Fitness

Why is it so important?

Fitness, by definition, is the condition of being physically fit and healthy. It involves activity of some sort that stimulates various systems of the body and maintains a certain condition within the body. Being fit not only means physical health, but emotional and mental health, too. It defines every aspect of your health. Smart eating and active living are fundamental to fitness.

Fitness includes five essential components. These are flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and body composition. Fitness is vitally important to health and wellness as well as the ability to engage in normal activities of daily living without excessive fatigue. Physical activity and exercise training programs should be designed with the intent of improving each of the key components of health-related physical fitness in addition to preventing chronic disease (e.g. heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc.)

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