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Fitness
what is the best way to excersise and why??
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There isn't really one best way to exercise. There are lots of different exercises and types of exercise that do different things for your body.
The main three categories of exercise are aerobic, weight-bearing, and stretching. Aerobic is anything that works your heart, like walking or swimming. It's important to do aerobic exercise because it makes your heart stronger, which makes it pump more efficiently. A healthier heart is more reliable whereas an unhealthy heart is more likely to quit on you or have problems later in life. Aerobics also burn a lot of calories, which is good if you're trying to lose some weight.
Weight-bearing exercises are any exercises where your you put weight on your bones and muscles. Lifting weights is the classic example, although push-ups and chin-ups and things like that also count. Lifting weights builds bones mass, which is really important to prevent osteoporosis and bone breaks when you get older. It also strengthens your muscles and tones your body, making you look better and making your body stronger.
Stretching is any exercise that focuses on stretching muscles. Stretches make your body more agile and limber. For example, those people who can put their feet behind their head...they did a lot of stretching to get to that point. Stretching is really important before and after other types of exercises because it helps prevent you from pulling or even tearing a muscle.
A good workout routine will include a little bit of all these types of exercise. With exercises that require repeats of one move (also called reps), it is important to hold your body exactly as you are told to or the exercise wont work as well. For example, if you do sit-ups, but let your hands hang loose instead of putting them behind your head, you wont work your abs as much and you might even hurt your neck.
So the best way to exercise would be something like this. Stretch before and after doing anything else, as your warm-up and cool-down. Drink plenty of water or sports drinks to keep yourself hydrated. Also, follow instructions and hold poses just like an instructor or video tell you to. And do a variety of exercises working different parts of your body, like sit-ups for abs, squats for thighs, push-ups for arms, and so on. Do those things and you'll get the most out of any workout you choose to do. :)
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Running, doing crunches, sit ups and simples exercises like this will be the best way to exercise because it works out the entire body and tones it down.
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