Exercises at Home: A 3-Layered Guide to Staying Healthy

Fitness is something we would all try to do to maintain a decent standard of physical health. Yet deciding what exercise entails can be tough. We answer the question here: What does it mean to be physically fit? According to United States Department of Health and Human Services, physical health is defined as "a collection of qualities that are linked to the ability to perform physical activity" that people have or attain. This definition goes beyond being able to lift heavy weights or to run quickly. While significant, these attributes tackle only single fitness areas. Physical fitness is the capacity of your body systems to function effectively together to allow you to be healthy and to perform daily living activities. They are being effective means performing routine tasks with as little effort as possible. A fit person can do schoolwork, perform duties at home and still have enough time to enjoy sport and other recreational activities. A fit person can effectively respond to normal circumstances in life, such as raking leaves at home, storing shelves at a part-time job, and marching in the school band. A fit person may also respond to emergency situations-by running to get help or helping a friend in distress, for example. If you think you'll just unroll a yoga mat and jump right into a perfectly planned workout routine at home, you might be shocked that it's not all that easy. You need a gameplan, or you'll be left staring at your collection of old, stretched-out resistance bands and that easy, rusty dumbbell that doesn't even know where to start. This is a guide for those with or without equipment to stay healthy, work on their body, and ultimately strengthen their ability and resolve