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Keeping fit has become a paramount part of life, especially with the development of lifestyle diseases (Mathews, Orros, McLaren, Gelling, & Foster, 2005, p. 570). Much of the responsibility is left to an individual to ensure that they not only keep fit but also maintain a healthy lifestyle. Ideally, numerous factors and components are involved in as far as encouraging fitness is concerned.
Individuals ought to be careful about the exercises and diet that they take in order to maintain a healthy life. The consumption of healthy food is also very important in encouraging individuals to keep fit. The main aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of what it takes to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I believe I performed fairly well in the fitness test. My flexibility is commendable. Even for the tests that I did not perform as expected, I believe that I have a better opportunity to improve and stabilize my fitness. However, as it stands, I am performing above average as far as fitness is concerned. In addition, the flexibility of my body allows me to participate in active sports like yoga and karate with ease. I also performed well on my cardio test which implies that I have a strong heartbeat and harmonious. I can take part in active physical exercises for a long time without getting tired.
However, I need to make a lot of improvements in as far as balance is concerned. In addition, I also need to take part in activities that will encourage muscle endurance in order to keep my muscles stronger. I also need to improve on coordination in order to keep fit. The fitness components related to the test performed include flexibility test, coordination test, muscle endurance test, and cardio test (Mathews, Orros, McLaren, Gelling, & Foster, 2005, p. 571). The main aim of these tests was to establish the fitness of my body and establish what I need to improve on.
I have discovered that I have not been volatile enough in as far as excising and keeping fit is concerned. I believe that my weight has been an advantage to my health in the sense that that it has encouraged flexibility. However, I have engaged myself in a few exercises including walking and running at least two days a week.
I am sure that this is not even the average of what is expected of me in as far as keeping fit is concerned. However, it has still served to my advantage in the sense that I have the ability to engage in multiple exercises for a longer time without getting tired (Corbin, Welk, Corbin, & Welk, 2001). I have my personal training exercise for ensuring that I keep fit from all forms of lifestyle diseases.
As it stands, my personal training is for the purpose of not only encouraging flexibility but also establishing how best to micromanage my weight. I believe that personal training will play an imperative role in increasing my weight and perfecting my body. The personal exercise will also play an imperative role in making my muscle stronger and improving coordination. If these components are stabilized, I will be able to achieve the fitness level that I want.
My overall illness is not very encouraging. However, there are areas that am happy about including my heart condition. This implies that I am in a position to engage in vigorous activities that will push me to become fit. My overall fitness is not balanced because there are areas I have performed exemplary while other areas are characterized by a lot of shortcomings.
On one hand, my heart condition and flexibility are commendable. On the other hand, my balancing, coordination, and muscle endurance are not as impressive. A lot needs to be put in place in order to ensure that the areas associated with the weakness are improved. This is because these weaknesses are limiting my ability to stay fit (Corbin, Welk, Corbin, & Welk, 2001).
Sleep patterns play an imperative role in encouraging weight gain. In addition, water consumption and physical wellness play an exclusive role in as far as muscle endurance is concerned (Corbin, Welk, Corbin, & Welk, 2001). I intend to engage in practices that are more physical, adjust my sleeping pattern, and increase my consumption of water in order to provide permanent solutions to the weakness I am currently experiencing.
This will play an imperative role in encouraging me to keep fit. I will continue to engage in walking, running, swimming, and attending the gym in order to keep fit. This will also be supplemented with a good nutrition that will encourage weight gain (Chawla, 2014, p. 197).
I have been very persuasive in as far as the five food groups are concerned. I am a great fan of proteins especially beef and chicken. As a result, I tend to consume more of the product when compared to any other group of food. I doubt if I have had of my meals without a piece of beef or chicken. That is how much I love proteins. I am however not ignorant of the other groups of food. I also love grains and dairies. I believe I consume more than enough of these groups of food.
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However, I consider myself a non-vegetarian because I take too long before I get to have vegetables in my meals. I think this has contributed a lot to encouraging poor coordination performance. In as much as I am too focused to increase my weight, I think my current diet is likely to result in adverse lifestyle diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. I do not take fruits with the frequency that I am required to in order to maintain a healthy life. I therefore need to do a lot in as far as my diet is concerned in order to improve my weight and keep fit.
Squatting is an essential physical exercise that plays a paramount role in strengthening muscles. As was stated earlier, my heart is in perfect condition. However, the inability of my muscles to endure too much pressure limits my ability to exercise for long. My thighs and legs are the most affected. In addition, I need to improve the endurance of my hamstrings, calves, and gluteus muscles.
Since my thighs and legs are the most affected, my prime target is the adductors, quadriceps, calves, hamstrings, and the gluteus. Squatting will play a prime responsibility in improving the performance of these muscles because the exercise is one of the cheapest but very effective (Chawla, 2014, p. 196).
Squatting will also play an important role in improving the flexibility of my body. As it stand, my flexibility is good (Rittweger, Mutschelknauss, & Felsenberg, 2003, p. 82). However, more can be done in order to improve it. The exercise will also play an important role in making my muscles stronger. This will ensure that I have an improved posture. The exercise was also cheaper mainly because of the fact that I will not require an instructor in order to perform. In addition, I will also be able to perform the exercise at the convenience of my home.
As has been discussed above, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a personal responsibility. This is because if an individual fails to take care of their health, they are prone to develop healthy condition that may otherwise prove impossible to treat. Individuals must also ensure that they engage in physical excises that will encourage fitness and better health status. This is for the purpose of encouraging a healthy lifestyle and limiting the opportunity for lifestyle diseases to strike.
References
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Corbin, C, B., Welk, G., Corbin, W. R., & Welk, K. (2001). Concepts of fitness and wellness. McGraw-Hill.
Mathews, F., Orros, M., McLaren, G., Gelling, M., & Foster, R. (2005). Keeping fit on the ark: assessing the suitability of captive-bred animals for release. Biological Conservation, 121(4), 569-577.
Rittweger, J., Mutschelknauss, M., & Felsenberg, D. (2003). Acute changes in the neuromuscular excitability after exhaustive whole body vibration exercise as compared to exhaustion by squatting exercise. Clinical physiology and functional imaging, 23(2), 81-86.