Helps keep the heart healthy
Your heart is a muscle. In fact it’s one of the most critical muscles in your body because it controls the flow of blood around your system. In itself it’s like a pumping station – the right side bringing in blood from your body and pumping it to your lungs, and the left side bringing in blood from the lungs and pumping it to the rest of your body. Continuous and sustained exercise can help to condition the heart and lungs. When you exercise you breath faster and the heart pumps more blood throughout your body. Your blood provides your body with oxygen and important nutrients, while at the same time carrying harmful waste products out of your body. Regular physical activity can help to reduce the risk of heart disease. Particularly with heart disease being the leading cause of death throughout the world (Source: World Health Report 2002) the need for exercise cannot be stressed enough.