Aerobic -
Aerobic exercise speeds up your heart rate and breathing. Gives your heart and lungs a workout and increases endurance. Helps relax blood vessel walls, lower blood pressure, burn body fat, lower blood sugar levels, reduce inflammation, boost mood, raise good cholesterol. Can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, may even lower the risk of cancer.
Aim for 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity activity. Try brisk walking, swimming, jogging, cycling, dancing, playing sports.
Strength -
Strength training builds muscle mass. Regular strength training will help you feel more confident and capable of daily tasks. Strengthening your muscles not only makes you stronger, but also stimulates bone growth, lowers blood sugar, assists with weight control, improves balance and posture, and reduces stress and pain in the lower back and joints.
It will likely include bodyweight exercises like squats, push-ups, and lunges, and exercises involving resistance from weight, a band, or a weight machine.
Stretching -
Stretching helps maintain flexibility. Staying flexible improves your quality of life. Ageing leads to a loss of flexibility in the muscles and tendons. Muscles shorten and don't function properly. Stretching the muscles routinely makes them longer and more flexible, which increases your range of motion, reduces cramps and pain, the risk for injury.
Perform static stretches (holding a stretch position for up to 60 seconds) for the calves, the hamstrings, hip flexors, quadriceps, and the muscles of the shoulders, neck, and lower back.
Balance -
Balance exercises improve your ability to control and stabilize your body's position. Some exercise helps improve your balance by helping you build up core strength. Improving your balance makes you feel steadier on your feet and helps prevent falls. Many lower-body strength exercises also will improve your balance.
Typical balance exercises include standing on one foot or walking heel to toe, with your eyes open or closed. Exercises to improve your balance include Tai Chi, Yoga.
Ideally, you should include all four types of exercise in your workouts. A workout might include running or walking briskly for 30 minutes on a treadmill for aerobic exercise, then doing strength and balance exercises combined, and finishing by doing some static stretches.
Each type of exercise is important in its way, and doing all four types is the way to maximize your fitness. Buy the trendiest, high-quality and performance-ready activewear on our website.