Regular Exercise Essay

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The Benefits of Regular Exercise | comments | In recent years many people have become increasingly aware of the need for physical fitness .* Almost everywhere people turn, whether it is to a newsstand, television or billboard , * advice for guarding and improving health bombards them. Although much of this advice is commercially motivated by those eager to sell vitamins, natural foods and reducing gimmicks ,* some of it, especially that advocating a regular exercise program, merits serious attention. Such a program, if it consists of at least thirty minutes three times a week and if a person's physician approves it,* provides numerous benefits. Regular exercise releases tension, improves appearance, and increases stamina .* | *The introduction begins with a broad view of physical fitness generally, but also engages the reader by connecting with general experience *Notice that the writer reaches past the general "anywhere one looks" to the more specific and concrete "newsstand, television or billboard." *Again notice the specifics—not just "to sell products" or "to sell stuff." The specifics make the idea more convincing, and create more associations for the reader. *Notice how the introduction is a good place to present background, definitions and limitations that affect the thesis and topic generally. *By placing the thesis at the end of the introduction, the writer not only makes the main point clear and emphatic, but also makes sure that the essay’s main point is uppermost in the reader’s mind as the reader begins the body of the essay. | The first of these benefits, the release of tension, is immediate .* Tension builds in the body because of an overaccumulation of adrenaline produced by stress, anxiety, or fear. * Doctors agree that performing calisthenics or participating in an active sport such as tennis or volleyball for thirty minutes

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