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;
Brisk walking
Yard work (moving, raking, digging)
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.
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.
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
Shoulder and upper arm stretch
Calf stretch
Yoga
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
ReplyDeleteAwesome, good to know that, and of course put in practice
Deleteits really interesting to learn that there are various types of fitness.
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