Physical fitness – An eminent component of Overall Well-being

Physical fitness is defined as “one’s ability to maintain daily activities with fast performance, endurance, and proper strength as well as fewer chances of falling ill, or having  fatigue, and stress which could lead to inactive behavior.” This also embodies flexibility and the ability to run quickly or lift weights with ease. This article provides details of the five main components of fitness.

Fast facts on fitness:

o   Maintaining physical fitness can facilitate forestalling some conditions.

o   With exercise, body mass index can be modified

o   Athletes’ hearts rate differ as per their chosen sport.

o   Muscle strength can increase due to fiber hypertrophy

o   Stretching to increase flexibility can ease lots of medical complaints related to the stiffness.

Flexibility is important as it improves the ability to perform movements smoothly and would possibly facilitate forestall injuries. Tightness of ligaments and tendons around the joint due to inactivity can cause stiffness which could lead to pain and difficulty while moving the joint.

Many activities can elongate and stretch the ligaments, and tendons thereby increasing flexibility.

There are three common sorts of stretches that folk use to increase flexibility:

o   Dynamic stretching: This refers to the ability to perform the full range of motion. People use this type of stretch as a warm-up exercise as it helps prepare the body for physical activity.

o   Static-active stretching: This refers to holding the body in a much-stretched position and maintaining that position for some time. One example of static-active stretching is the splits.

o   Trajectory stretching: People got to entirely move into a stretching exercise, once the body is already warmed-up and limber from exercise. It involves stretching in various positions.

The stretching boosts flexibility. Having a daily stretching program is usually the most effective way of achieving whole-body flexibility and better quality of life.