What are fitness exercises

Written By The HealthMeth Team - Updated On Sunday, January 16, 2022 12:00 PM

Squat exercise

Squatting helps to enhance the work of a group of parts of the body, such as the thigh muscles , and the hamstrings of the knees, and this exercise can be done by standing while keeping the distance between the feet equal to the width of the shoulders, making the back straight, then bending the knees and lowering the buttocks, so that the position of the body is close to the posture Sitting on a chair, and holding weights can be added to this exercise, as this helps to achieve the desired physical fitness . [1]


Aerobic exercise

Doing aerobic exercise or endurance training helps a healthy heart, lungs, and circulatory system. These exercises also improve physical fitness for bodies. Examples of these exercises include brisk walking, jogging, swimming, and cycling. [2]


Resistance exercises

Resistance exercises are a physical fitness exercise, which is an exercise that increases muscle strength, and examples include: lifting weights and heavy bodies, and using resistance tools. [2]


Balance exercises

Balance exercises help to increase the fitness of the bodies significantly, and these exercises facilitate the ability of the individual to walk on uneven surfaces, and also maintain the balance of the body, preventing him from falling, such as standing exercises on one leg. [2]


Flexibility exercises

Flexibility exercises are very important fitness exercises, as they work to stretch the muscles of the body, and also maintain the agility of the body, and yoga is an example of flexibility exercises that help move all organs and muscles of the body. [2]


Development of the followed fitness exercise regimen

Physical fitness exercises are based on the principle of observing the body's adaptation to the type of training, and it is worth noting that work should be done to improve the physical fitness exercises that are followed, by increasing the exercises that are required to perform, for example: Weights must be gradually lifted to develop body strength, or increase speed Exercising, or training over longer distances. [3]


References

  1. "7 Most Effective Exercises" , www.webmd.com , Retrieved 2-12-2017. Edited.
  2. ^ A b t w "And the Physical Fitness Exercise" , Www.medlineplus.gov , 20-11-2017, Retrieved 2-12-2017. Edited.
  3. Steven N. Blair, Kenneth H. Cooper, "exercise-physical-fitness" , www.britannica.com , Retrieved 2-12-2017. Edited.