...the topic of exercise addiction and will discuss both the positive affects and the negatives. When considering these two aspects, it is important to know that the negative aspect is much more than the positive. This essay will also be discussing what actually is exercise addiction and the effects it has on the individual who suffers from it. The essay will then conclude with how an exercise scientist can help the individual suffering from exercise dependence. What are some of the positives of exercise? Exercising regularly can create some really positive health benefits to the individual. Positive Health reasons for exercise, according to the American Medical Association (1999, P.394), are benefits...
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...Effects of exercise to muscles Jezreel E. Rodriguez Communication Arts II Professor Manlapig, B. May 22, 2012 Thesis statement: 54 percent of human body mass is muscles, and through regular exercise these muscles could be made healthier. I. Introduction II. Muscles and exercise a. Three types of muscles 1. Smooth muscle 2. Cardiac muscle 3. Skeletal muscle b. Benefits of exercise to muscles 1. Muscle Strength 2. Muscle Endurance 3. Muscle Size 4. Muscle Nerve-Interaction 5. Blood Circulation c. Muscle Soreness After Exercise 1. Causes of muscle Soreness 2. Treatment for muscle soreness 3. Tips for dealing with muscle soreness 4. Tips to prevent muscle soreness III. Conclusion INTRODUCTION Exercise is one of the most important thing for the body, not only to make it strong but also for us to avoid diseases. Disease care is very expensive in any health cares or hospitals. Most of the money spent for health care are really spent for medicines or treatments. Many people now are have no time for exercise because of busyness or just taking aside of it. They didn’t think that having no exercise can lead to the weakness of the body and also can cause of incurable diseases. In this study we will know the importance of having a regular exercise. We will learn the possible effects of exercise to muscles, to motivate us to do exercises for our healthy lifestyle. One in having a regular exercise, it gives energy to the muscles through...
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...The Effects of Exercise on the Obese Obesity has become a problem in the United States with 35.7% of American men and women being obese (Ogden, Caroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2012). An individual's BMI is calculated based on his or her height and weight. Therefore, if an obese individual lost weight it would be an efficient way to lower his or her BMI and promote a healthier life style. The decision to start an exercise program or plan can positively affect one's health. This is even more accurate for those individuals who are obese as it can promote weight loss, increase cardiovascular functions and reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors. In order to lose weight, an individual must be in a caloric deficit. A person who maintains a consistent weight is said to be in a state of caloric balance. In other words, he or she is eating around the same amount of calories as being used. The key to be in a state of caloric deficit, the individual is not only reducing the amount of calories consumed but also increasing physical activity throughout the day. A caloric deficit of 3,500 calories will allow a person to lose one pound. This means that a caloric deficit of around 500-1000 calories per day is required to lose one to two pounds per week (Hussman, n.d.). People who suffer from obesity are at risk of not having a healthy cardiovascular system. Exercise has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system when combined with a healthy diet which can lead to better cardiovascular health...
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... In order to maintain a healthy heart and circulatory system it is important to exercise, but what demands does exercise have on the body? In order to investigate some of the effects that exercise has on the body we conducted a practical experiment in small groups in which a subject carried out gentle exercise (jogging on the spot) for five minutes. Using a heart rate monitor the heart rate was measured at rest, after five minutes of exercise then at two minute intervals. The breathing rate was measured using a timer. The results were then recorded, analysed and collated with the rest of the class. From that the mean data was created. The purpose of this investigation as to measure effects that exercise has on Heart rate and Breathing rate within the body. In this we will be looking at the demands placed on a healthy body during short term exercise and particularly the respiratory and circulatory systems also, what the body goes through and which other systems such as the digestive system contribute to these processes and how cellular respiration occurs. The hypothesis of the experiment is that the heart rate will rise sharply then steadily go back down after exercise is completed. Similarly the breathing rate is expected to rise whilst exercising then go back to normal in recovery. The results are displayed in attached graph. ...
