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Fitness and Health: Physical fitness is exercise. Whether exercise is aerobic or anaerobic, exercise, health, and physical fitness go together for life. However, fitness is more than exercise! Fitness is also about good nutrition, flexibility, relaxation, sleep, and more. |
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Yes,
physical fitness is exercise. However, it more than exercise. |
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Written or compiled by JB Johnson |
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What Is Physical Fitness?
The five basic components of physical fitness:
cardiorespiratory or aerobic endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength,
flexibility, and body composition, are explained.
Exercise: The Happy Medium It's easy for me to get too little exercise, even though I feel guilty. And apparently it's easy for my friend Jim to get so much exercise that it literally hurts him. What is a happy medium? Fitness Is More Than Exercise If you think exercise and weight control are all there is to fitness, you have a surprise here. |
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Why We Gain Weight as We Age We gain weight with age because we lose muscle mass as we age. As we lose muscle tissue our resting metabolic rate slows. Slower resting metabolic weight equals weight gain. Body Mass Index Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is basically the relationship between your height and weight. Although it is not a perfect measurement of body fat, it is a good indicator. |
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Stress: That Robber of Health and Fitness Cut stress in your life. Twelve ways to eliminate stress and stressful living.! The cause of stress can be good or bad. Follow these basic principles to help handle personal stress and business stress. Thirteen Stress-Reduction Tactics Tactics to accomplish stress reduction for health, fitness, and peace of mind. Personal Stress-Relief Ideas Stress is the body's physical, mental, and chemical reaction to circumstances that irritate, frighten, excite, confuse, or endanger us. CyberParent readers give their personal tips for stress-relief. Yoga Yoga addresses the fitness components of flexibility and balance as well as peace of mind. A peaceful, daily yoga routine will also center you and help to reduce the stress in your life. |
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Sleep Sleep is much like water. They are both forgotten components of fitness. When we don't get enough sleep, it makes us more vulnerable to illness, accidents, irritability, conflict, and depression. Get More Sleep Getting enough sleep is a problem for our society in general. Some of us can not go to sleep. Some of us can stay asleep. Some of us do not have time to sleep. This article covers many ways to make more time in your life for sleep and help for insomnia. Getting more sleep for health and fitness is probably a matter of scheduling. Snoring, Sleep and Fitness Snoring is defined as breathing during sleep with hoarse noises. It causes a vibration of the soft palate and uvula. There is simple snoring and snoring from sleep apnea. Stay Asleep Some of us have no problem going to sleep, but waken too early without being able to go back to sleep. Help for this form of insomnia. Sleep Defined and explained. Anabolism is the phase of metabolism in which simple substances are synthesized into the complex materials of living tissue. Sleep is the fundamental anabolic process common to all life forms, plant and animal. Fitness and Sleep Disorders An overview of various sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and narcolepsy. |
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| Eye
Fitness for Good Vision
Most of us stare at a
computer or the printed word all day and never think of taking care of our
eyes. Yet healthy eyes need exercise, proper
nutrition, and good care.
Eye Fitness and Nutrition The fact is that fit eyes not only need exercise, they need the proper eye-protecting nutrients to be healthy. We all know about carrots, but good nutrition for eyes is more complicated than carrots. Eye Fitness and Exercise There are many exercises you can do for your eyes. Try a few of these daily to exercise your eyes. Eye Care A few simple steps will begin to give your eyes the care they need for fitness and good vision. Eyes Need Rest for Health and Fitness The eye is composed of muscles. Just as any muscle in the body, when we exercise the muscles of the eye, we need to give those muscles a rest. The best way to rest the eyes is to put them in complete darkness. |
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Program from a Personal Trainer? There are many advantages in hiring a personal trainer and participating in
a structured exercise program. One of the most important advantages is the trainer's
ability to motivate you to stay with your program.
Starting an Exercise Program A fitness trainer tells how to start an exercise program and what you need to do to start your personal exercise program. Exercise is a form of wellness and of health. |
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| Beat the Start-to-Heart
Syndrome: A series
Many of us start the year (whether is is our birthday, New
Year's, or some another anniversary) with resolutions about exercise, nutrition, and
fitness. Most adults never learn to eat properly. We don't even start here. The vast
majority of adults quits their exercise programs within six weeks. We start but we don't
finish. This series is designed to help you finish what you started: a healthy YOU!!
Reversing Heart Disease Heart disease can be reversed without surgery. Learn more... |
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Exercise and Look
Younger When you exercise, you relax. When you relax you look
younger. Thus, you can exercise and look younger. Exercise is also legal, mood-altering,
especially to music. Exercise relaxes you and reduces stress.
Nine Steps for Healthy Aging How you fare at retirement age is up to you--and--you need to start now to prepare for healthy aging. |
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| Walking Is a Lifetime
Exercise Walking is a lifetime exercise. It is for all ages, fitness
levels, body builds, and energy levels. Walking is accessible, inexpensive, and virtually
injury free. Walking can be your exercise for a lifetime.
Water Work-Outs Swimming and water work-outs are great for the summer. Certainly swimming beats pounding the pavement in the heat. Learn more... Jump Rope Work-Out Jumping rope is an excellent cardiovascular workout as well as a calorie burner. |
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Health
and Fitness Defined
Exercise and weight control are only two aspects
of health and fitness.
News News of Health and Fitness Healthy and Fit Immune System Overview of boosters for immune system in health and fitness. Health and Fitness Comes from Diet Variety A very important part of fitness is a varied diet. Fitness
Can Be Boosted by Achieving a Powerful Immune System More
components of a powerful immune system. |
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