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Short-term benefits of regular exercise

• Increase your endurance
• Have healthier muscles, joints and bones
• Increase your metabolism
• Have more energy
• Experience a sense of well-being and be better able to cope with stress
• Be better able to get to sleep and stay asleep

One thing experts agree on is that your exercise, at the very least, has to be moderately intense and has to be regular. The National Physical Activity Guidelines for Australians recommends at a minimum 30 minutes of moderate physical activity - like walking - on most days of the week. How do you know if you're being moderately active? A good test is to see if you can talk easily while you're exercising. If you can, you are exercising at a light to moderate level. Once your breathing makes it too hard to talk, you know you've increased the intensity of your workout!

types of exercise

There are three main types of exercise, each one has a different effect on your body:

• Aerobic exercise such as swimming or running increases your cardio-respiratory fitness and endurance. This is the capacity of your heart and lungs to supply oxygen-rich blood to your muscles so they can produce energy for movement over a sustained period.
• Flexibility exercises such as yoga and pilates improve the full range of motion of your muscles and joints.
• Resistance exercise such as weight-lifting increases your muscle strength by requiring your muscles to lift, push or pull against something. This type of exercise can also increase bone density and help prevent osteoporosis, which is important as you get older

The best exercise for you would depend on what you want to achieve from the regime. The various aims could be:

• Cardiovascular fitness
• Strength training
• Flexibility
• Losing weight
• Fighting depression
• Recovering from injury

Depending upon what you want to achieve your exercise regime would vary. But one thing to keep in mind is that exercise should be performed under proper professional guidance.

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