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Chapter 1:

Introduction

Synopsis

Further added benefits can be gained if you engage in a more  vigorous type of exercise routine. Studies show that people who exercise daily for longer periods of time, utilizing additional dynamic physical exercises, will likely have more health benefits compared to those who exercise less.

The Basics

For kids, it is best that they begin benefitting from physical exercise at a very young age so that as they develop to adolescent and adulthood they will sustain the value of physical exercise. Additionally, it is very important that they engage in physical activities as it can maintain a healthy body weight. Kids that don’t exercise and don’t have  any other physical activities will likely become overweight. Also, too much of sedentary activities such as playing video games, watching TV programs, surfing the net and the like will increase the chance of becoming obese. Therefore, it is recommended to introduce physical exercise to kids as early as possible for them to stay away from unhealthy activities.

As a final note to achieving healthier bodies, it is critical that we chose the physical activity that best suits us. We need to understand that we have different body types and health conditions, and for that reason we need to know which physical activity can give us the utmost benefit. Talking to the experts will help us identify the right kind of exercises that we can perform daily.

On the other hand, in our effort to lose weight we sometimes skip our meals to speed up the weight losing process. However, by doing this we are sacrificing our health. We don’t need to do that. We just need to understand that losing weight is just a matter of burning enough calories that we consumed through our activities. Thus, starting a good physical exercise can well take care of that.