The benefits of being fit include a healthy heart and lungs, increased muscular strength and endurance, increased flexibility, and feeling energized. It lowers the risks of heart attack, diabetes, colon cancer, and hypertension. Fit and active people normally burn more calories, even at rest, and can exercise harder without too much strain, easily keeping their weight under control. They’ll also be able to sleep and handle stress better.

Generally, there are three kinds of fitness. Flexibility is the ability to move joints and muscles through their full range of motion, and you can achieve this by doing lots of stretching. Aerobic fitness increases your body’s ability to utilize oxygen; any activity that raises your heart rate can improve this. Muscle fitness signifies building stronger muscles and increasing their endurance, and can be accomplished by weight training.

The exercise routine you choose will depend on the kind of fitness you aim to achieve. Techniques to get better results will include increasing and varying the intensity of your workout, doing stretching exercises several times daily, doing an exercise you enjoy and combining your routines.

• Flexibility
• Stamina
• Strenght
• Mind-Body Integration