LIFESTYLE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

Hello Everybody in the class, I cannot, but appreciate your outstanding performance for our first post in this blogspot, It is indeed outstanding and amazing. Kudos to the entire members of the class.

Similarly, the achievement made so far on our recent awareness campaign on coronavirus in Ido-Ani and its environ cannot be wished away.

The periodic report by Healthline blog on coronavirus indicates an increase in the spreading across China regions with few countries having the feel of it.

Fortunate for Nigeria, No Nigerian has been reported infected with the virus. Meanwhile, today, we are treating something closely related to this. Please keep open mind.........

Lifestyle Physical Activity For Health Promotion Exercising daily in moderation contributes substantially to good health. Even without a formal, vigorous exercise programme, you can get many of the same health benefits by becoming more physically active. If you are already active, you benefit even more by increasing the intensity or duration of your activity. The five components of physical fitness most important for health are cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, strength endurance, flexibility and body composition. Physical training is the process of bringing about long term improvements in the body's functioning through exercise.

All training is based on the fact that the body adapts to physical stress. According to the principle of specificity, bodies change specifically in response to the type of training received. Fahey, insel and Roth (2001) observed that bodies also adapt to progressive overload. Therefore, when we progressively increase our amount of exercise its frequency, intensity and duration take us to fitness level. Abass (2015) stated that bodies adjust to lower levels of activities by losing fitness, a principle known as reversibility.

To counter the effects of reversibility we should keep training at the same intensity, even if we reduce the number or length of sessions. According to the principle of individual differences, people vary in the maximum level of fitness they can achieve. Okuneye (2016) Observed that when designing an exercise programmes, assess your current level of fitness, set realistic goals, and choose activities that develop all components of fitness. Note :Train regularly, get in shape gradually, warm up and cool down, maintain a structured but flexible programme, consider training with a partner, train your mind and keep exercise in perspective all the time.
Note :If you are sick do not exercise until you are fully recovered before resuming your exercise programmes.

Question for today Are you ready to keep fit at all times.

Yes /No

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