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...out frequently in order to counteract high job-related stress levels, their productivity may suffer instead of improve, a new study indicates. Comments 0 Researchers studied the relationship between stress, physical activity and productivity in a sample of 2,823 Minnesota workers. They found that employees with high stress levels who maintained a high level of physical activity experienced increased loss of productivity. In contrast, for workers with relatively low stress levels, physical activity had less effect on productivity. Employees with higher body mass indexes exhibited less productivity regardless of other factors. Putting Exercise Over Work The study authors, led by Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Ph.D., of Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, pointed out that worksite wellness programs that improve employee health generally lead to increased productivity. But the study provides new insights into how stress affects productivity, particularly in combination with exercise and other lifestyle factors. For example, overweight, highly stressed employees who exercised 7 hours per week lost an estimated 11 percent of productivity. Workers with low stress levels who exercised, meanwhile, lost only 2 percent of productivity. The results suggest that, when stress levels are high, increased physical activity is linked to decreased productivity. “This may indicate that some individuals essentially cope with high levels of stress by exercising more and working less,” the authors concluded...
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...The Effects of Adderall During Exercise In modern society where most people have trouble concentrating, there is a group of people that are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although the drug is intended to help students and adults complete daily tasks, it has been recently been discovered to enhance physical performance during exercise. Although there is a lot more room for research, fatigue is the main physical aspect that Adderall is used to combat. Scientists are still running tests to learn more about the effects of Adderall on different aspects of the body. The purpose of the drug is to release dopamine because ADD/ADHD is caused from a lack of dopamine. Adderall also affects multiple body systems such as the digestive system, central nervous system, and circulatory system. The development of Adderall has caused professional sports leagues to set guidelines in the use of the drug during competition and training. Research is still developing around the full affect of Adderall during exercise but there is strong evidence to prove the enhancement of performance. Adderall is a common stimulant that when used properly treats ADHD/ADD in adults and children. The neurobehavioral disorder is more common in the youth, affecting between 3%-7% of school-aged children. ADD/ADHD can result in delayed learning ability, compromised academic success, and suspended maturation if not treated. Adderall is an amphetamine...
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...1. What are the long term effects of exercise on… a) the cardiovascular system b) the respiratory system c) the muscular system d) the skeletal system a. The long-term effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system are the heart becomes bigger and its walls become thicker and the coronary arteries become better at supplying the heart with blood. It will be able to pump more blood per min which makes the heart more capable of a higher heart rate, stroke volume and minute volume. b. The long-term effects of exercise on the respiratory system are increasing the air sacks in the lungs, clearing out any mucus that may be in any of them, increasing the vital capacity of the lungs and tidal volume of the lungs as well as increasing the strength of the diaphragm muscle. The lungs will become healthier and produce a greater number of alveoli. c. The long-term effects of exercise on the muscular system are the tendons (a connective tissue that connect muscle to bone) become stronger, our aerobic energy system become more efficient, slow twitch fibres increase in size. Also our muscles hypertrophy become bigger and individual muscle fibres become thicker becoming able to cope with lactic acid. Lastly the chemical reaction in our muscle that produces energy increase in quantity and the removal of lactic acid is faster. d. The long-term effects of exercise on the skeletal system are the mineral content of our bones increases and bones get denser...
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...slowly increasing the distance of my runs from hundreds of yards a day to a mile a day, my cardiovascular system gradually improved. By the end of what felt like an eternal summer, I felt proud to be in the best shape of my life. The spark of health and tenacity I thought was lost to me forever reignited stronger than ever before, allowing me to brave challenges head first instead of shying away. In retrospect, I would have never recovered hadn't I taken the first step. No matter how much my community supported me, it was through my own initiative that I started to improve. The effort I put into academics during this time carried over from then to now, making myself used to the dedicated worth ethic. Similarly, my new-founded liking to exercise led me to join badminton in the years after. This difficulty in my life gave me the perspective needed to empathize and understand what it's like for a person to truly experience life altering hardships. Overcoming my condition gave me the fortitude and insight to challenge my weaknesses. Because of this experience, I am now dauntless in the face of adversity. ...
