Why Exercise is Cool?
Most People know what exercise is, but do you know why exercise is so important? It isn’t so you can look all sweaty like people on TV commercials for exercise equipment. And it isn’t so you can have huge muscles to bust out of your clothes like a superhero, either.
Exercise is important because it keeps people’s bodies and minds healthy. Without exercise, we wouldn’t be feeling or looking very good. Actually, there are so many reasons why exercise is good for you, it’s time to get right into it and see why it’s cool to be fit!
Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy
Your is one hardworking part, pumping blood everyday of your life. The heart is a muscle, and it’s strongest muscle in your body – but it’s always looking to become even stronger! Since it can’t lift weights to get stronger, it relies on you to do aerobic exercise.
Aerobic is a fancy word for needing oxygen, and aerobic exercise is any kind of activity that makes your muscles use oxygen. Aerobic exercise is repetitive, meaning it’s an activity you do over and over, to keep bringing fresh oxygen to all of your muscles. When you do aerobic exercise and bring in that oxygen, your heart becomes stronger. The number of blood cells in your blood increases, so the blood can carry even more oxygen. The blood in your body even moves more easily through the blood vessels. All these things mean that your body works more efficiently to keep you healthy, and you can do lots of exercise without getting worn out. Aerobic exercise is A- OK!
It’s good idea for kids to do some kind of aerobic exercise two or three times a week, for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. So how can kids bring on the oxygen? It’s not hard to do- some excellent aerobic activities are swimming, basket ball, ice or roller hockey, Jogging ,(or walking quickly), soccer, biking and rowing. Even dancing, skipping, jumping rope, and playing hopscotch are aerobic activities!
Exercise Makes Muscles
All the muscles in your body do a fine job when you use them for easy stuff, like picking up a book walking down the stairs. But what about using them for harder stuff, like taking long bike rides or climbing a tree? That’s where exercise, come in: it makes your muscles get stronger and sometime larger. As your muscles get stronger, you can do more active things for long period of time. And strong muscles also help protect you from injuries when you exercise, because they give better support to your joints (where your bones meet).
Building up all different types of muscles is easy to do. For awesome arms, try push-ups, pull-ups, tug-of-war, or twirling a baton. And don’t forget the strength of the sea: rowing in rowboat or canoe is great for building strong arm muscles. For strong leg muscles, try running, blading, skating, and bike riding. And for strong stomach muscles, try some half sit-ups (with your knees bent and your feet on the floor), bike riding, or even twirling a hula hoop around your waist. Now that’s fun exercise!
Exercise Makes You Flexibles
Can you touch your toes easily without yelling “ouch”? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without too much trouble. But as people get older they tend to get less flexible, so that’s why it’s important to exercise when you‘re a kid so you can stay flexible. Plus, when you’re flexible, you can be more active without having to worry about getting sprains and strained muscles.
Luckily, It’s easy to find things to do for good flexibility! Have you ever tried tumbling? Tumbling and gymnastics are great ways to become more flexible. And say “yes” to yoga for excellent flexibility. Don’t forget dancing, epecially ballet. And for fans of karate, tae kwon do, and other martial arts, you’re in luck: these sports are great for flexibility – you’ll be feeling fine and having fun!
Exercise Keeps You At Healthy Weight
Every time you eat food, your body does the same thing: it uses some of the nutrients in the food as fuel. It burns these nutrients to give us energy or calories. You need calories for all of your body‘s functions, whether it’s things you think about doing, like brushing your teeth, or things you never think about doing , like breathing. So it’s important for kids to get all the calories they need from the foods they eat.
But if the body isn’t able to use all the calories that are coming from food , it stores them away as fat. And that’s why exercise helps keep a kid at a weight that’s right for his height, by burning up extra calories. When you exercise, your body uses that extra fuel to keep you going strong.
Most People know what exercise is, but do you know why exercise is so important? It isn’t so you can look all sweaty like people on TV commercials for exercise equipment. And it isn’t so you can have huge muscles to bust out of your clothes like a superhero, either.
Exercise is important because it keeps people’s bodies and minds healthy. Without exercise, we wouldn’t be feeling or looking very good. Actually, there are so many reasons why exercise is good for you, it’s time to get right into it and see why it’s cool to be fit!
Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy
Your is one hardworking part, pumping blood everyday of your life. The heart is a muscle, and it’s strongest muscle in your body – but it’s always looking to become even stronger! Since it can’t lift weights to get stronger, it relies on you to do aerobic exercise.
Aerobic is a fancy word for needing oxygen, and aerobic exercise is any kind of activity that makes your muscles use oxygen. Aerobic exercise is repetitive, meaning it’s an activity you do over and over, to keep bringing fresh oxygen to all of your muscles. When you do aerobic exercise and bring in that oxygen, your heart becomes stronger. The number of blood cells in your blood increases, so the blood can carry even more oxygen. The blood in your body even moves more easily through the blood vessels. All these things mean that your body works more efficiently to keep you healthy, and you can do lots of exercise without getting worn out. Aerobic exercise is A- OK!
It’s good idea for kids to do some kind of aerobic exercise two or three times a week, for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. So how can kids bring on the oxygen? It’s not hard to do- some excellent aerobic activities are swimming, basket ball, ice or roller hockey, Jogging ,(or walking quickly), soccer, biking and rowing. Even dancing, skipping, jumping rope, and playing hopscotch are aerobic activities!
Exercise Makes Muscles
All the muscles in your body do a fine job when you use them for easy stuff, like picking up a book walking down the stairs. But what about using them for harder stuff, like taking long bike rides or climbing a tree? That’s where exercise, come in: it makes your muscles get stronger and sometime larger. As your muscles get stronger, you can do more active things for long period of time. And strong muscles also help protect you from injuries when you exercise, because they give better support to your joints (where your bones meet).
Building up all different types of muscles is easy to do. For awesome arms, try push-ups, pull-ups, tug-of-war, or twirling a baton. And don’t forget the strength of the sea: rowing in rowboat or canoe is great for building strong arm muscles. For strong leg muscles, try running, blading, skating, and bike riding. And for strong stomach muscles, try some half sit-ups (with your knees bent and your feet on the floor), bike riding, or even twirling a hula hoop around your waist. Now that’s fun exercise!
Exercise Makes You Flexibles
Can you touch your toes easily without yelling “ouch”? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without too much trouble. But as people get older they tend to get less flexible, so that’s why it’s important to exercise when you‘re a kid so you can stay flexible. Plus, when you’re flexible, you can be more active without having to worry about getting sprains and strained muscles.
Luckily, It’s easy to find things to do for good flexibility! Have you ever tried tumbling? Tumbling and gymnastics are great ways to become more flexible. And say “yes” to yoga for excellent flexibility. Don’t forget dancing, epecially ballet. And for fans of karate, tae kwon do, and other martial arts, you’re in luck: these sports are great for flexibility – you’ll be feeling fine and having fun!
Exercise Keeps You At Healthy Weight
Every time you eat food, your body does the same thing: it uses some of the nutrients in the food as fuel. It burns these nutrients to give us energy or calories. You need calories for all of your body‘s functions, whether it’s things you think about doing, like brushing your teeth, or things you never think about doing , like breathing. So it’s important for kids to get all the calories they need from the foods they eat.
But if the body isn’t able to use all the calories that are coming from food , it stores them away as fat. And that’s why exercise helps keep a kid at a weight that’s right for his height, by burning up extra calories. When you exercise, your body uses that extra fuel to keep you going strong.
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