Authors : Dr. Atul R. Patil
Page Nos : 161-164
Description :
For hundreds of years, man has been vaguely aware that exercise and fitness are important to his well being. Not until recently has science began to document the nature and extent of the relationship between exercise and health. Although man is supposed to be more knowledgeable about the role of exercise today than ever before, it is an indisputable truth that present day and has deteriorated in his fitness level as compared with his ancestors. This is because most of the activities carried out by our ancestors for their welfare and which indirectly benefited them interms of high fitness status has today been taken over by products of automation and scientific developments. Man now has the tendency to be sedentary and to include in life style devoid of physical activities. It has been observed that when physical inactivity sets in, the signs are more quickly manifested in the female sex than in the male. There is a notion among the modern female that rigorous physical activities apart from dancing are undesirable for women, and that they lead to the development of masculinity. Some do not care for extra exertion required for conscious exercise and will complain of aches, pains and ill imagined fictions in order to escape from vigorous physical activity.
