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Is it easy to feel tired even though you have only been up the stairs for a while? Is it easy to feel weak when walking for a while when the weather is hot? This may be because the body is not in good shape. Many people may not keep in shape. Rarely do sports and spend a lot of time sleeping or sitting. In fact, body fitness is very important to support the activities you do every day and also improve your health.
What is fitness?
Fitness is a series of body qualities that can improve the performance of physical activity. Physical fitness itself consists of various components, so it is not easy to say that someone is in good shape or not if only at first glance. Several components in fitness, namely:
- Cardiorespiratory fitness (heart and lungs) shows how well your body provides energy through the circulatory and respiratory systems during activities.
- Muscle strengthshows how much the ability of the muscles to force the muscles to remain strong during activity.
- Muscle endurancedemonstrates the muscle's ability to continue energized without tiring.
- Body compositionshows how big your body composition is, which consists of the amount of muscle, bone, water, and fat.
- Flexibility (flexibility) indicates the range of motion the joint can perform.
You can tell your fitness is good or not from how well you are doing in each of these components. For example, how many movements push ups or sit ups that you produce until you feel tired, this is to measure the strength and endurance of your muscles. Or, how much time you need to run a distance of 2.4 km or 1.5 miles, to show how well your heart is fitness.
Why keep in shape?
Everyone's body fitness is different. This is influenced by various factors, such as lifestyle (including physical activity), muscle tissue, genetics, and overall health. The more often you exercise, the better your body fitness will be.
So, make no mistake if obese people who often exercise may have a higher and healthier fitness than thin people but never exercise.
Keeping your body in shape can maintain your overall health and prevent you from various diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes. Reporting from Prevention, your fitness level can determine how much you are at risk for heart failure. This was stated in research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions in 2013.
Regular exercise keeps your body's metabolism awake, so you can avoid gaining excess weight. In addition, blood circulation can also run smoothly when exercising regularly, thereby reducing the risk of heart disease. Routine exercise also makes the body more flexible, muscles stronger, and less prone to injury.
What are the signs if the body is not in good shape?
You may feel that your body is not in good shape when you tire easily and become weak after activities. In fact, fitness level can be determined by taking various measurements for various components. A person's physical fitness cannot be seen without being measured.
However, you may have a less fit body if you experience the following signs:
- Muscles feel sore or stiff and uncomfortable after exercising.
- Has a limited range of motion of the joints or the body is less flexible.
- It is easy to get injured while exercising.
- Tired easily when exercising.
- Often drowsy because the brain is deprived of oxygen.
- Easy to gasp or even chest pain during exercise.
- Often has trouble sleeping.
- Digestion is not smooth because the body's metabolism slows down.
Have you experienced any of the above signs? If so, that means you have to exercise more regularly so that your body fitness improves.
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