Physical Activity

Strong muscles can decrease your risk of falls and injury, and make daily physical activities easier. Developing strong muscles can improve your quality of life.

Muscular endurance refers to the ability of a muscle or a group of muscles to repeatedly contract over a long period of time and withstand fatigue. Improved muscular endurance is associated with health benefits.

There are health benefits associated with improving your muscular endurance, but if you think that you need to work out with weights to improve your muscular endurance think again.

This is the fourth article in a series related to achieving health for life and considers strategies for making dietary and physical activity changes.

The third article in a series of articles considers physical activity and exercise in relation to a physical activity plan that is “best” for you.