Health Benefits of Exercise

Health Benefits of Exercise

Regular exercise can help protect you from heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure,

noninsulin-dependent diabetes, obesity,back pain, osteoporosis, and can improve your mood 

and help you to better manage stress.

For the greatest overall health benefits, experts recommend that you do 20 to 30 minutes of

aerobic activity three or more times a week and some type of muscle strengthening activity

and stretching at least twice a week.However, if you are unable to do this levels of 

activity, you can gain substantial health benefits by accumulating 30 minutes or more of

 moderate- intensity physical activity a day, at least five times a week.

If you have been inactive fir a while, you may want to start with less strenuous activities 

such as walking or swimming at a comfortable pace. Beginning at a slow pace will allow you

 to become physically fit without straining your body. Once you are in better shape, you can

gradually do more strenuous activity.

How Physically Activities Impacts Health

Regular Physical activities that is performed in most days of the week reduces the risk of

developing or dying from some of the leading causes of illness and death in the united

status.

• Reduces the risk of dying prematurely.
• Reduce the risk of dying prematurely heart disease.
• Reduce the risk of developing  diabetes.
• Reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure.
• Helps reduce blood pressure in people who already have high blood pressure.
• Reduce the risk of developing colon cancer.
• Reduce the feeling of depression and anxiety.
• Helps control weight.
• Helps build and maintain healthy bones , muscles, and joints
• Help older adults become stronger and better able to move about without falling.
•  Promotes psychological well-being.

Specific Health Benefits of Exercise

Heart Disease and stroke. Daily physical activity can help prevent heart disease and stroke 
by strengthening your heart muscle, lowering your blood pressure, raising your high-density
lipoprotein (HDL) levels (good cholesterol ) and lowering low-density lipoprptein (LDL)
levels (bad cholestrole), improving blood flow, and increasing your heart's working 
capacity.

High Blood Pressure. Regular physical activity can reduce pressure in those with high
blood pressure levels. Physical activity also reduce body fatness, which is associated
 with high blood pressure.

Noninsulin- Dependent Diabetes. by reducing body fatness, physical activity can help to
prevent and control this type of diabetes.

Obesity. Physical  activity help to reduce body fat building or preserving muscle mass
and improving the body's ability to use  calories.when physical activity is combined with
proper nutrition, it can help control weight and prevent obesity , a major risk factor for 
many diseases.

Back Pain. by increasing muscle strength and endurance and improving flexibility  and 
posture, regular exercise helps to prevent back pain.

Osteoporosis. Regular weight-bearing exercise promotes bone formation and may prevent many
forms of bone loss associated with aging.

Psychological effects.Regular physical activity can improve your mood and the way you fell 
about yourself. Researchers also found that exercise is likely to reduce depression 
and anxiety and help you to better manage stress.