Choosing Appropriate Activities
Choosing Appropriate Activities When choosing physical activities to participate in, it's important for a person to now their limitations. This includes health conditions, attitude, reasoning, environment, weather, and others. For example, if a person has asthma, they should not sprint 5 miles straight. Safety should always be a top priority. Exercising in hot weather/environment could likely cause heat stoke, exhaustion, and cramps. Exercising in weather that is too cold could result in hypothermia and frostbite. Dangerous environments like unsafe waters should not be a place for a person to swim their laps. Caloric Balance Caloric balance describes the difference between the calories a person burns and the calories they consume on a daily basis. Calories can be burned in 2 ways. The body itself burns calories by maintaining heart beat, digesting food, creating new cells, and other processes. The second one is through physical activity like sports, goi...