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Benefits of Moderate Exercises |
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Exercise Benefits
Exercises need not be stressful, painful or exhausting to produce beneficial effects.
Moderate exercises are capable of preventing heart disease.
Strenuous exercises can do more harm than good.
It can raise blood pressure to dangerous levels, cause irregular heart beats and may actually cause a heart attack or stroke.
Studies have proved that moderate exercise can prevent deaths due to cardiovascular diseases.
- Moderate exercise has an independent effect in preventing heart disease and stroke despite Cholesterol, B.P.
and age. - Women belonging to 30%-50% range of fitness development had lesser incidence of heart disease than women in the bottom 20% zone that had 70% higher incidence.
- Men falling in 30%-50% range of fitness development had lesser incidence of heart disease than men in the lower 20% zone who had 50% higher incidence.
- A little bit of exercise is all that is needed to decrease cardiovascular risk.
Finally, walking was proved an effective exercise in preventing heart disease without the added risk of injury and disability, which keeps occurring, in more strenuous exercises.
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