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Role of Physical Fitness in Women

Author: Adam Sturm
by Adam Sturm
Posted: Jan 02, 2016

Regardless of age and gender, physical fitness is important to improve self-esteem and reduce the risk of serious illnesses at the later stage of life. Women are entirely different from men, in body composition, physical appearance and emotional issues. During their midlife changes, women go through lot of hormonal imbalance effects that lead them to many health problems. Even during pregnancy, women face many changes physically and psychologically which make them feel more anxious and stressed out. So, women need proper combination of good physical fitness activity and healthy diet to keep them fit and comfortable.

Effects of Physical activity on women's health

During various stages of life, women come across many health problems and some of which can be reduced with right physical fitness activities. The issues that can be reduced or prevented from attacking women are as follows

  • Cardiovascular diseases, which is common in every 1 out of 3 women. As the age goes up, the risk of getting cardiovascular disease increase to 1:2 ratio.
  • Diabetes, which is suffered by more than 70 million women on globe.
  • Osteoporosis, in which bones become fragile and are likely to break.
  • Cancer, among various types of cancers in women, breast cancer is most common one.

Benefits of physical fitness in women

Physical fitness not only helps women to lead a healthy life but also offers enough endurance to stay active in social and professional aspects. There are lots of advantages of regular exercise and physical activity for women that can be hardly ignored.

Some of them are stated as -

  • Women are vulnerable to many weight changes during their lifetime. Whether it is loss of weight due to health issue or gain because of pregnancy, regular fitness activities help women to maintain balanced body weight and stay healthy. A good exercise along with proper nutritional diet help women improve their physical and mental well-being.
  • Bones in women get weaker after their 30s. With regular activity, women can maintain good bone density and muscle strength.
  • With physical fitness it is easy to overcome problems of arthritis such as stiffness, swelling and pains related to joints. Also, regular exercise increases the joint mobility and muscle strength.
  • Physical fitness reduces the stress levels and anxiety in women keeping them in relaxed state of mind.
  • As women have high level of stress and anxiety, they are easily prone to hypertension which can be controlled by reducing blood pressure. Blood pressure can be reduced by controlling stress levels and having a regular physical fitness habit.
  • A good fitness habit keeps the individual away from major health issues like coronary heart disease, cancers etc.
  • Regular fitness activity also helps in controlling body fat and maintaining good muscle strength.

According to study, the average life of a woman in all the countries is more than the average life of man, but comparatively women suffer from more diseases than men in their life span. If women are health conscious right from the beginning, they can avoid many problems which they will be facing in future.

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