Exercise for Healthy People
Exercise and working out it is key to a healthy life on average we should do 30 minutes of exercise per day to stay in peak condition and keep fit and healthy.
PILATES
Joseph Pilates said - "Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness"
Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in the 1920's. He developed the Pilates Method which is a combination of and Body working
together through a controlled sequence of movement.
Based on experiences with Yoga, Zen meditation, Martial Arts, and other fitness techniques - Pilates was born. Many dancers
are avid practitioners and display the benefits of Pilates through their fluid movements.
People who want to take a more controlled low-impact approach to fitness use Pilates. Used on a regular basis a long, lean
body core can be obtained by using the deep abdominal muscles. Regular practice of the technique has countless benefits.
"No pain no gain" is simply not true and the benefits of Pilates matwork emphasizes the point that body is the only tool
needed to achieve physical fitness. A good workout is not about punishing your body to the point of possible injury leaving
you sore, aching and exhausted for days after. This is more than likely going to cause you to quit and not to carry on!
Yoga, Tae Chi Pilates and Meditation are extremely popular due to the safer and more sensible gentle forms of exercise for
total body fitness.
Benefits From Pilates include:
* It stretches, strengthens, and tones muscle
* Improves posture, flexibility, and balance,
* Unites mind and body
* Reduces tension and stress
* Increases Energy Levels
* Improves circulation and range in motion, stress and tension
* Strengthens the spine improving flexibility, which promotes back health and recovery from injury.
* Controlled body and mind movements increase blood flow and improve circulation throughout the body. This greatly
improves mental and spiritual health.
The entire body functions better with regular exercise as endorphins are released. This in turn greatly improves the moods
and outlook you have on life.
Now nearly 100 years old Pilates has proved to be beneficial to all age groups and the man himself said "In ten sessions you
will feel the difference, and in thirty you’ll have a whole new body."
People normally start feeling more toned after only three sessions - see what it can do for you.
Aerobic Exercise - What is Aerobic Exercise and Why Is It Good For Everyone?
There are so many types of Aerobic Exercises to choose from - Walking, Running, Swimming, Biking, jogging, rope jumping,
dancing, cardio kickboxing, stair climbing, horse riding, rowing etc.
If you just choose the activities you actually like and enjoy you will not find it difficult to make time for them, unlike a
lot of hard exercise classes and sessions that you really have to motivate yourself to do!
What is an Aerobic Exercise?
Aerobic exercise is also known as cardiovascular exercise and is basically any activity that's rhythmic in nature, uses your
large muscle groups. allows you to sustain continuously for a period of time (usually 20-30 minutes per session) and
increases your need for oxygen is an aerobic exercise.
The Benefits of Aerobic Exercise:
1. Works on your heart and lungs. Aerobic exercise revs up your heart rate and increases your lung capacity. Your heart
becomes stronger and can pump blood with less effort and more efficiently. What happens is that the capacity of yourlungs
increases and you are able to take in more oxygen.
2. Reduces blood pressure
3. Decreases total cholesterol
4. Relieves tension
5. Relieves stress
6. Relieves anxiety
7. Relieves depression
8. Increases your blood supply to muscles and oxygenates them
9. Burns off excess body fat thus losing weight by increasing your metabolism
10.Improves glucose tolerance and reduces insulin resistance
The more varied your aerobic routine the better. This way you won't get bored. Also exercise when it suits you, you may be a
morning person or prefer an evening workout, there are no hard and fast rules. Just start with something and you will soon
feel the difference in your energy levels and begin to feel a lot healthier. Most of these exercises are great if you have
children as well - include them. We all know with the current rates of child obesity and diabetes on the rise that educating
the next generation is extremely important.