FITNESS AND WELLNESS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

A little clarity on these terms

Maybe you didn't know that:

About 25% of deaths from chronic diseases are caused by sedentary life and lack of physical activity.
Physical activity is an independent factor for human health: it means that physical activity alone is able to reduce the risk of mortality from any disease. Thus, for example, a smoker who practices physical activity is much less likely to die than a smoker who does not perform physical activity.
Just as physical activity is considered a medicine, the lack of physical activity is considered a disease, the so-called "hypokinetic disease".
The reduced physical activity in childhood has serious repercussions even in adult and old age.
Reduced physical activity is often associated with incorrect eating habits.
The negative effects caused by the lack of physical activity are dose-dependent, that is, so much less physical activity is practiced and the more the risks increase.
The lack of physical activity has very serious repercussions even on the economic balance sheets of the state because it increases the costs of public health.
Reduced physical activity has negative effects on the whole organism, from bones to hair, from the heart to the lungs.

But what is physical activity?

"Physical activity is defined as any movement of the body induced by skeletal muscles capable of giving rise to an energy expenditure in excess of the rest condition"

"Exercise is a particular form of physical activity: it has the characteristic of being planned, structured, repetitive and aimed at improving or maintaining the state of form and well-being"

Are physical activity and fitness synonymous?

"Fitness is the opportunity to carry out daily activities with care and vigor, without fatigue and with enough energy to deal with emergencies or to enjoy leisure time"

Fitness is actually a very broad concept that can be interpreted as the absence of illness, distance from death or the ability to sustain a specific physical activity. Under this last point of view, fitness is a set of characteristics that people achieve in relation to the ability to perform physical activity. If, for example, a person carries out regular physical activity he will have a high level of fitness and vice versa.

Performing regular physical activity means improving your fitness; improving your fitness means improving your well-being.

Wellness, the new lifestyle.

"Wellness is a state of inner satisfaction, the result of a complete psycho-physical fulfillment"

A wellness lifestyle therefore requires attention, not only to the body, but also to the mind and spirit. Wellness is health at 360 degrees. It is achieved through education in regular physical activity, a balanced diet and a positive mental approach. The task of the modern personal trainer is to aim at the wellness of their client, ensuring not only the maximum physical well-being but also the mental well-being.

Seen in this light, the figure of the personal trainer assumes an even more important importance. A qualified personal trainer encloses different figures, not only coach, but also friend, colleague, personal motivator.

Personal motivator, a figure who recently appeared in Italy, but who will certainly become very important in the future. A personal motivator helps you to concentrate your positive energies, to achieve your goals to enhance your body, spirit and mind. And what better tool than physical activity to do all this?