Aerobic Exercise: This type of exercise works muscles at a rate that does not exceed the body’s ability to keep them supplied with oxygen in the blood. If you are looking for a way to INCREASE MUSCLE ENDURANCE (the length a muscle can sustain contractions), then regular aerobic exercise is the way for you. This would include brisk walking, biking, jogging, swimming, and aerobic classes. This type of exercise works the mucles at a rate at which the body is able to keep them supplied with oxygen, although it does affect the muscle fibers in many way, such as : an increase in the number and the size of the mitochondria, the organelles that make the ATP, the number of blood capillaries that supply the muscle tissues increase (this increase brings more oxygen and nutrients to the muscle tissue and helps to remove metabolic wastes more efficiently), and muscle tissue contains more of the oxygen-binding pigment myoglobin. When all of these come together, the changes produce skeletal muscles that are more efficient metabolically, that maintain their tone, and that can work longer without becoming fatigued. This type of exercise improves your endurance and blood circulation.
Strength Training: This type of exercise is intense, short-duration that produces larger, stronger skeletal muscles. It involves intense, short-duration exercises, such as weight lifting. It effects fast muscle fibers, which form more myofibrils and make more of the enzymes used in glycolysis (which forms some ATP). These changes translate into whole muscles that are larger and stronger, but such bulging muscles fatigue rapidly so they don’t have much endurance. It is generally recommended that you combine strength training with aerobic exercise. Modest strength training helps to slow the loss of skeletal muscle tissue that is an inevitable part of aging.
Bone Health: Exercise is known to stimulate bone deposits, along with taking in plenty of calcium, you may minimize bone loss. Osteoarthritis has been linked to sports injuries, obesity, and simply age.
Type 2 Diabetes: In many individuals that have been diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes, it can be regulated with proper diet, EXERCISE, and in some cases medication. In an individual that is deemed to be overweight with Type-2 Diabetes, the disease will often disappear once the individuals loses a significant amount of weight.
Stress: Chronic stress can be a serious issue. It compromises the immune system leaving an individual more susceptible to disease and illness. It is also linked to insomnia, anxiety, and even depression. In order to help with stress, research has shown that physical exercise on a regular basis helps to combat stress, which in turn helps to keep your immune system strong, helps you sleep better, and helps combat depression and anxiety.
Weight Loss: It is true that you can lose weight simply with diet, but you must remember that in order to lose weight you must remember the energy in, equals energy used by the body cells. In order to lose just 1 pound of fat, one must burn about 3,500 calories. Diet alone may accomplish this, but only temporarily. If you are looking to make it a life altering thing, that you can continue over the long run, then its best to add in some physical exercise. Exercise increases the mass of skeletal muscles, and even at rest muscle burns more calories than other types of tissues.
So, overall, if you are looking to lose fat it is highly recommended to add in some sort of physical exercise into your daily routine. This not only helps in weight loss, but it plays a huge factor in your over health and your aging process. As we age we lose bone density, muscle mass, and our body slows down. If you get yourself moving early enough in, then you may be able to help you maintain your bone density, muscle mass, and help to keep your body energy higher than most. You will also notice major differences in your body, which is a MAJOR plus!