Benefits Of Cardiorespiratory Endurance Exercise

What does cardiorespiratory exercise help the body achieve?

-Become more efficient. -Cope better with physical challenges. -Resist chronic disease.

What are the chronic diseases that exercise reduces the risk for?

-Cardiovascular disease. -Cancer. -Type 2 diabetes. -Osteoporosis. -Inflammation. -Other deaths.

Heatstroke

A severe and often fatal heat illness characterized by significantly elevated core body temperature.

What do endurance exercises lessen?

Anxiety, depression, stress, anger, and hostility while improving sleep.

What do endurance exercises reduce?

Blood pressure.

Inflammation

Body's response to tissue and cell damage, environmental poisons, or poor metabolic health.

Regular endurance exercises increase ____.

Capillaries in muscles and mitochondria.

Dehydration

Excessive loss of body fluid.

Frostbite

Freezing of body tissues characterized by pallor, numbness, and a loss of cold sensation.

Regular endurance exercises prevent ____.

Glycogen depletion.

Heat Exhaustion

Illness resulting from exertion in hot weather.

Hypothermia

Low body temperature due to exposure to cold conditions.

Regular endurance exercises allow training muscles to ____.

Make the most of oxygen and fuel.

Wind Chill

Measure of how cold it feels based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by cold and wind.

Deaths from all causes

Physically fit people have reduced risk of dying prematurely.

What do performing physical activities provides proof of?

Skill mastery and self-control.

Heat Cramps

Sudden muscle spasms and pain associated with intense exercise in hot weather.

What do endurance exercises maintain and increase?

The heart's blood and oxygen supply.

What do endurance exercises strengthen?

The heart's cavity size as well as blood volume.

What do endurance exercises improve?

The heart's muscle function.