The Value of Aerobic Development

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The Value of Aerobic Exercise
Victor Zerpa 11th Grade Health
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• What do you think
• are some of the
• ways people exercise?

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Jumping Rope
Swimming
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Jogging
Cycling
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Let's see what some of the benefits are.
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• Increased tolerance to stress

Decreases anxiety and blood pressure.
Enables you to expend nervous energy.
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• Reduced heart rate

Develop ability to pump more with each beat.
Heart works less at rest.
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• Improved delivery of oxygen to the body

Better exchange of gases in the lungs.
More efficient movement of oxygen rich blood.
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• Reduced chance of blood clots

Maintains a smooth blood vessel lining.
Keeps particles constantly moving.
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• Improved body composition

Increases lean body mass.
Reduces body fat.
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• Increased red blood cell count

Production stimulated in the bones.
This in turn facilitates oxygen transport.
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• Reduced effects of coronary heart disease

Blood flow to heart itself is regulated.
Other risk factors are minimized.
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• What does all
• this mean to
• our bodies?

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AFTER ALL THIS HARD WORKYOU WILL FINALLY BE..
HEART HEALTHY!
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CREDITS http//www.arteryfacts.com http//sln.fi.
edu/biosci/blood/red.html http//biology.about.com
/library/organs/heart/blheart.htm Insel, P and
Roth W. Core Concepts in Health 9th ed. Boston
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002.