As result of being stronger, I am able to increase my performance in sports. I also have more endurance to perform everyday tasks. While I strengthen my muscles and bones, it also will help prevent any injuries to myself. Weight lifting makes me feel better about myself. By lifting, I feel like I am benefiting myself in mind, and body.
Unit 5 – P1 Define key terms associated with a healthy lifestyle Fitness Having a healthy lifestyle doesn’t only affect the way you look or feel it affects four key terms, these are your fitness, health, well being, nutrition and lifestyle. If you are trying to lead a healthy lifestyle your fitness is probably the most important thing to work on. Working on your fitness will ensure your using and working your body to the best of its ability which will benefit you in the long run. To improve your fitness you don’t have to necessary go for two hour runs everyday all you need to do is simply boost your levels of general daily activity, doing this can have a massive improvement on your health and energy. Your fitness is important because it has a major affect on your way of life.
For example, regular brisk walking can help you: • Maintain a healthy weight • Prevent or manage various conditions, including heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes • Strengthen your bones • Lift your mood • Improve your balance and coordination The faster, farther and more frequently you walk, the greater the benefits. Walking and biking are both excellent forms of cardiovascular exercise which, when performed regularly, can ward off disease, shed pounds, improve mental outlook and reduce the likelihood of dying young. Each have their merits and drawbacks, and which is the best choice for you largely depends upon what you'll enjoy doing most, the health of your joints and how much weight you'd like to lose. “Like walking, biking is low-impact and easy. It's also fun, and according to NutriStrategy, burns a lot of calories - significantly more than brisk walking.” (Bigelow) You’d be forgiven for wondering but stair climbing can have a significant and positive impact on an individual’s health over time.
8. Describe the importance of this order. Include affect on force of contraction and fatigue. This order is set up in order to increase the amount of force necessary for the work load while also limiting fatigue. The slow oxidative fibers are set up to help with weaker amount of force but are very resistant to fatigue.
Exercise boosts energy levels. During exercise, oxygen and nutrients are delivered to the tissues in the body, which gives lasting energy.
This single metabolic fact accounts for the profound changes in not only respiration, but also in cardiac and circulatory physiology during exercise. Increased oxygen supply is provided by increases in both arterial oxygen delivery and tissue oxygen extraction; at the same time there is increased carbon dioxide transport on the venous side. The need for increased gas exchange by exercising muscles leads to the following general physiologic
The body’s metabolic rate is increased as its need for energy is increased, and the body becomes more resourceful. Muscle tone and muscle mass increase after the muscles tear and reconstruct themselves. In addition to improved muscle tone and muscle mass, there are other effects of exercise for physical disease control and/or prevention. A person’s entire body system, including all the ***** 2 body parts, is in continuous movement when exercising. The cardiovascular (heart), circulatory, and pulmonary (lungs) systems probably benefit the most from routinely
The body receives oxygen from the lungs and transmits it to your muscles through your bloodstream. The heart controls the flow of blood throughout the body and your heart rate is a factor of that flow. Therefore when your muscles work harder and require more oxygen, your heart rate increases to meet the needs to maintain a consistent internal state, the harder you work the faster your heart pumps. The probable homeostatic responses to changes in the internal environment during exercise to the breathing rate, exercise will increase the demands on your body to supply the fuel it needs to perform. Your body’s need for oxygen will increase.
Cardiovascular endurance is important because you heart controls the oxygen flow to your muscles directly affecting performance The type of athlete that requires good cardiovascular endurance is similar to muscular endurance; an example would be a footballer. Cardiovascular endurances can be improved as the heart is a muscle, to test cardiovascular endurance you could do the bleep test. The bleep test requires the participant to run a distance keeping in time with a recorded cd. Similar to the abdominal curl test the bleep test is completed when the participant can no longer keep up with the CD. Body Composition Body composition refers to 3 different types or shapes of body endomorph, ectomorph and mesomorph.
Physical health focuses on the body’s shape, size, physical fitness, and the ability to perform normal activities of daily living. A lack in physical activity can lead to illness, chronic diseases, and early death. We chose to focus on our physical health because we wanted to avoid illnesses and early death, and to improve our strength, endurance, and eating habits while participating in a physical activity that encourages physical fitness for the long term. 2. In order to improve our strength and endurance we decided to try rock climbing.