How Sports Affect Your Health
Sports affect your health in many ways, but I will only talk about four ways it does. Sports can affect your weight and cardiorespiratory health by getting exercise and losing excess body fat. Sports can also affect your Muscles and Bones by getting them stronger through exercise. And lastly sports can also affect your physchological health because sports can help you get out of depression. Below is a video on how some sports can affect different parts of your health.
History Of Sports
To begin with what has been recorded or documented in the history of sports, takes us back at least 3,000 years. The early history of sports often involved the preparation and training for war or hunting. Hence there were sports games that involved the throwing of spears, stakes, and rocks, and of course lots of play-fighting. Sports were also used for the soldiers health, like health maintenance and ability to fight for long amounts of time, which would help with your Cardiorespiratory health.
Top 5 Sports That Help Your Health
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Below are the Top 5 Sports that help your health, they all affect your health positively especially your cardiorespiratory health.
1. Basketball (running)
2. Swimming (cardio)
3. Rowing (endurance)
4. Cycling (endurance)
5. Boxing (agility)
1. Basketball (running)
2. Swimming (cardio)
3. Rowing (endurance)
4. Cycling (endurance)
5. Boxing (agility)
Links to all pictures:
Sports Equipment- http://www.sportslocal.org/images/sports-gear2.jpg
Basketball- http://www.oneidanation.org/uploadedImages/Departments/Recreation/sports%20and%20fitness.png
Scale- http://www.thegrommom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/weight-scale.jpg
Heart- http://news.hackerjournals.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/5700_NpAdvHover.jpg
Skeleton & Muscles- http://davidebonadonna.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/13-Bone-and-Muscle.jpg
Brain- http://speakfearlessly.net/wp-content/uploads/image/left%20brain%20right%20brain%20metaphor.jpg
Frowny Face- http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/visualpharm/must-have/256/Negative-icon.png
Sports Injury- http://exetermc.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sports-injury.jpg
Link to Info-
http://www.livestrong.com/article/245944-how-does-playing-sports-affect-your-health/
Sports Equipment- http://www.sportslocal.org/images/sports-gear2.jpg
Basketball- http://www.oneidanation.org/uploadedImages/Departments/Recreation/sports%20and%20fitness.png
Scale- http://www.thegrommom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/weight-scale.jpg
Heart- http://news.hackerjournals.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/5700_NpAdvHover.jpg
Skeleton & Muscles- http://davidebonadonna.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/13-Bone-and-Muscle.jpg
Brain- http://speakfearlessly.net/wp-content/uploads/image/left%20brain%20right%20brain%20metaphor.jpg
Frowny Face- http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/visualpharm/must-have/256/Negative-icon.png
Sports Injury- http://exetermc.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sports-injury.jpg
Link to Info-
http://www.livestrong.com/article/245944-how-does-playing-sports-affect-your-health/