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- $Title{Comments on a Good Exercise Program}
- $Subject{exercise types benefits Community social Program programs walk
- strengthen muscles cardiovascular heart joint flexibility burn calories weight
- Aerobic aerobically endurance Running cycling swimming brisk walking Anaerobic
- exercises tennis handball sprints isometric isotonic Weight-lifting push-ups
- pull-ups sit-ups muscle calorie Aerobics Run bicycling swim}
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- Comments on a Good Exercise Program
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- QUESTION: My wife keeps pestering me to get more exercise, as the
- prescription to cure all ills. I do walk when I can and get my heart to race
- a bit faster, and I suspect that is what all exercise is for anyway. Can you
- comment on this for me please?
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- ANSWER: There is more to it, indeed, much more! Perhaps some explanations of
- the types of exercise will help.
- There are several types of exercise, and a good exercise program should
- give you some of each kind each week. The goals of exercise are to strengthen
- muscles, improve cardiovascular health, and increase joint flexibility, and in
- some cases, to burn calories and help in a weight reduction program.
- Aerobic exercise is any continuous vigorous exercise. As you exercise
- aerobically, your lungs do more work with less effort, your heart becomes
- stronger, and your endurance improves. Running, cycling, swimming, and brisk
- walking are all aerobic exercises. To get the most from an aerobic exercise,
- exercise continuously without rest periods for 20 to 30 minutes at least 3
- times a week.
- Anaerobic exercises--tennis, handball, and running sprints--involve a
- short burst of activity followed by a recovery period. They put a sudden high
- demand on the heart and lungs.
- Strength building exercises can be isometric or isotonic. Isometric
- exercises build strength by pitting one group of muscles against another or
- against something unyielding. Isometrics are no longer recommended because
- the lack of movement can result in joint stiffening. This type of exercise
- also increases pressure in the chest and may cause dizziness or fainting.
- Isotonic exercises build strength by having muscles move weight through a full
- range of motion. These exercises help maintain muscle mass, body proportions,
- and good posture. Weight lifting is isotonic exercise, as are push-ups,
- pull-ups, and sit-ups, where the weight of the body is being lifted or moved.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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