Regular exercising helps you to improve oxygen delivery and metabolic processes, build strength and endurance, decrease body fat, improve movement in joints and muscles, develop a sense of well-being and slows down ageing process.
Warm up exercises: Warming up and cooling down are important parts of any exercise routine. Warm-up exercises should be practiced for five to 10 minutes at the beginning of an exercise session.They aid the body in making the transition from rest to activity and back again.
Brisk walking: It burns as many calories as jogging for the same distance and poses less risk for injury to muscle and bone. It also reduces the chances of cancer, heart disease, anxiety and depression.
Swimming: It helps to maintain the blood pressure and cholesterol and enhances the flexibility of your joints. In summer time, it serves as an excellent exercising choice, which helps you burn off calories, while cooling down your body.
Anaerobic exercise: It is a exercise intense enough to trigger anaerobic metabolism. It is used by athletes in non-endurance sports to promote strength, speed and power and by body builders to build muscle mass. It leads to greater performance in short duration, high intensity activities, which last for a couple of minutes.
Isometric exercise: These exercises help to achieve maximum muscular contraction as opposed to weight training. It also helps create endurance in your muscles to handle everyday activities. During weight lifting exercises, breathe properly. Breathe out while pushing and breathe in while bringing back.
Resistance training: It involves providing some form of resistance to the contracting muscles to stimulate the body for increased strength. Equipment used for resistance training takes multiple forms, including hand weights, pulleys, hydraulic, elastic, rubber, fibreglass, and magnetic equipment.
Flexibility training (stretching): It is recommended that one should perform stretching exercises for 10 to 12 minutes at least three times a week. It allows a wider range of motion, prevent cramps, stiffness and injuries.
