Gift Fitness

Gift Fitness

Some ideas for fitness gifts are memberships to health clubs, weights, and exercise apparatus. Stationary bikes, tread mills, and rowing machines are included. Fitness gifts include exercise clothing, shoes, and accessories.

All forms of exercise from walking to yoga may have fitness related gifts for the birthday honoree.

Some exercise enthusiasts keep an exercise log or journal which makes excellent gifts. In the journal you may want to enter a page for the well-being of the honoree with pictures of friends.

A fitness program should include three types of exercise:

Cardiovascular Training

This is what we know as aerobic training. By keeping the heart pumping at a higher rate for an extended period of time we gain endurance. The increased pumping of the heart relaxes blood vessels and strengthens bones. In addition to helping people lose weight, it improves may help lower cholesterol. Endurance should be greatly improved with four hours of areobic exercise spread over the week.

The best areobic exercises are only as good as how well they hold your interest and give you both physical and mental benefit. Some sports, such as tennis, give a great areobic workout. Other examples are swimming, dancing, jogging, brisk walking, stair climbing, and stationary bicycling.

Flexibility Training

The goal of flex exercises are to stretch muscles in a specific directions to prevent cramps, stiffness, and injury during exercises. Balance and breathing techniques are taught with the exercise. Yoga and Tai Chi have become popular flex exercise programs.

These exercises also emphasize proper breathing, balance, and alignment. Some forms of flexibility training, such as yoga and tai chi, include meditation and breathing techniques that can reduce stress.

Weight Training

Weight training is a form of anaerobic exercise which increase short-term muscle strength. This helps with every day efforts, such as carrying large bags of groceries or heavy gardening.

Some strength training routines include weights, elastic bands, or plastic tubes. Lifting weights at home whenever feasible will help with aerobic and flex exercise goals.

If you have arthritis, strong muscles releive stress on joints. Strengthening muscles reduces shock to joints and help prevent injury.

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