Importance of fitness
Physical Health Benefits
Fitness is
important in maintaining and advancing physical health. Regular
exercises enhance muscle strength, and strengthen the body's immune
system. Hoeger & Hoeger (2013) say that routines of fitness promote
endurance and metabolic efficiency for general well-being. Sun, Wang, &
Chen, 2022 compare bodybuilding and fitness exercises with respect to
their effects on physical fitness; strength and endurance training
enhance the muscular activity and can for a while delay the biological
aging process at least in certain respects.
Disease Prevention
Physical
activity has been associated with lower risk for chronic diseases,
including diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Pate, Oria, & Pillsbury,
2012 argue that stages of physical activity started early in life
trickle into later years, hence making early introductions of exercising
in childhood even more imperative. The Washington Post explained in 2018
that those active people who were exercising frequently would reduce
their risks from these chronic diseases to a minimum because the
exercises play the major role of keeping away these diseases and other
health conditions by being preventive.
Longevity/Quality of Life