An international consensus statement on physical activity, fitness and health (Bouchard et al 1994) identifies six areas affected by physical exercise: body shape, bone strength, muscle strength, flexibility skeleton, physical fitness and motor fitness of metabolism. Other areas benefit from physical activity is cognitive function, mental health and adaptation to society. Exercise was defined as a regular activity that follows a specific pattern, and whose purpose is to achieve desirable results in terms of fitness, as a better general health or physical functioning. (more…)
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Aerobic exercise is one form of exercise with low to moderate intensity which is done for a longer or a moderate duration. With aerobic exercise, our blood flow increases to the muscles, thus strengthening cardiovascular and lungs. Muscles need oxygen, and the increases muscle activity associated with aerobic exercise makes body to allow for more oxygen to the muscles being used. This does the heart and lungs working better and harder. At the end it will also strengthens the lungs and the entire cardiovascular system. There are also another term that you may have heard before: Anaerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise is in contrast to anaerobic exercise which usually involves intense activity that is abruptly or short in duration, such as weight lifting. (more…)
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