Carrdiovascular System

it's like the heart and like the artieries there

Why


As many as 250 000 deaths per year in the United States are attributable to a lack of regular physical activity. In addition, studies that followed large groups of individuals for many years have documented the protective effects of physical activity for a number of noncardiovascular chronic diseases, such as non–insulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and colon cancer.

Benefit of Excercize


A sedentary lifestyle is one of the 5 major risk factors (along with high blood pressure, abnormal values for blood lipids, smoking, and obesity) for cardiovascular disease, as outlined by the AHA. Evidence from many scientific studies shows that reducing these risk factors decreases the chance of having a heart attack or experiencing another cardiac event, such as a stroke, and reduces the possibility of needing a coronary revascularization procedure (bypass surgery or coronary angioplasty).

  • Increase in exercise tolerance

  • Reduction in body weight

  • Reduction in blood pressure

  • Reduction in bad (LDL and total) cholesterol

  • Increase in good (HDL) cholesterol

  • Increase in insulin sensitivity

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