Benefits of exercise are it affects on muscles,lungs,heart, brain, joints and bones. Exercise improves stamina and general health, and slows ageing effects

1. Benefits of Exercise
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2. Definition
 Those planned physical activities that are done continually for
improving health and keeping oneself healthy are called
exercise.
 Oxforddictionaries.com defines it as “Activity requiring
physical efforts, carried out to sustain or improve health and
fitness”.

3. How exercise useful to our body
 It is not hidden fact that exercise is helpful for almost
everyone; through spending sometime on exercise, we can not
only keep our body fit but also prevent or treat a number of
diseases like osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes, coronary heart
disease, depression and weakness.
 It is also beneficial for boosting and maintaining joint
functions. Exercise improves stamina and general health, and
slows ageing effects.

4. How does Exercise help?
 Exercise has biological effects from head to toe; it affects
muscles, lungs, heart, brain, joints and bones.
 Exercise optimizes leptin/insulin receptor sensitivity that is
beneficial for normalizing glucose, leptin and insulin level.

5. Types of Exercises
Range of Motion Exercise:
This kind of exercise intends to improve the movement of the
joints; and it can be divided into three different exercises – 1-
Active, 2- Passive, & 3- Active Assists.
Strengthening Exercise:
This kind of exercise is useful for improving muscle strength
and mass, metabolism of the body and bone strength.

6. Isotonic Exercise :
In this kind of exercise, body weight works as the resistance force;
sit-ups, push-ups, and chin-ups all are examples of Isotonic
Exercises.

7. Isometric Exercise :
This kind of exercise is good for increasing muscle strength or
strength of the muscles’ group.

8. Isokinetic Exercise :
This type of exercise is done with the help of machines;
Physical therapists generally use such machines.
Cardiac Rehabilitation:
For the rehabilitation and prevention of cardiac diseases or
disorders, this kind of exercise can be very beneficial.

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