What are the importance and types of regular exercise?

What are the importance and types of regular exercise?

Exercise is defined as any movement that makes your muscles work and requires your body to burn calories or we can say exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.

Everyone knows that routine exercise is very important for healthy adults for varied functions, including bone and muscle strength, weight-loss or weight maintenance, heart health and even cognitive health. But there are four different types of exercise: Aerobic, strength, flexibility and balance.

Some of Benefits of Regular Exercise

• It Can Make You Feel Happier. ...
• It Can Help With Weight Loss. ...
• It Is Good for Your Muscles and Bones. ...
• It Can Increase Your Energy Levels. ...
• It Can Reduce Your Risk of Chronic Disease. ...
• It Can Help Skin Health. ...
• It Can Help Your Brain Health and Memory. ...
• It Can Help With Relaxation and Sleep Quality.

1.Aerobic: Aerobic exercise is any type of cardiovascular conditioning. It can include activities like brisk walking, swimming, running, or cycling. You probably know it as “cardio.” By definition, aerobic exercise means “with oxygen.” Your breathing and heart rate will increase during aerobic activities.

   Benefits of aerobic exercise

• Improves cardiovascular conditioning
• Decreases risk of heart disease
• Lowers blood pressure
• Increases HDL or "good" cholesterol
• Helps to better control blood sugar

2.Strength: Strength exercise, or resistance training, works your muscles by using resistance, like a dumbbell or your own body weight. This type of exercise increases lean muscle mass, which is particularly important for weight loss, because lean muscle burns more calories than other types of tissue.

  

   How Strength Training Helps Your Health

•  makes you stronger and fitter. ...
• protects bone health and muscle mass. ...
•  helps keep the weight off for good. ...
•  helps you develop better body mechanics. ...
•  can help with chronic disease management.

 3.Flexibility: Flexibility is the range of motion in a joint or group of joints or the     ability to move joints effectively through a complete range of motion. Flexibility training includes stretching exercises to lengthen the muscles and may include activities like yoga or Tai Chi.

Benifits of flexibility exercise

• Fewer injuries. Once you develop strength and flexibility in your body you'll be able to withstand more physical stress. 
• Improved posture and balance. ...
• A positive state of mind. ...
• Greater strength. ...
• Improved physical performance

4.Balance: Balance training involves doing exercises that strengthen the muscles that help keep you upright, including your legs and core. These kinds of exercises can improve stability and help prevent falls. Doing balance exercises can be intense, like some very challenging yoga poses.

Benefits of doing balance exercise include

• Prevents falls.
• Reduces the risk of lower-extremity injuries, such as knee and ankle injuries.
• Improves proprioception (the ability to know where you are in space)