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Personal Essay: The Importance Of Fitness In High School

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During my high school years I have had the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of sports. I was able to do a lot of exercise in the form of swimming, playing tennis, golf and cycling. These activities were mainly after school activities that gave me hours of stress relieving time to do something that I loved while staying fit at the same time. Most of these activities were done in my grade 8,9 and 10 years. Swimming was my summer sport, not only did I train at school twice a week and have a gala once a week but I would train 3 times per week with my coach, Vivian. This kept me very fit and my cardiovascular level of fitness was high at that stage. I played tennis as a recreational sport and didn’t participate at a competitive level. I enjoyed participating in tennis as I …show more content…

A person can do basic cardiovascular exercise such as run, cycle, swim, walk and row. There are also many other various kinds of cardiovascular exercises such as jumping jacks, mountain climbers and skipping. (2) There are also many different ways to incorporate cardiovascular exercises into your lifestyle. You can either do a low intensity workout for a long period of time or you can do a high intensity workout with short breaks for a short period of time. The most effective way to get cardiovascular fitness is by doing HIIT ( high intensity interval training) which is when you train at a low intensity for 30 seconds then at a high intensity for the next 30 seconds. This should be repeated around 5-8 times in one workout. Cardiovascular fitness is important to me as it keeps me fit and helps me relieve stress. It also helps me to stay happy as well as healthy. As we have a family history of high blood pressure and heart disease it is very important for me to look after my health and especially my heart health! I would recommend cardiovascular fitness to anyone who wants to look, feel and be

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