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Exercise

Exercise

Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health. Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent diseases such as heart and cardiovascular disease. It can also fight type 2 diabetes, depression, and obesity. Exercise is just not for the body, it is for the mind also. It can even help change a person’s body image.

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About Exercise

There are 3 main types of Physical Exercise:

* Cardiovascular (Aerobic) Exercises
- rhythmic and/or continuous exercise that makes your heart, lungs, blood vessels and muscles work more efficiently.
* Strengthening (Resistance) Exercises
- isometric and isotonic exercises that improve muscle strength and tone
* Flexibility (Stretching, Range-of-Motion) Exercises
- gentle pose exercises that stretch and loosen joints to protect from injury

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Israeli rescue teams, doctors, hospital staff and soldiers take part in defence drill simulating an unconventional terror attack in the Ha-Emek Hospital near Afula, northern Israel, on November 30, 2011. The Israeli ministries of defence and health begin a two-day exercise named Orange Flame 6 to simulate the response to a biological terror attack.

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