to learn that there are various types of fitness.

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