Advantage Of Health Related Fitness

In this paper I will be explaining how sports are beneficial to good health. Sports help you to stay in shape and stay healthy, also it helps you with your communicating skills. Sports will help you to stay out of trouble and to use team work. I will also show how participating in activities will help you train your brain and sharpen your communication skills.

Introduction: Exercise is a physical activity or particular movement that is used in order to become healthier and stronger. (1) Exercise, in all of its forms, has various effects on the different systems in the human body. One of the main benefits is cardiovascular health, including circulation and heart health. Exercise uses a lot of energy, which the cells derive from oxidising glucose. Meaning that the heart has to work harder to pump more blood throughout the body and the heart has to beat faster in order to achieve a high effort. (2) The heart benefits from exercise include being able to pump more blood through the body and continue working at a higher level with less strain. (3)

Cardiovascular fitness in an important activity that should be incorporated into everyone fitness plan. These activities are important for heart and lung health as well as a multitude of factors towards physical and emotional well being. Some examples of these factors are relaxes, revitalizes, aids in weight loss, prevents plaque buildup in arteries, reduces chances of clots and even decreased risk of cancers (Thygerson & Thygerson, 2013). Cardiovascular exercises are an important way to stay healthy and life a longer more exuberant life.

Stretching allows you to increase muscle flexibility and joint range of motion. When your muscles are loosened and relaxed, your body can engage in movement easily without resistance and pain.

Health and physical fitness have a vital role in the life of men. And the progress of the nation lays the hands of people; every individual should develop physical fitness for a happy and effective living. That’s why physical activity is very important in South African context. For a person to be physically fit one has to be involved in physical activities. Physical activity is very important for our overall development and growth, as it moves our different parts of the bodies, sitting up, holding, jumping, rolling, running, crawling and walking. Physical activity provides general health benefit across a range of diseases and the greatest health benefits happen when we are active.

Flexibility is the ability to move muscles and joints through their full range of motion. Flexibility comes from stretching, and is increased through stretching properly. Flexibility allows for a person to move with ease and without pain. Flexibility also allows for a reduce in the risk of joint sprain or muscle strain, reduce the risk of back problems, or muscle soreness.

Cardiovascular fitness is the most important of physical fitness because it consists of getting the body in fitness where it can endure lasting activities while on the move, to promote health and wellness that will help in reducing the risk for different types of diseases. A good cardiovascular fitness consists of having a good, strong fit heart; the heart is a muscle what pumps the blood through the body and should consist of good beats per minute (Corbin, Welk, Corbin & Welk, 2016).

One of the fitness components is cardio endurance (Cardiovascular Endurance). This fitness component relates to when your heart starts to increase in strength. When the heart and lungs supply oxygen to the bloodstream throughout the body. When trying to work on your Cardiovascular Endurance you want to do exercises that increase your heart rate for a long time.

In its simplest form exercise can be described as any form of physical activity that elevates heart rate. There are numerous forms of exercise that appeal to a variety of different individuals with differing abilities. This includes benefits to physical health such as lowering the risks of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, but exercise also equally benefits mental health. The mental health benefits of exercise, often are greatest in those suffering mental illness, more specifically in aiding to improve symptoms of these illnesses. These benefits may make a huge difference in the mental health millions of people.

Strengthening one’s heart through exercise can help one prevent heart failure and heart diseases. One can improve heart health by exercising. Exercising reduces the risks of dying from heart diseases, helps one’s heart work more efficiently, decrease heart cramping and heart failure. When one exercises there is more amounts blood that is being pumped and returning to the heart. This strengthens one’s heart cavity so your cavity can hold more blood and will be able to pump more blood out every time one’s heart beats. Gradually, over time and with the help of exercise, one’s resting heart rate drops because the heart is producing larger amounts of blood each heartbeat. When one’s heart is not pumping as fast, this takes stress of one’s heart and will allow the heart to rest. Exercising can also reduce the risks of bad cholesterol and helps to reduce blood pressure. One’s oxygen intake will also increase with cardio exercises and as one strengthens, daily activities will become easier and faster to do. One will be able to walk up and down the stairs without missing a beat or perhaps being able to chase after children in the park. There have also been studies showing that cardio exercises can improve one’s bone health and strength. Studies also suggest that your chances of having back pain and disabilities will decrease with cardio workouts. A few other positive aspects of a cardio workout are

