Benefits of Exercise Flashcards
What are the Benefits of Exercise ?
-Stronger muscles and bones
- Leaner bodies (slim bodies)
-Less risk of becoming overweight
- A lower chance pressure and
blood cholesterol levels
- A Better outlook on life meaning
your mental health, you will be
more matnaly stable because you
have fresh blood to the brain.
What are the 3 elements of fitness?
Endurance
Strength
Flexibility
How does endurance develop ?
Endurance develops, when someone is doing aerobic exercise regularly.
(Aerobic activity is any kind of movement that makes your muscles use oxygen. Aerobic activity gets your heart pumping, too.)
List 5 aerobic activities
Basketball Swimming Walking Tennis Cycling
what else can you can you use except weights to prove you strength ?
You can use your own body weight, for example, pull up, push up, stomachs crunches. Those exercises can improve your strength.
What can strengthen your bones ?
aerobic exercises like running, jumping, handstands, will help build strong bones.
How can your strengthen muscles ?
you can strengthen your muscles by climbing, doing handstand or wrestle can strengthen muscles.
What does stretching improve ?
Stretching exercise helps improve flexibility, allowing muscles and joints to bend and move easily through their full range motion.
what can kids do to to stretch in there day to day life ?
kids get chances to stretch when they reach for toys or practicing to do a split, or a cartwheel.
What is the problem with people this day and age ?
Kids and teens sit around a lot more than they used to. They spend hours every day in front of screens (smartphones, computer tablets, and gaming systems).
What Does Not Enough Physical Activities Do ?
Too much screen time and not enough physical activity can add up to unwanted weight gain.
What Does Not Enough Physical Activities Do ?
Too much screen time and not enough physical activity can add up to unwanted weight gain.
What can can you do to prevent your kids from getting to much social media ?
- Put limits on the time using media, media should not take place on getting enough
sleep and being active. - Limits screen time to 1 hour a day or less for children 2 to 5 years old.
- Discourage any screen time, except video calling for kids younger than 18 months.
- watch it with your kids to help them understand what they want they’re seeing.
- keep all devise out for your children bedroom.
- Turn off the all devise during mealtimes.
How much exercise is enough for 6 - 17 years?
Parents and caregivers can help ensure that kids are active every day.
For school-age kids and teens (6 through 17 years): 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily. This should include muscle strengthening and bone-strengthening activities at least 3 days a week.
how much exercise should a preschooler be getting from age 3- 5 ?
3 hours each day of light, moderate, and vigorous activities. These should include unstructured active free play and planned, adult-led physical activity. exercise guidelines from Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom recommend toddlers be active at least 3 hours throughout the day. This should include light activity, active play, and energetic movement, like hopping, running, and jumping, for raising fit kids.
