shrew chiquita: Guest Post ? How Different Exercises Can Improve Your Health

Hello everyone, and happy Tuesday!

I was recently contacted about featuring a guest post on my blog. I jumped at the chance for someone else to be featured on here! So today I am featuring an article written by?Jim Rollince. He works for Gym Source, as the Head of the Creative Writing Department. Enjoy!

How Different Exercises Can Improve Your Health

Most people know that regular exercise plays a critical role in sustaining and improving personal health. However, people often just hear advice about getting more exercise without knowing what they should do and how exactly it can help solve their health issues. This is not good at motivating people to start exercising and continue to exercise.

There are actually several different types of exercise that everyone should include in some amount in their exercise regimen. Each has a specific impact on physical and mental health.

Strength Building Exercises

Aerobic exercises used to be all the rage. They are still very important parts of any exercise regimen, however, researchers have determined that it is actually strength building exercises, such as old-fashioned weightlifting, that burn more calories and promote health more effectively. This has brought about a transition in exercise circles as people now try to balance their workouts with strength and resistance training.

Examples of strength building include the already-mentioned weightlifting exercises. However, they also include innovative approaches that use resistance to mimic weight. A lot of home gym equipment uses resistance to help buyers build strong muscles rather than riskier free weights, which are heavier, costlier and sometimes cause injury.

Many isometric exercises are also effective at strength building. Pushups and pull-ups are good examples. For an all-around experience, try squat thrusts to build strength in numerous muscles and get your pulse racing.

Aerobic Exercises

Also known as cardio workouts in some circles, these sorts of exercises are meant to put certain muscles to the test, such as those in your legs. Most important, however, is the heart muscle. High intensity workouts that involve a lot of movement rather than weights get your heart pumping fast. Doctors recommend that all people experience some sort of vigorous exercise a few times a week in order to exercise the heart and strengthen the entire cardiovascular system. This is a good way to fend off cardiovascular disease and improve your longevity.

Examples of useful exercises that bring about this temporary cardio strain are running, bicycling, swimming and aerobic dance. You can also perform these exercises indoors on treadmills or ellipticals. The exact form of exercise does not matter as much as the duration and the intensity. As long as you are getting your heart racing for periods of more than 20 minutes as much as three times a week, you are providing excellent exercise for your heart and blood vessels.

Mobility Exercises

Many people begin an exercise regimen and think of stretching as something to simply get out of the way. In fact, stretching is just as important as the rest of the exercises that you will do in a workout. Increasingly, experts suggest that just as much time be devoted to targeted and efficient forms of stretching prior to and after a workout. Good stretches increase the mobility of your joints, strengthen them and protect them. In the end, these types of exercises also protect you because they prevent you from getting hurt or damaging your joints, making it difficult if not impossible to continue exercising.

There are psychological benefits to all forms of exercise as well. When encouraged to exercise, most people who have previously suffered from depression or mood disorder s report an improvement in their outlook. Whatever you choose to do to workout, make sure you do it! The vast benefits of exercise are too great to be ignored.

Hope you enjoyed Jim?s post! If any of you readers are interested in writing a guest post for my blog (or having me guest post for your blog! ), please don?t hesitate to reach out to me! Email me at olafitness17@gmail.com?