Being physically and mentally fit together constitutes fitness. Fitness is not about having to exercise hours a day to build muscles but fitness relates to the fitness of a body where there is an optimum balance between the body and the mind. A muscular body can be considered as a fit body but a fit body may not be a muscular one. Fitness can be achieved by exercising daily or being involved in yoga, swimming and outdoor games whereas a muscular body can only be achieved in a fitness club with proper professional training.
Many people around the world face problems of not being able to loose weight even after putting in hours everyday, as either the exercises are being carried out without assistance or there are some misconceptions or myths in mind. It is said that if exercises are not carried out properly it may even turn harmful for the body; many people tend to increase weight after exercising. Many people believe that only doing stomach exercises reduces the weight around the stomach. But the reality is that when a body starts reducing, it reduces from the body as a whole and for that the exercises done should target the whole body and not a particular area of the body.
It's a notion that one can loose weight by exercising also if the diet is not changed. While exercising body needs certain nutrients which if not provided, may turn harmful for the body and some deficiency may be resulted. While exercising professional assistance should be taken for the exercises as well as the diet.
Exercising for a longer period of time at lower pace helps in reducing more weight is another wrong belief that exists in million minds. Reducing weight is directly related to the burning of calories; at faster pace or intensity one tends to burn a lot more number of calories than at lower pace. The time taken at high pace would be lesser but is a lot more effective. At the time of jogging a proper systematic way should be followed where initially one should start at a slower pace gradually increasing the pace and the same should be followed at the end of gradually decreasing the pace. It provides the body with a proper warm up and warm down sessions where the chances of getting an injury are reduced.
Many people believe that if the exercises are going to be done properly and with more intensity it won't do any good whereas researches show that regular exercise even for as low as 30 minutes a day reduces the chances of having heart diseases by about 40 %, Where exercising never ends up being a waste. There is another myth that overweight people don't loose as much as fit people do whereas with regular exercising, any human body looses weight but exercises should be done under assistance. If our beliefs are rite and we think in the right direction with proper exercising and diet, staying fit is no more a tough job to crack.
Many people around the world face problems of not being able to loose weight even after putting in hours everyday, as either the exercises are being carried out without assistance or there are some misconceptions or myths in mind. It is said that if exercises are not carried out properly it may even turn harmful for the body; many people tend to increase weight after exercising. Many people believe that only doing stomach exercises reduces the weight around the stomach. But the reality is that when a body starts reducing, it reduces from the body as a whole and for that the exercises done should target the whole body and not a particular area of the body.
It's a notion that one can loose weight by exercising also if the diet is not changed. While exercising body needs certain nutrients which if not provided, may turn harmful for the body and some deficiency may be resulted. While exercising professional assistance should be taken for the exercises as well as the diet.
Exercising for a longer period of time at lower pace helps in reducing more weight is another wrong belief that exists in million minds. Reducing weight is directly related to the burning of calories; at faster pace or intensity one tends to burn a lot more number of calories than at lower pace. The time taken at high pace would be lesser but is a lot more effective. At the time of jogging a proper systematic way should be followed where initially one should start at a slower pace gradually increasing the pace and the same should be followed at the end of gradually decreasing the pace. It provides the body with a proper warm up and warm down sessions where the chances of getting an injury are reduced.
Many people believe that if the exercises are going to be done properly and with more intensity it won't do any good whereas researches show that regular exercise even for as low as 30 minutes a day reduces the chances of having heart diseases by about 40 %, Where exercising never ends up being a waste. There is another myth that overweight people don't loose as much as fit people do whereas with regular exercising, any human body looses weight but exercises should be done under assistance. If our beliefs are rite and we think in the right direction with proper exercising and diet, staying fit is no more a tough job to crack.
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