Exercise - Type of physical activity carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.

What are the importance/ benefits of exercise?

1.

Increased Energy by working out on a regular basis, your body becomes more
efficient at burning calories. This gives you more energy throughout the day.

2. Increased Metabolism. Increased physical activity through working out leads to more
muscle mass, which in itself leads to a higher metabolism. As per some studies,
every extra pound of muscle allows you to burn anywhere from 50- 100 calories when
at rest.
3.

Improved Muscle Tone Physical activity, especially weight training allows you to
change the shape of your body. Since muscle is denser than fat, one can get bigger
or smaller by gaining more muscle

4. Better Health Increased exercising leads to a strengthening of the immune system;

which means that one is less likely to get sick when exercising the right amount. On
the other hand, over exercising can weaken your immune system and make you sick.
5.

Stress Reduction Stress levels are reduced extensively by regular work outs. They
allow the individual to take their mind off the daily grind and use pent up energies for
productive purposes.

6.

Improved Self-Esteem When following an exercise regimen for a regular basis, you
bring about greater self esteem through the results and accomplishment achieved.

Normal Pulse Rate - Pulse indicates the rate at which your heart is beating; so normal pulse
rate implies that your heart is functioning properly, which is a sign of good health.
Heart rate is a very important measurement in many fitness tests and in exercise science
research.
Heart rate - refers to the speed of the heartbeat, specifically the number of heartbeats
per unit of time. The heart rate is typically expressed as beats per minute (bpm).
The normal heart rate ranges from 60100 bpm.
Bradycardia refers to a slow heart rate, defined as below 60 bpm.
Tachycardia refers to a fast heart rate, defined as above 100 bpm.
When the heart rate is not regular in a regular pattern, this is referred to as an arrhythmia.
These abnormalities of heart rate sometimes, but not always, indicate disease
FINDING MY PULSE
Heart rate is measured by finding the pulse of the heart.
This pulse rate can be found at any point on the body where the artery's pulsation is
transmitted to the surface.
Pulse rate can be determine by pressuring the location of arterys pulsation with the index
and middle fingers
The thumb should not be used for measuring another person's heart rate, as its strong pulse
may interfere with the correct perception of the target pulse.
Two Most Common Location of Pulse

1. Carotid pulse-the pulse of the carotid artery, palpated by gently pressing a finger in
the area between the larynx and the sternocleidomastoid muscle in the neck.

2. Radial pulse- the pulse of the radial artery palpated at the wrist

When the heart beats, arteries pulse at the same time. Some of these arteries like
the radial and carotid arteries can be felt easily, while others are too deep in the
body to be accessed.