BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

The author is Teacher

LIEZEL T. BUNDALIAN

One of the greatest way to feel better, to boost your health, your strength and have fun is when you do exercise and physical activities. It is also one that we lack oftentimes that is why we easily gain weight and get tired even in a couple of time. Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. It is a physical activity or a particular series of movements done to become stronger and healthier. Now, what are the benefits that we can gain in doing exercise or physical activity? How does it helps us to have a healthy living?

First, exercise can help us to prevent excess weight. When you engage in a physical activity, you burn calories. It also combats health conditions and diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure. Regular exercise helps us to prevent or manage a wide range of health concerns and problems. It boosts our energy knowing that it delivers oxygen even nutrients to our tissues and helps us strengthen our cardiovascular system. Besides, exercise improves your mood, it can’t only help you physically but also mentally such as anxiety and depression. If you need an emotional lift exercise can help you release such stress knowing that it is fun and social as well. It gives you the chance to enjoy outdoors activities and connect with your family or friends in a fun social setting.

Doing exercise should not be a burden for us, but it should be a practice leading to a healthy lifestyle. It does not only help you physically but also mentally and socially. So, if you have forsaken exercise in your life, bring it back again so you can live life to the fullest. Be physically active and you will become healthy and physically fit.

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III at Dolores National High School