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...relationship between exercise and it’s effects on mental health. However, it has not been until recent years that evidence has shown that exercise indeed has a profound benefit on brain function. Studies show that humans and animals that are engaged in regular physical activity have an improvement in learning and memory, protection of overall mental health, and also suggest that an active and healthy lifestyle may help in reversing the effects and causes of depression. One of the most intreresting changes caused by exercise is Neurogenesis, or the creation of new neurons. New neurons are created in the hippocampus, however the exact process behind this neurogenesis is still unknown. It is possible that stresses caused by exercise result in a spike in calcium in neural cell, which, in turn, causes hippocampal neurons to run through a cell building process. This cell building process activates the BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) gene, which creates BDNF proteins that aid the process of neurogenesis. Thus it is shown that BDNF is generated as a protective response to stress, as it acts not only to generate new neurons, but also to protect existing neurons. (Cotman, Berchtold & Christie, 2007) However, BDNFs do more than protect, they also repair. For example, in a comparison between sedentary and active mice, scientists found that mice which were generally more active rebuilt damaged brain tissue more efficiently than sedentary mice. This effect was not observed when...
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...The Effects of Exercise in Obese Women with Bulimia Nervosa Eating disorder and Obesity characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating are also part of a range of weight related problems. Life is a constant battle between the desires to lose weight. The dissatisfaction and unhealthy dieting practices are linked to the development of eating disorders, obesity and other problems. Obesity is the number one problem for those who are in a constant battle; many obese people who lose large amounts of weight and gain it back think it is their fault. They blame themselves for not having the will power to keep the weight off. Many people regain more weight than they lost because they become obsessed with food. A person who suffers from obesity follows an unhealthy diet, and has an eating disorder all at the same time, and that is how they eventually end up with Bulimia. This illness which is when the person binges on food or has regular episodes of over eating and feels out of control. The person then uses different method such as vomiting or abusing laxatives to prevent weight gain. The case study that I am going to be researching and writing a paper on is Bulimia nervosa and how it can be extremely harmful for the body. The study focuses on how physical exercise can help overweight patients with bulimia. Also whether it is beneficial or if it is not beneficial for those who suffer from it. This case also demonstrated what physical exercise can do to them in six weeks which is...
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...Name: Professor: Course: Date: The Impact of Salt and Exercise on Blood Pressure Abstract High blood pressure has been a major health concern over the years because it is a major contributor to heart related diseases and conditions a major cause of death in populations today and in the past. Extensive research regarding this issue has been carried out to establish its cause. Among the major causes of high blood pressure, as research shows, is salt specifically sodium, an electrolyte compound found in salt. Salt is association known to not only cause high blood pressure but also cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Indeed, the pharmacological capacity to reduce blood pressure has produced one of the great public health accomplishments of the 20th century. These two facts the positive relation of blood pressure to strokes and heart attacks and the positive association of sodium intake to blood pressure underlies the hypothesis that a reduction in sodium intake, by virtue of its hypotensive effect, might prevent strokes and heart attacks. Moreover, even if the effect on blood pressure were in the range of a 1- to 2-mm Hg decline in blood pressure for every 75- to 100-mmol difference in sodium intake, the impact of such a change, applied to the whole population, would be enormous. It has also been proven that exercise reduced the dangerous effect of salt on the body. Constant exercising not only help in maintaining a healthy blood pressure but also it ensures that blood...
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...Effect of creatine supplementation and sleep deprivation, with mild exercise, on cognitive and psychomotor performance, mood state, and plasma concentrations of catecholamines and cortisol. McMorris T, Harris RC, Swain J, Corbett J, Collard K, Dyson RJ, Dye L, Hodgson C, Draper N. Source Centre for Sports Science and Medicine, University College Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 6PE, UK. t.mcmorris@ucc.ac.uk Abstract RATIONALE: Sleep deprivation has a negative effect on cognitive and psychomotor performance and mood state, partially due to decreases in creatine levels in the brain. Therefore, creatine supplementation should lessen the negative effects of sleep deprivation. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to examine the effect of creatine supplementation and sleep deprivation, with mild exercise, on cognitive and psychomotor performance, mood state, and plasma concentrations of catecholamines and cortisol. METHOD: Subjects were divided into a creatine group (n=10) and a placebo group (n=9). They took 5 g of creatine monohydrate or a placebo, dependent on their group, four times a time a day for 7 days, immediately prior to the experiment. The study was double blind. Subjects undertook tests of random movement generation (RMG), verbal and spatial recall, choice reaction time, static balance and mood state pre-test (0 h), after 6, 12 and 24 h of sleep deprivation, with intermittent exercise. They were tested for plasma concentrations of...
