Physical fitness provides many benefits such as improved heart and lung function, muscle tone, posture, energy levels, and reduced risk of diseases. It also improves mood, delays fatigue, and promotes confidence and delays aging. Being physically fit is important for people of all ages to live better and enjoy life opportunities. Physical fitness has components related to health, such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance and strength, flexibility, and body composition that are important for overall well-being.
Physical fitness provides many benefits such as improved heart and lung function, muscle tone, posture, energy levels, and reduced risk of diseases. It also improves mood, delays fatigue, and promotes confidence and delays aging. Being physically fit is important for people of all ages to live better and enjoy life opportunities. Physical fitness has components related to health, such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance and strength, flexibility, and body composition that are important for overall well-being.
Physical fitness provides many benefits such as improved heart and lung function, muscle tone, posture, energy levels, and reduced risk of diseases. It also improves mood, delays fatigue, and promotes confidence and delays aging. Being physically fit is important for people of all ages to live better and enjoy life opportunities. Physical fitness has components related to health, such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance and strength, flexibility, and body composition that are important for overall well-being.
Physical fitness provides many benefits such as improved heart and lung function, muscle tone, posture, energy levels, and reduced risk of diseases. It also improves mood, delays fatigue, and promotes confidence and delays aging. Being physically fit is important for people of all ages to live better and enjoy life opportunities. Physical fitness has components related to health, such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance and strength, flexibility, and body composition that are important for overall well-being.
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days to achieve fitness or maintain balance in life style. Moreover, these products may Collect information from people of have side effects in our daily life. different age groups living in your home and neighbourhood about their 4.3 need oF PhysIcal FItness and physical activities that they performed Well-BeIng regularly. As discussed in the first chapter on Health Inquiry and record from them, what do and Diseases, the benefits of being physically they understand by physical fitness. fit for the individual are manifold. The Analyse their relationship of physical quality of life of an individual improves when activities and physical fitness. he/she consciously adopts healthy lifestyle which promotes physical fitness as follows: 4.3.1 Physical fitness • improves the functioning of heart and lungs by increasing the availability of oxygen to all tissues and organs in the body system; • improves muscle tone; • promotes the development of good posture, proportionate figure, and thereby positive body image and physical appearance; • ensures quick recovery after injury and illness; • decreases the risk of cardio-vascular disease; (like Heart attact, Asthma etc.) • reduces and controls undesirable body fat. When the individual does excercise, takes proper diet that also fulfils nutritional requirement, it helps maintain ideal body weight; • increases energy level of a person; • improves the mood by reducing depression and anxiety; • postpones fatigue and reduces recovery time after vigorous activity; and • helps people to meet challenges of life, makes them self- confident and delays the ageing process. Being physically fit is important for all the age groups. To live better life to the fullest and enjoy all the opportunities, one try to be physically fit. Physical fitness is essential for each and every individual at all stages of life. To achieve fitness, various modes and methods are available. Before adopting such methods, warming up before activities and cooling down after activities are essential to minimise any risk of injuries of an every individual. 4.4 comPonents oF PhysIcal FItness Physical fitness can be classified into health realted fitness and skill-related fitness. The health-related components are:
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