The I Hate to Exercise Book for People with Diabetes by Charlotte Hayes

Author:Charlotte Hayes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Published: 2013-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

1. Cardiorespiratory Endurance

This reflects the ability of the heart, lungs, and circulatory system to efficiently supply oxygen throughout the body. Cardiorespiratory endurance is measured by your ability to do aerobic exercise—activity that requires continuous, rhythmic use of large muscles—at a moderate-to-vigorous level (for example, to walk briskly for one mile).

2. Body Composition

Body composition goes a step beyond simply stating your weight in pounds; it tells you what percentage of your body is lean muscle mass and what percentage is fat. For example, a football player may seem to be overweight when he tips the scales at 250 pounds, but most of that may be muscle and not fat. Having a high percentage of body fat, not just being overweight, increases health risks.

3. Muscular Strength and Endurance

This reflects your ability to do a given amount of muscular work over a period of time. For example, a measure of your strength and endurance would be how many bicep curls you could do using a 5-pound weight while maintaining good form.

4. Flexibility

This component measures your ability to move your joints freely and without pain through a full range of motion. For example, rotating your shoulder joint a full 90 degrees without pain reflects excellent range of motion for that joint. Depending on the type of structured exercise you do, it should allow you to maintain or to gradually improve one or more of these physical fitness components. Let’s look at how to do this, using a guide called the FITT Principle.

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