Health/Exercise 1
True or False: Exercising for 30 minutes a day is better than exercising for 10 minutes three times a day?
FALSE!
Your body and brain will receive similar benefits from each way you break it up.
Are you supposed to workout when you are sick?
No
True or False.
Maintaining physical fitness requires major lifestyle changes
False:
You can exercise while doing many everyday tasks.
Name 2 activities that are exercise AND are fun!
Swimming, Dancing, Household Chores, Paintballing, Frisbee, Bike Riding, etc...
Exercise helps you relieve this.
STRESS
Does exercising help you sleep?
Yes. During exercise, your body increases its temperature, and afterward your body's temperature drops. This drop mimics a similar temperature change that happens before you fall asleep. Exercise also relieves symptoms of anxiety and depression, that often keep people awake at night. Exercise also boosts serotonin, which may improve the brain's ability to regulate sleep.
Dose music improve workout performance true or false?
TRUE
Music can elevate your mood by helping your brain release endorphins and dopamine, neurotransmitters in the brain that are associated with pleasure.
Can you exercise too much?
Yes
Exercise increases levels of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain, just like medications and drugs can.
Exercising on a regular basis helps you get better quality of this at night.
SLEEP
What helps reduce the risk of premature death and supports positive mental health and healthy aging.
EXERCISE
Does exercise boost brain power?
YES! Getting regular exercise can help improve your memory because it helps speed up the production of new cells in the hippocampus.
Exercising improves brain performance- True or False and why?
Yes. Cardiovascular exercise helps create new brain cells. This enhances brainpower and brain activity.
Yes. Exercise is great for your skin.
This exercise helps build muscle strength, aerobic fitness, balance, core stability, mobility, and flexibility.
YOGA
Getting regular exercise can help improve decision-making abilities. This is because of increased blood flow to what part of the brain?
FRONTAL CORTEX
Does exercising prevent heart disease?
YES!
Exercise increases hearth muscle strength, improves lung function, lowers blood pressure, lowers high cholesterol, lowers high blood sugar, lowers high triglycerides, decreases levels of c-reactive proteins-an inflammatory proteins elevated in chronic conditions and reduces the risk of heart attack and heart disease.
How many hours of exercise do you need per week?
People need a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise at least 3 days a week.
Before working out, you should do this.
Warm up/stretch. This will decrease the chance of injury.
Having this can make exercising more motivating and enjoyable. They can also help hold you accountable to not giving up.
WORKOUT BUDDY/PARTNER
What specific hormones release when exercising? Hint: They help lift our mood.
ENDORPHINS
Is it good to drink a lot of water while exercising?
No. Drinking excessive amounts of water or sports drinks during workouts can lead to over-hydration. This is rare, but sever cases can lead to death. Our kidneys can't handle more than 27-33 ounces per hour.
Working out improves the largest organ of your body.
What is called skin.
Sweat releases dirt through your pores, which reduces acne and breakouts. Workouts improve the overall look of your skin.
While working out, you should never push yourself too far and you should always take these when needed.
BREAKS
Exercise is needed to help this organ pump blood and deliver oxygen and nutrients to your cells.
HEART
Which category of exercise is believed to work best in terms of combating anxiety and depression?
AEROBIC EXERCISE