Flexibility refers to your body's ability to use its major joints fully, which helps prevent injury. Body composition deals with the proportion of fat, muscle, and bone to your body weight. .
Exercises can be divided into two categories, these include aerobic and anaerobic exercises. An aerobic exercise is a physical activity that increases the supply of oxygen to the muscles, which can then be continued for a period of time without resting. Aerobic exercise is the most important, most healthy things you can do concerning your body. Anaerobic exercise is the physical activity that increases speed and muscular strength, and that cannot be continued for a few minutes without stopping. Those exercises also tend to take so much immediate energy that they make you breathe wen more rapidly than aerobic activities. .
Resistance training is also another way to get in shape. Muscles may grow stronger and larger in size through this type of training. It involves overcoming the resistance caused by the weight of another object or a force. Resistance can come from free weights, hydraulic machines, rubberized machines, or your body weight. There are three types of categories for resistance training which include loads, repetitions, and sets. Loads are the weight or force being overcome or moved. Repetitions are the number of times you repeatedly overcome the resistance without resting. Sets are the groups of repetitions separated by a rest period of 30 seconds to 3 minutes. .
While on the road to physical fitness, a few athletes tend take artificially made substances called steroids. Steroids are complex substances that can temporarily increase muscle size. They are also made from the male hormone testosterone. Studies show that over a period of time steroids can take a heavy toll on a person's health. The abuse of steroids is associated with higher risks for heart attacks and strokes. Steroids also increase the risk for liver problems.