Flex Magazine

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FLEX MAGAZINE

Want to stay fit? Well, this magazine – FLEX Magazine will help you start to flex your muscles on. It does not only encourage you to keep your body firm and nice to display on, but these flexin' exercises will trim down your chances to acquire several stress-provoking diseases.

Exercise, activity that results in contraction of skeletal muscle. The term is usually used in reference to any activity that promotes physical fitness. Although muscle contraction is the common element of all forms of exercise, many other organs and systems are affected, for example, the heart and lungs. Many people also find that regular exercise enhances their sense of mental well-being along with their general physical health.

Today there is an increasing emphasis on preventive medicine, or maintaining health, partly as a result of the increasing costs of health care and our greater awareness of the effects of lifestyle on health and longevity. While public interest in exercise and fitness has increased during the past 20 to 30 years, according to the United States National Center for Health Statistics, in 1990 only 41 percent of adults 18 to 64 years of age reported that they exercised regularly, and only 32 percent of those over 65 years of age reported regular exercise or participation in physical sports. Over one-quarter of Americans (three-quarters by some standards) are significantly overweight and are at risk for a wide variety of health problems.

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Updated on Feb 20, 2010.