WELLNESS: EXERCISE
Moderate exercise makes a significant contribution
to both wellness and antiaging.
Exercise is critical to both overall wellness and contributes
to longevity. It maintains a healthy cardiovascular
and pulmonary functioning, activates the metabolism,
keeps joints lubricated, retains muscle strength and
keeps tendons supple.
Fitness Program Planning
Before you start exercising consider the following:
Your Body Type
- be realistic about how your body will shape
up
Your Exercise Personality
- chosing the wrong type of exercise is the quickest
way to giving up your fitness program
Your Fitness Goals - make sure these
are appropriate for your age, health and weight. Exercising
too hard and fast for your body can cause serious damage.
Exercise Programs
One of the most important aspects of exercise, especially
in later years, is to ensure that the exercise is "appropriate".
Over-exertion can lead to serious damage to muscles,
tendons and joints, and also risk cardiac stress.
The key to a balanced exercise program is to contribute
to each of the areas above. This is done by using a
combination of the three main types of exercise:
Aerobic exercise
– for Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and metabolism
Anerobic
– Endurance and Resistance Training – for
muscles, ligaments, and bones
Core Stability -
strengthen the abdomen
Weight Training
- to maintain muscle mass and assist in
weight loss
Compound Exercises
- for a total workout
Guidelines on exercise
programs
Stretching –
for tendons and joint flexibility
Workout Cooldown
- for a deep relaxation mind workout
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of Exercise
Exercise Index | Benefits
| Body Type | Guidelines
| Personality | Aerobic
| Anaerobic | Compound
| Fat Burning | Body Shaping
| The Core | Weight Training
| Stretching | Troubleshooting
| Cooldown
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