If you were asked, what level of physical fitness are you, what would your answer be?
According to the latest statistics, physically, most of us are in pretty bad shape.......
Physical fitness is defined as, "the body's ability to perform physical activity without distress or injury."
Using your mind's eye, can you picture most of the people you know performing any type of physical activity without distress or injury?
Health Fitness Exercise
People young and old should incorporate regular physical activity into their everyday lives in order to attain physical fitness.
This does not necessarily mean joining an expensive gym or committing to a rigorous exercise or training routine.
It is sufficient to choose activities that fit into your daily routine that speed your heart rate and breathing, or increase your strength and flexibility. Examples include walking to work, gardening, taking extra stairs, or mowing the lawn with a push mower.
Besides building strength and aerobic fitness, regular exercise relieves stress, provides motivation, promotes relaxation, and facilitates sleep. Such activity reduces the risk of dying of coronary heart disease and decreases the risk for colon cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
Fitness facts
There are 1440 minutes in every day... Schedule 30 of them for physical activity.
Adults need recess too! With a little creativity and planning, even the person with the busiest schedule can make room for physical activity.
Give the BOSU Trainer from Amazon.com a try. This ball allows you to combine all elements of fitness for a successful workout. You are "moving with control" as you learn to workout on this ever-changing surface! The DVD runs through a variety of workouts, combining balance, cardiovascular, toning and stretching.
For many folks, before or after work or meals is often an available time to cycle, walk, or play.
Think about your weekly or daily schedule and look for or make opportunities to be more active. Every little bit helps. Consider the following suggestions:
Walk, cycle, jog, skate, etc., to work, school, the store, or place of worship.
Park the car farther away from your destination.
Get on or off the bus several blocks away.
Take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator.
Play with children or pets. Everybody wins. If you find it too difficult to be active after work, try it before work.
Take fitness breaks-walking or doing desk exercises-instead of taking cigarette or coffee breaks.
Perform gardening or home repair activities.
Avoid labor-saving devices-turn off the self-propel option on your lawn mower or vacuum cleaner.
Use leg power-take small trips on foot to get your body moving.
Exercise while watching TV (for example, use hand weights, stationary bicycle/treadmill/stairclimber, or stretch).
Dance to music.
Keep a pair of comfortable walking or running shoes in your car and office. You'll be ready for activity wherever you go!
Make a Saturday morning walk a group habit.
Walk while doing errands.
Health fitness tips
Regular physical fitness is important throughout life.
Healthy lifestyles are more influential than genetic factors in avoiding deterioration traditionally associated with aging. The growing number of older folk places increasing demands on the public health system and on medical and social services.
Currently, almost one-third of total U.S. health care expenditures are for older adults.
These expenditures are largely due to treatment and care of chronic diseases, and the cost associated with many of these conditions could be reduced through regular physical activity.
Keep at it and before you know it, it becomes a lifestyle of physical fitness.
It is sufficient to choose activities that fit into your daily routine that speed your heart rate and breathing, or increase your strength and flexibility. Examples include walking to work, gardening, taking extra stairs, or mowing the lawn with a push mower.