The Importance Of Physical Fitness

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Everybody wants to look fit and have a good looking body. Physical fitness has to do with more than just losing weight, it can also improve a person’s health. If you think about back in the day, being physical fit was not a problem. Now since fast food restaurants started developing its been a worldwide problem. Many health problems could be avoided if we all cared about our physical fitness, that 's why physical fitness can help humanity. There are many types of ways and tools that can help you be physically fit. If you want a change you can accomplish it, what counts is that you try your hardest to reach your goal.
John F. Kennedy said “Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” Physical fitness is composed of a good diet and regular physical exercise to reduce any chance of diseases or development of cancer. Cardiorespiratory exercise
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In basketball you 're moving up and down the court and you never stop, when you 're trying to take a shot you also move your hands and feet. In soccer it involves running and a type of exercise with moving the ball with your feet. Almost in all the sports you are being physically active and that 's the right thing to do. Physical fitness starts of with being able to eat healthy and how you can maintain it to be an everyday workout. You can start off your morning with a light breakfast because it 's the most important meal of the day. Some snacks could be a granola bar, yogurt, pasta or oatmeal. There are aerobic and anaerobic training you can do to build power. You could start with a jog and then maybe a workout that can strengthen all your muscles in your body, going to the gym would be good to. Ab workouts helps you burn fat from your stomach and gain more

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