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Lifestyle: Healthy Living: Fitness Tip

There are three major components that should be included in any comprehensive workout plan:

Cardiovascular activity is any exercise that moves your whole body or uses large muscle groups to challenge the heart by increasing your breathing and heart rates. Examples include walking, running, riding a bike, aerobics classes and using cardio equipment like a treadmill or elliptical.
Strength training involves working muscle groups against the resistance of weights or gravity. A greater amount of muscle mass, even at rest, consumes more calories than fat. By increasing your muscle mass you in effect increase your body's capacity to burn calories.
Improving flexibility allows you to move joints and use muscles through their full range of motion. Stretching is an activity that you can do on a regular basis, but as with any activity, improper stretching can cause or aggravate an injury.