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...The Effect of Acute and Chronic Exercise on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression March 8, 2015 Abstract Mental health is a severe problem in our society today, approximately 61.5 million of the Americans experience mental illness in each given year (NAMI, 2013). The main goal of this paper is to provide answers on how physical activity can replace anti-anxiety and depression drugs. To solve this question numerous research articles were examined by looking at how both acute and chronic bouts of aerobic and anaerobic exercise correlated with mental health aspects such as stress, depression, and anxiety. The findings showed that almost all types of exercise showed the capability of being able to improve mental health significantly. Thus, it is possible for physical activity to become a replacement for drugs being administered to the general population today, which allows people to treat their mental illness without the adverse side effects, which accompany drugs. This is supported by multiple studies done that compared physical exercise and drugs as treatments for mental disorders. All the studies support the claim that physical activity could be used as a replacement for drugs in treating mental illness. Introduction Mental health illness is a severe issue affecting a significant portion of Americans every day. Serious mental illnesses have been reported to cost America $193.2 Billion in lost earning per year (NAMI, 2013). Specifically, 14.8 million people are reported to...
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...The Effect of Acute and Chronic Exercise on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression March 8, 2015 Abstract Mental health is a severe problem in our society today, approximately 61.5 million of the Americans experience mental illness in each given year (NAMI, 2013). The main goal of this paper is to provide answers on how physical activity can replace anti-anxiety and depression drugs. To solve this question numerous research articles were examined by looking at how both acute and chronic bouts of aerobic and anaerobic exercise correlated with mental health aspects such as stress, depression, and anxiety. The findings showed that almost all types of exercise showed the capability of being able to improve mental health significantly. Thus, it is possible for physical activity to become a replacement for drugs being administered to the general population today, which allows people to treat their mental illness without the adverse side effects, which accompany drugs. This is supported by multiple studies done that compared physical exercise and drugs as treatments for mental disorders. All the studies support the claim that physical activity could be used as a replacement for drugs in treating mental illness. Introduction Mental health illness is a severe issue affecting a significant portion of Americans every day. Serious mental illnesses have been reported to cost America $193.2 Billion in lost earning per year (NAMI, 2013). Specifically, 14.8 million people...
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...Types of exercise Physical exercises are generally grouped into three types,[7] depending on the overall effect they have on the human body: Flexibility exercises, such as stretching, improve the range of motion of muscles and joints.[8] Aerobic exercises, such as cycling, swimming, walking, skipping rope, rowing, running, hiking or playing tennis, focus on increasing cardiovascular endurance.[9] Anaerobic exercises, such as weight training, functional training, eccentric training or sprinting and high-intensity interval training, increase short-term muscle strength.[10] Categories of physical exercise Strength training Agility training Eccentric training Resistance training Interval training Continuous training Sometimes the terms 'dynamic' and 'static' are used. 'Dynamic' exercises such as steady running, tend to produce a lowering of the diastolic blood pressure during exercise, due to the improved blood flow. Conversely, static exercise (such as weight-lifting) can cause the systolic pressure to rise significantly (during the exercise). Categories Physical exercise is used to improve physical skills. Physical skills fall into the following general categories: Cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, Stamina, Strength, Flexibility, Power, Speed, Coordination, Agility, Balance, and Accuracy.[11] Metabolic equivalent of task The Compendium of Physical Activities was developed for use in epidemiologic studies to standardize the assignment...
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