Exercise

January 24, 2012 by Shane

More often than not, when individuals talk about exercise, they almost always talk about physical work outs, which, in essence, is the exertion of the body; engaging the body in physical activities which will result in a healthier physical fitness level and attain both mental and physical health. Essentially, exercising seeks to enhance or maintain general health as well as physical fitness. Individuals work out for a number of different reasons; a few of which are included below:

• To get away from everyday activities
• To socialize
• To optimize the cardiovascular system
• To strengthen muscles
• To practice particular athletic skills
• To control body weight
• To win
• For fun

Conversely, there are a number of reasons why individuals do not do this. Research has indicated that cultural considerations and levels of stress have an effect on for what reasons and how much college students do exercises.

There are a number of different exercises you can do:

Light Exercise

The exerciser has the ability of talking while exercising. Taking a walk is an illustration of what is considered to be light exercises.

Moderate Exercise

With this type of work out, the individual feels out of breath to some extent at some point during the session. For example, walking up a hill, cycling moderately and walking briskly are all moderate exercising.

Vigorous Exercise

The individual who is carrying out the exercising is panting all the way through the activity. This individual will feel his or her body being pushed very close its limit, in comparison to the other levels of intensity. Heavy weight training, fast cycling and running are all examples of vigorous exercise.

work outs  can be broken up into 3 broad categories, which are agility training, anaerobic and aerobic:
Agility Training
This category of physical fitness aims to improve the ability of an individual to slow down and speed up, change directions at the same time as you are maintaining control and balance. For example, agility training in tennis assists the player in maintaining control over his or her positioning on the court by having good recovery following each shot.
Anaerobic Exercise
The objective of anaerobic exercise is to build muscle, strength and power. The muscles are exercised for short durations at high intensity. Typically, a short duration is just about two minutes.
Anaerobic exercises include:
Sprinting
Weight lifting
Interval training
Fast and intensive jumping of rope
Aerobic Exercise
The aim of aerobic exercise is to improve the consumption of oxygen in the body and it is essentially the use of oxygen in the process generating energy (metabolic process). In fact, aerobic is defined as ‘with oxygen.’

No matter what your fitness goals are when exercising, it’s good to know that you have plenty of options. The most important thing you can do for yourself is just get started. As soon as you take that first step, all the rest are that much easier to meet your exercise goals.

Additional Resources:

LA Fitness | Exercise