Fitness can be performance-related or health-related.
Performance-related fitness is a measure of an athlete's agility,
balance, power, and speed. This topic focuses on health-related
fitness, which you can achieve through regular physical activity.
The benefits of both types of fitness are a healthy heart and lungs
(cardiorespiratory fitness), increased flexibility, and muscular
strength and endurance.
Health-related fitness helps you feel your best and
reduces the risk of
heart attack,
colon cancer,
diabetes, and
high blood pressure. Being fit helps you to have more energy
throughout the day for work or school and energy left over to enjoy
your leisure time.
How to Start a Fitness Program
If
you want to become fit and use exercise to help prevent a heart
attack, first check with your doctor to make sure that you do not
have anything wrong with your heart or blood vessels............
What Types of Physical Activity Improve Fitness ?
Most experts agree that there are three kinds of
fitness:
Buying Home Exercise Equipment
The right home
exercise equipment can add variety, convenience and consistency to
your workouts. But too often, after you've purchased a piece
of equipment, you realize you've made a mistake.
Gregory Florez,
president of First Fitness Inc., a personal training company,
cautions against 10 common mistakes....................
Type of Fitness Equipment