BENEFITS OF FITNESS Being unfit can mean problems for you. Health problems; where your body wouldn t function properly due to a lack of exercise. Social problems; where you will be too fat to be attractive and be self-conscientious. Performance problems; where you are too unfit or stress out to play sports or focus on your work. There is a simple solution to these problems-------by being fit. Being fit isn t just based on a diet, or just doing exercise. It is a combination of both. Having a diet doesn t mean you can t eat your favorite foods, it just mean eating a reasonable amount along with other foods. Same goes for the exercise. Exercise is an important part of a fitness program. You can do your favorite sport, along with some aerobic exercise, which are very important, and there is a wide variety of them. The best fitness program is one that have an exercise(s) and a diet that you enjoy. The rewards and benefits of fitness can all be reaped, if you work at it. There are many benefits to fitness. The main one is health. Research has shown that people who are in shape and fit are less prone to disease such as coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, frailty, diabetes and conditions like obesity than the people arenot. Fit people also tend to live a longer life. Doing aerobic and weight exercises such as running, walking, swimming, weight lifting etc. and a healthy diet is important in preventing or treating the above diseases or conditions.

When you are fit, you feel energized and want to be active. Unfit people are always sitting around saying they are tire and don t want to do things. The truth is, unfit people are always tire. Their heart and metabolism rate are low, so when they want to do something, they do not have enough energy to do it. But when you feel energized, you perform task better, whether in school or at work. This might lead to good grades or a promotion, which might lead to other better things in life. Just another benefit of fitness. Looking good is the biggest reason of why people are on diet and fitness programs.A fit person will for sure, look better than an unfit person. Even if the fit person has an ugly face, he/she still got a body that is in shape, not like an unfit person who is ugly all over. Being fit will improve your self image. When you look good, you feel good, there-fore raising your self esteem. People will start noticing you, inviting you to parties, and being more popular or socially active. Look what being fit had brought you? One of greatest benefits of fitness is the relieve of stress and depression. Exercises and sports are an opportunity to let off steam after a stressful day. Pretend that your boss s head is a baseball or your teacher s head is a puck. It sort of make you forget all the work or stress you have taken for the day when you are doing exercise and sports. Better yet, do it in the company of friends or teammates. You will be distract your mind from worry and stressful thoughts.