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EXERCISE – GOOD POINTS

15/05/09

Let’s have a look at some of the good points. It depends on what you do, how often and for how long. Stretching exercises make the body flexible and are a necessary preliminary to any sustained effort, if muscle and ligament strain is to be avoided.

But be careful of flexing exercises such as touching your toes. They may play havoc with your back, particularly if you are beyond 35 and have done little exercise for some years. You can easily damage the spinal discs.

When you bend or lift, please bend your knees. You can damage your back bending over in the shower to pick up the soap. Bend your knees.

Weightlifting increases muscle mass but it does little to improve the efficiency of your heart and lungs. Isometric exercises are also useful in increasing the strength and efficiency of muscles. They do little for the heart.

Long, slow, sustained exercise is what makes the heart and lungs work and what builds up cardiopulmonary fitness.