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• Improves and strengthens the cardiorespiratory
system
• Promotes better muscle tone, muscular strength,
and endurance
• Improves muscular fl exibility
• Enhances athletic performance
• Helps maintain recommended body weight
• Helps preserve lean body mass
• Increases resting metabolic rate
• Improves the body’s ability to use fat during
physical activity
• Improves posture and physical appearance
• Improves functioning of the immune system
• Lowers the risk for chronic diseases and illness
(such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer)
• Decreases the mortality rate from chronic diseases
• Thins the blood so it doesn’t clot as readily
(thereby decreasing the risk for coronary heart
disease and strokes)
• Helps the body manage cholesterol more effec-tively• Prevents or delays the development of high
blood pressure and lowers blood pressure in
people with hypertension
• Helps prevent and control diabetes
• Helps achieve peak bone mass in young adults
and maintain bone mass later in life, thereby de-creasing the risk for osteoporosis
• Helps people sleep better
• Helps prevent chronic back pain
• Relieves tension and helps in coping with life
stresses
• Raises levels of energy and job productivity
• Extends longevity and slows the aging process
• Promotes psychological well-being through bet-ter morale, self-image, and self-esteem
• Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety
• Motivates a person toward positive lifestyle
changes (improving nutrition, quitting smoking,
controlling alcohol and drug use)
• Speeds recovery time following physical exertion
• Speeds recovery following injury or disease
• Regulates and improves overall body functions
• Helps maintain independent living, especially in
older adults
• Enhances quality of life: People feel better and
live a healthier and happier life.
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