Why Is Exercise Good For You?

In writing this term we are focussing on explanations. Here is Joshua's explanation of why exercise is good for you.

Why Exercise Is Good For You.

Lots of people say: “Exercise is good for you!”, but they usually don’t know why. There are lots of good reasons why people should exercise. Exercise can help improve physical and mental health and can also help prevent illness. There are lots of ways to exercise and it can sometimes be fun. For instance, you could walk to school instead of driving.

One reason exercise is good for you is that it can help build a good posture. A good posture means standing up straighter and not getting a bent back. A bent back can give you an aching back. A good posture can sometimes make you walk faster. Lifting weights can help with a good posture because strong muscles supports posture and helps prevents injuries.

Another reason why exercise is good is that it benefits mental well being. When you exercise your body releases chemicals called endorphins. Endorphins react with the brain to relieve pain, reduces stress and produce feelings of pleasure. A sport/exercise that causes endorphins to be released is running.

Exercise is good for you because it controls breathing. When you breathe in deeply, your lungs expand, letting more air in. This can help control asthma and makes you be able to hold your breath for longer. One sport/exercise that helps control breathing is swimming because you have to hold your breath underwater.

Overall in my opinion the best exercise for mental and physical well being is swimming, because it can release stress, make you smarter, prevents disease such as asthma and its a low impact sport, meaning you don’t get many injures when doing it. From now on, I will try not to miss most of my swimming lessons. I recommend that children should try out for at least one sport.