Conducting regular and systematic physical activity has proven to be
a highly beneficial practice in the prevention, development and
rehabilitation of health, as well as a means to build character,
discipline, decision-making and enforcement of the rules benefiting
and the development of the practitioner in all areas of daily life.
Today this view has been accepted by many, however, over time, has
had its periods of Conducting regular and systematic physical
activity have proven to be a highly beneficial practice in
prevention, rehabilitation and development health as well as means to
build character, discipline, decision-making and enforcement of the
rules benefiting the development of the practitioner in all areas of
daily life. Today this view has been accepted by many, however, over
time, has had its booms and regression.
Most people can benefit from physical activity on a regular basis.
Often people think they get enough exercise at work. Many think they
are too old to start, other than its physical form it is too bad to
try to recover. Obesity, diabetes, or a physical disability, may be
the reasons that discourage the subject to begin physical activity.
But in many cases are simply lazy, or expectations of fatigue and
pain that prevent the reaching even attempted.
At present this evidence proves that those who lead physically active
lives can find a long list of health benefits:
In general and in particular in the form of other risk factors such
as smoking in CHD mortality similar extent reduces the risk of
cardiovascular disease mortality.
Prevents delays the development of hypertension, and lowers blood
pressure values in hypertensives.
Improved profile of blood lipids (reduces triglycerides and
increases HDL cholesterol).
Enhances glucose regulation and lowers the risk of
non-insulin dependent diabetes.
Improve bowel regularity and digestion.
Reduces the risk of certain cancers, one of the most frequent,
including colon and on which there seems to be more evidence.
Increased body fat utilization and improved weight control.
Helps maintain and improve muscular strength and endurance, increase
functional capacity to perform physical activities of daily living.
It helps maintain the structure and function of joints. The
moderate-intensity physical activity, such as that recommended in
order to obtain health benefits, no joint damage occurs and instead
may be beneficial for osteoarthritis.
Physical activity and especially one in which weight is supported,
is essential for normal bone development during infancy and for
achieving and maintaining the peak bone mass in young adults.
Help to reconcile and improve sleep quality.
Improving the image and to share an activity with family and amigos.
Audio to release tension and stress management improves.
Helps fight and improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, and
increases enthusiasm and optimism.
Helps establish cardiosaludables lifestyle in children and combat
factors (obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, etc..) That
favor the development of cardiovascular disease in adulthood.
In older adults, decreases the risk of falls, helps delay or prevent
chronic diseases and those associated with aging. This improves
their quality of life and increases their ability to live
independently.
Helps control symptoms and improve prognosis in many chronic
diseases.
Reduces mortality in both young adults and in the elderly, being
even lower in those who only maintain a moderate level of physical
activity in the less active or sedentary.
Finally, all these benefits will have an ultimate impact on reducing
health care costs. This is a strong argument for both government and
private support to promote physical activity in all sectors of our
society.
The human body as a result of regular physical exercise, presents in
its different devices and systems morphological and functional
changes that call adaptations, which will allow the one hand prevent
or delay the onset of certain diseases and moreover the ability to
improve physical exertion. A trained person will be able to
physically run to the bus stop without getting tired too, play with
their children more vitality and even do some boasting with friends
in a football game.
Undoubtedly regular exercise allows us from the psychological point
of view face life with optimism and readiness, while socially as
means of integration in different human groups.
Potential problems of physical activity, the most common is the risk
of musculoskeletal injuries. This is easy to avoid if you do not
commit excesses and activity level increases slowly and progressively
until the desired. On the other hand, if it is true that strenuous
exercise increases the risk of cardiovascular events (myocardial
infarction or sudden cardiac death), both previously sedentary
individuals as those who perform regular physical activity, the
overall risk remains far lower in the latter.
For those who intend to begin a program of intense physical activity
and have some kind of chronic disease (ischemic heart disease,
hypertension, diabetes, etc..) Or greater risk of suffering, and for
women over 50 and men over 40 years, it is advisable to pass a
medical examination. Regular physical activity to produce an
improvement in organ function, seems to produce a sense of
psychological well-being and a positive outlook on life, which in
turn positively affects the somatic area. By developing a better body
control, better security and confidence in their development to
everyday tasks.
It has been determined that those who regularly practice any exercise
or physical activity, have a better response to depression, anxiety,
fear and disappointment, and on the other hand, are strengthened to
boredom, boredom and fatigue.
Strengthening the body image and self-concept will strengthen the
persistence to improve and gives the person a sense of
accomplishment, independence and control of their life, while
encouraging perseverance towards late.
Participation in sports, can cause negative emotions such as fear,
aggression, anger, and likewise, can provide the participant with the
tools to cope, learning to control his emotions.
Sport is a way of learning to live, to face her as civic downside, in
the struggle not only with others but with himself, with our desires,
strengths and weaknesses.
The sport allows people as individual entities have vitality,
stamina, strength, their duties in the social sphere in which they
work fundamental to energy. In teaching and learning in teams
competitions, rules and honor and reputation and on the opposite
team's success to win individual awards of aid, the need for
compliance with the subjugation of a process. Anyone who plays a
sport, an optimist in the struggle to achieve our goals consistently,
mutual respect, honesty and sense of responsibility are held as
showing.
