Exercise
Any bodily activity performed to keep the body fit and healthy is known as exercise. Exercise is used to enhance the overall well-being and health of a living organism. There are different motivators to exercising. For one, exercise can be used for weight loss, for improving the health condition of a person and lastly for enjoyment. It is important to note that exercising can either be performed by a group of people or an individual; this depends on the person partaking in the exercising routine. There are also people trained to help other people exercise. These are specialized people and know the different types of exercises for different persons. It is important to note that this paper will focus on physical exercising. This can be grouped into three to include aerobic, anaerobic and flexibility exercises. Aerobic exercise uses large muscle groups and leads to the use of too much oxygen in the process. The body is compensating for the loss of oxygen due to the conversion of the oxygen to carbon dioxide. This is during the process of exercising. As a result, an individual consumes oxygen during this process. Anaerobic training, on the other hand, is used to improve muscle mass and strengthen the body. Examples of this include squats, lunges and push-ups. This type of physical exercise is the opposite of aerobic respiration. This type does not require the consumption of too much oxygen as compensation. It requires less energy than aerobic respiration. Flexibility exercise is the third type of exercising. This is used in the process of strengthening and elongating the body muscles and ligaments. Most people are usually motivated by the flexibility to partake in exercise. It is essential to note that physical exercising can encompass training that is aimed at agility, speed and power. These types of exercising can either be described as dynamic or static. Static exercising include weight-lifting, which influences a lot of systolic pressure to build. Dynamic is the opposite of static. This paper will aim at identifying the benefits of exercising to answer the question WHY?
Body
Why exercise? This is the most common questions asked. I remember when I started my journey of exercising, I got so many questions. See, I am a petite person. As a result, people tend to think I am healthier and do not need exercising to make me healthier. There is also the misconception that fat people are unhealthy. These are bad exercising motivators. While exercising may help you achieve your overall body goals, being overweight or skinny does not make one healthier or less healthy. I interviewed in my community to understand the impacts and influences of exercising. People have different reasons. However, this paper will summarize the most common influences. For one, exercising makes people happier and helps them connect with a routine. It is important to note that exercising has been proved to decrease the feelings of anxiety and depression. This is because exercising directly impacts the brain. It influences changes in the brain part that regulates anxiety and stress. It also aids in this by increasing the brain sensitivity to happy hormones such as serotonin and norepinephrine. Thirdly, exercising leads to the production of endorphins. These hormones are known to produce positive feel and optimism is a person. Exercising helps in reducing the symptoms of people who suffer from anxiety. For one, they become more aware of their symptoms and work towards a way of escaping them. They find a distraction. Exercise can be such a distraction. An essential factor to note is that the intensity of working out does not influence mood changes. This is in that if one person works more intensely than the other, his or her moods are not directly related to the intensity. There is no correlation. A study conducted revealed that exercise of any intensity significantly reduced depression feelings in a group of 24 women. Another study conducted examined the effect of exercising on 26 men. A section of this population was asked to stop with their routine while the other commenced with theirs. Those who stopped had an increase in negative feelings and moods.
Different factors influence the weight of a person. One of these factors is inactivity. This has been shown to affect the importance of a person directly. To establish the relationship between exercise and weight, it is imperative to understand the relationship between exercise and energy use. The body has three ways of energy utilization. These include; maintaining the heartbeat and breathing, digestion and the maintenance of the bodily functions. For one, when eating, consumption of too many calories leads to a low metabolic rate and decreases weight loss. Regular exercising works by directly influencing the metabolic rate. It aids in the burning of fats. This is because energy is utilized in the body through the process of exercising. Exercising can also be ineffective for weight loss. This is because of the combination of aerobic exercise with resistance training which minimizes mass muscle maintenance and fat loss in an individual. Exercising supports and increases the rate of metabolism hence influencing weight loss.
The building and maintenance of strong muscles and bones can also be aided by exercise. For one, when protein intake is paired up with physical activity such as scrunches, it stimulates muscle build. This, in turn, increases the strength and speed of a person. It is important to note that exercising contributes to muscle building by the release of hormones. These hormones increase the ability of the muscles to generate amino acids. This, in turn, influences their growth and reduces the breaking down of tissues. It is essential to exercise regularly, especially when it comes to older adults. This is because the loss of muscle function and mass is directly related to age. This leads to a decrease in the strength of most individuals in their old age. Exercising prevents associated bone diseases such as osteoporosis. In conclusion, high impact exercise, such as swimming, has been known to influence bone density. Exercising also contributes to the increase in the energy levels of a person. In an interview I conducted, people who had been exercising for an extended period were more energetic and fast as compared to people who don’t exercise. This is critical for people who have chronic fatigue syndrome and other associated diseases. It is important to note that people who partake in exercising regularly have a low chance of contracting the chronic illness. This is because exercising directly affects the body. For one, it increases insulin sensitivity which in turn decreases the chances of contracting diseases such as diabetes.
Lastly, I believe that exercising contributes to the brain health and memory of a person. This is done by increasing the human heart rate. This leads to an increase in the flow of blood in and ensures the brain has enough oxygen. Exercising helps in the promotion of human hormones that contribute to the growth and development of brain cells in the body. Brain health is also directly related to the benefits of exercising when it comes to chronic illnesses. For one, most of these chronic illness attacks the brain. By protecting and ensuring the growth and renewal of new cells, exercising helps alleviate this problem.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the benefits and advantages of exercising are incomprehensible. People need to understand the health and physical benefits exercising has. Most people ask why they should exercise. Most people judge themselves by their bodies and render themselves healthy or unhealthy. This can be proven in one way, and this is through the process of exercising. I started exercising due to all these benefits. We should encourage each other to exercise to build a healthier nation.