Cardiovascular (CV) fitness or endurance is how efficient your body is at taking in oxygen and putting it to use. The cardiovascular system is comprised of the heart, blood, and blood vessels through which blood travels around the body. Aerobic exercise is a key element in CV training. Aerobic simply means “with oxygen”, this type of activity includes things such as swimming, dancing, walking, jogging and cycling (Bushman, 2011). Essentially aerobic activities are exercises where large muscles are moving in a rhythmic way for a sustainable period of time (“Active Adults”, 2015).

The body is composed of various systems that work together to maintain a homeostatic environment. The respiratory system and cardiovascular system in specific, are responsible for distributing respiratory gases throughout the body in attempt to maintain acid-base balance levels between the optimal range of 7.35 and 7.45. Exercise imposes physiological strains on the body such as oxygen depletion and increase carbon dioxide concentrations, which alter the pH balance. This homeostatic change stimulates various responses within these two systems to neutralize its effects. Exercise training however, can positively influence the capacity of cardiovascular and respiratory systems to tolerate increasing levels of intensity with less physiological effort thus improving their efficiency. Inflammatory conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) and Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) are shown to stifle efficient pulmonary ventilation and detriment one’s ability to cope with exercise. Although evidence supporting the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation within ILD patients is limited, functional capacity and psychological wellbeing have been shown to improve immediately following the rehabilitative programs. Pulmonary rehabilitative programs are based on the pulmonary and circulatory improvements associated with exercise to help such discomforting conditions and guide further research.

Flat, glass like water, crisp air, the sun rising effortlessly in the distance with the consistent click and clack of the oars sliding in the oarlocks; the whirl of the wheels sliding up and down the seat track. Squeeze and fire of each muscle through the stroke, a faint burning of hard work becoming apparent in each section of the body as the morning draws on. Soon the sculler pulls into the dock, sweat glistening on their forehead, water dripping off the hull of the boat as they hoist it over their head. As the shell is washed and set on the racks, this athlete is ready to tackle the day. Throughout history, sports have held a constant roll in culture and personal development, providing exercise, excitement, and enjoyment. The benefits of physical activity continue to be as relevant today as in the past with growing awareness of physical fitness and mental health. This essay will explore sport in its contribution to a sound and stable mind, a healthy body and lifestyle, and a sustainable drive for success that will follow the athlete throughout life.

Physical fitness has two main classifications-performance related and health related. People have different performance related requirements in accordance with their occupation but all people have the same health related requirements (The World). Then there are two types of exercise that helps tone a person’s body while increasing its endurance. These are aerobic and anaerobic. Aerobic exercise is exercise that uses the muscles and bones. Cardio activities are a good example of this, such as running or biking. This type of exercise increases the strength of a person’s heart and boosts their lung capacity. Anaerobic exercise is an intense but short amount of exercise (Payment). Since it is only for a brief amount of time, it does not require the amount of oxygen aerobic exercise does. Instead it uses glycogen which comes from the sugar in a person’s blood. An example of this exercise is weight lifting or sprinting. A person’s requires both anaerobic and aerobic exercise for good health. Simply doing a cardio work out is not healthy, and for a person to see real results there must be some activity like weight lifting (“Anaerobic”).

This is because regular stretching exercises results in decreased resistance in tissue structures. This results to a decrease in your chances of being injured since the limb is able to move further before it gives in to any injury. Flexibility training exercises, especially dynamic stretches usually done before any workout loosens muscles and addresses the problem of muscle tightness which has long been associated with increased risk of muscle tears.