The benefits of physical fitness are numerous and include better health, greater strength, more flexibility, increased energy, improved appearance, and a more positive attitude and mood. Regular exercise can lead to both immediate and long-term benefits. Regular physical activity has been shown to reduce the morbidity and mortality from many chronic diseases.
The benefits of fitness far outweigh the inconveniences of regular exercise. To reap the maximum benefits of physical fitness, remember that your program should include all the main five components of physical fitness. These are the health related fitness components like cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance and muscle strength. There are in fact other components of physical fitness but they are skill related and less important.
Physical fitness is considered a measure of the body’s ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and leisure activities, to be healthy, to resist hypo kinetic diseases, and to meet emergency situations.
Physical fitness is generally achieved through
• physical activity and exercise,
• correct nutrition,
• enough rest (good quality sleep),
• Stress management and relaxation.
The benefit of the physical fitness is endless. Explore some of the benefits of fitness leading to healthy lifestyle and learn how you will get benefited from them:
1: Reduces risk of disease
People who participate in regular exercise have a decreased risk of developing:
• heart disease
• diabetes
• metabolic syndrome
• colon cancer
• lung cancer
• breast cancer
2. Development of physical fitness components
Development of physical fitness components such as muscle strength and endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, agility, speed, bone density etc and improvement of muscle tone.
3. Provide better health
Regular physical exercise increases both the size and strength of the heart. It can pump