Six Exercise Benefits
A review of how bodies respond to exercise and how overall wellness is improved
Agility
The ability to change the position of your body quickly and to control movement easily.
- Ability to change directions and maintain balance
- Ability to step aside quickly to avoid someone or something
- Develop agility skills by doing side shuffles with a floor touch at each end, doing high knee lifts, forward lunges, or sideways crossover walking
Balance
A person’s ability to maintain equilibrium when they are moving or stationary.
- Is your ability to ability to adjust body position in order to remain upright
- Allows an individual to perform everyday activities without holding on to something
- Makes it possible to negotiate steps or curbs without using a rail
- Balance training can include standing on one foot, standing yoga poses, or using a balance board
Power
An individual’s ability to transfer energy into force at a rapid pace.
- Power is a combination of strength and speed
- Ability to exert muscle force quickly
- Also known as explosive body movement
- Enhance your power by pushing a weighted object or doing kettlebell swings
Reaction Time
Relates to the time between one of your senses recognizing a stimulus and your body moving in response.
- Moving your foot from the accelerator to the brake pedal when you need to stop
- Ability to move quickly to avoid a physical object or threat
- Improve reaction time by playing table tennis or toss and catch against a wall
- Sport-specific drills will also improve reaction time
Coordination
A person’s ability to perform complex movements because the muscles and nervous systems are working together.
- Strength training and balance exercises will improve coordination
- Lack of coordination may result in falls, the inability to hit a ball off a tee, or hitting a tennis ball
- Coordination can be improved by dribbling a ball, playing catch, or jumping rope
Speed
Is the ability to perform a movement in a short amount of time.
- Leg speed will result in an individual’s ability to run faster
- Hand or arm speed will improve a person’s ability to throw and catch
- Speed can best be enhanced with high intensity interval training (HIIT)
- Sport specific drills for swimming, cycling, running and more
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