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What is Exercise?
•Exercise is something you need to live a healthy lifestyle.
•Children and teens need at least 60 minutes or more of physical activity each day.
•Kids exercise all the time without even thinking of it.
•Just being active, like when you run around outside or play soccer at school, is a kind of exercise.
•Playing sports, dancing, doing push-ups, and even reaching down to touch your toes is exercise
•When you exercise, you're helping build a strong body that will be able to move around and do all the stuff you need it to do.
•Try to be active every day and your body will thank you later!
Exercise benefits every part of the body, including the mind.
Benefits:
-Weight loss
-Muscle strengthening
-Stronger bones
-Better mood
-An improved complexion
-Help you sleep better
Now let's see how and why exercise is good for you...
Exercising can help you look better
•People who exercise burn more calories and look more toned than those who don't.
•In fact, exercise is one of the most important parts of keeping your body at a healthy weight.
Exercise helps people lose weight and lower the risk of some diseases
•Exercising to maintain a healthy weight decreases a person's risk of developing certain diseases, including type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.
Exercise can help a person age well
•This may not seem important now, but your body will thank you later.
•Studies have found that weight-bearing exercise — like jumping, running, or brisk walking — can help you keep your bones strong.
Exercise Keeps the Balance
•Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories.
•A calorie is a unit of energy.
•When you hear something contains 100 calories, it's a way of describing how much energy your body could get from eating or drinking it.
•Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around, and do all the basic stuff.
•But if you're active, your body may need extra calories.
•If you're not very active, your body won't need as many calories.
•If you eat enough to meet that need, your body weight will stay about the same.
•If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as excess fat.
•Exercise is something you need to live a healthy lifestyle.
•Children and teens need at least 60 minutes or more of physical activity each day.
•Kids exercise all the time without even thinking of it.
•Just being active, like when you run around outside or play soccer at school, is a kind of exercise.
•Playing sports, dancing, doing push-ups, and even reaching down to touch your toes is exercise
•When you exercise, you're helping build a strong body that will be able to move around and do all the stuff you need it to do.
•Try to be active every day and your body will thank you later!
Exercise benefits every part of the body, including the mind.
Benefits:
-Weight loss
-Muscle strengthening
-Stronger bones
-Better mood
-An improved complexion
-Help you sleep better
Now let's see how and why exercise is good for you...
Exercising can help you look better
•People who exercise burn more calories and look more toned than those who don't.
•In fact, exercise is one of the most important parts of keeping your body at a healthy weight.
Exercise helps people lose weight and lower the risk of some diseases
•Exercising to maintain a healthy weight decreases a person's risk of developing certain diseases, including type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.
Exercise can help a person age well
•This may not seem important now, but your body will thank you later.
•Studies have found that weight-bearing exercise — like jumping, running, or brisk walking — can help you keep your bones strong.
Exercise Keeps the Balance
•Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories.
•A calorie is a unit of energy.
•When you hear something contains 100 calories, it's a way of describing how much energy your body could get from eating or drinking it.
•Your body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around, and do all the basic stuff.
•But if you're active, your body may need extra calories.
•If you're not very active, your body won't need as many calories.
•If you eat enough to meet that need, your body weight will stay about the same.
•If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as excess fat.
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Exercise Makes You Flexible.
•Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without much trouble.
•This kind of exercise often feels really good, like when you take a big stretch in the morning after waking up.
•Being flexible means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain.
•It's easy to find things to do for good flexibility:
-tumbling and gymnastics
-yoga
-dancing, especially ballet
-martial arts
-simple stretches, such as touching your toes or side stretches
•Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without much trouble.
•This kind of exercise often feels really good, like when you take a big stretch in the morning after waking up.
•Being flexible means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain.
•It's easy to find things to do for good flexibility:
-tumbling and gymnastics
-yoga
-dancing, especially ballet
-martial arts
-simple stretches, such as touching your toes or side stretches
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Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy
•You may know that your heart is a muscle.
•It works hard, pumping blood every day of your life.
• You can help this important muscle get stronger by doing aerobic exercise.
•You may know that your heart is a muscle.
•It works hard, pumping blood every day of your life.
• You can help this important muscle get stronger by doing aerobic exercise.
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Exercise is good for your lungs
•Aerobic means "with air," so aerobic exercise is a kind of activity that requires oxygen.
•When you breathe, you take in oxygen, and, if you're doing aerobic exercise, you may notice you're breathing faster than normal.
•Aerobic activity can get your heart pumping, make you sweaty, and quicken your breathing.
•When you give your heart this kind of workout on a regular basis, your heart will get even better at its main job — delivering oxygen to all parts of your body.
•Try swimming, basketball, hockey, jogging, inline skating, soccer, cross-country skiing, biking, or rowing.
•Skipping, jumping rope, and playing hopscotch are aerobic activities, too!
•Aerobic means "with air," so aerobic exercise is a kind of activity that requires oxygen.
•When you breathe, you take in oxygen, and, if you're doing aerobic exercise, you may notice you're breathing faster than normal.
•Aerobic activity can get your heart pumping, make you sweaty, and quicken your breathing.
•When you give your heart this kind of workout on a regular basis, your heart will get even better at its main job — delivering oxygen to all parts of your body.
•Try swimming, basketball, hockey, jogging, inline skating, soccer, cross-country skiing, biking, or rowing.
•Skipping, jumping rope, and playing hopscotch are aerobic activities, too!
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Exercise Strengthens Muscles
•Another kind of exercise can help make your muscles stronger.
•Doing push-ups or swinging across the monkey bars are exercises that can build strength.
•By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger.
•For older teens and adults, this kind of workout can make muscles bigger, too.
•Here are some exercises and activities to build strong muscles:
-push-ups
-pull-ups
-tug-of-war
-rowing
-running
-inline skating
-bike riding
•Another kind of exercise can help make your muscles stronger.
•Doing push-ups or swinging across the monkey bars are exercises that can build strength.
•By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger.
•For older teens and adults, this kind of workout can make muscles bigger, too.
•Here are some exercises and activities to build strong muscles:
-push-ups
-pull-ups
-tug-of-war
-rowing
-running
-inline skating
-bike riding
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Exercise Makes You Feel Good
•It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do a lot of things — like running, jumping, and playing with your friends.
•It's also fun to be good at something, like scoring a basket, hitting a home run, or perfecting a dive.
•But you may not know that exercising can actually put you in a better mood.
•When you exercise, your brain releases chemicals called endorphins, which may make you feel happier
• It's just another reason why exercise is cool!
•It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do a lot of things — like running, jumping, and playing with your friends.
•It's also fun to be good at something, like scoring a basket, hitting a home run, or perfecting a dive.
•But you may not know that exercising can actually put you in a better mood.
•When you exercise, your brain releases chemicals called endorphins, which may make you feel happier
• It's just another reason why exercise is cool!
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Limit Screen Time
•Screen time is the amount of time you spend watching TV or DVDs, playing video games, and using a smart phone, tablet, or computer.
•The more time you spend on these sitting-down activities, the less time available for active stuff, like basketball, bike riding, and swimming.
•Try to spend no more than half an hour a day on screen time, not counting computer use related to school and educational activities.
•You need to go outside and EXERCISE!
•Screen time is the amount of time you spend watching TV or DVDs, playing video games, and using a smart phone, tablet, or computer.
•The more time you spend on these sitting-down activities, the less time available for active stuff, like basketball, bike riding, and swimming.
•Try to spend no more than half an hour a day on screen time, not counting computer use related to school and educational activities.
•You need to go outside and EXERCISE!