Why Live to be fit?
Health Benefits of Exercise and Physical Activity:
  • Reduce or maintain body weight or body fat
  • Build and maintain healthy muscles, bones, and joints
  • Reduce depression and anxiety
  • Improve psychological well-being
  • Enhanced work, recreation, and sport performance
  • Reduce the risk of developing heart disease
  • Reduce high blood pressure or the risk of developing high blood pressure
  • Reduce high cholesterol or the risk of developing high cholesterol
  • Reduce the risk of developing colon cancer and breast cancer
  • Reduce the risk of developing diabetes
Benefits of Aerobic Exercise:
    Increased maximal oxygen consumption(VO2max)
  • Improvement in cardivascular/cardiorespiratory function (heart and lungs)
  • Increased maximal cardiac output (amount of blood pumped every minute)
  • Increased maximal stroke volume (amount of blood pumped with each beat)
  • Increased blood volume and ability to carry oxygen
  • Reduced workload on the heart (myocardial oxygen consumption) for any given submaximal exercise intensity
  • Increased blood supply to muscles and ability to use oxygen
  • Lower heart rate and blood pressure at any level of submaximal exercise
  • Increased threshold for lactic acid accumulation
  • Lower resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure in people with high blood pressure
  • Increased HDL Cholesterol (the good cholesterol)
  • Decreased blood triglycerides
  • Reduced body fat and improved weight control
  • Improved glucose tolerance and reduced insulin resistance

"Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out."
Benefits of Strength Training:

  • Increased muscular strength
  • Increased strength of tendons and ligaments
  • Potentially improves flexibility (range of motion of joints)
  • Reduced body fat and increased lean body mass (muscle mass)
  • Potentially decreases resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure
  • Positive changes in blood cholesterol
  • Improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity
  • Improved strength, balance, and functional ability in older adults

DESIGNED BY JOSH CHARLES