In the modern world the involvement of physical activity become less to execute
the daily routine work. It leads to less physical fitness and causes for variety of diseases.
This necessitates the human being to perform exercise daily to avoid the health related
problems. Exercise is the chief and best system to maintain good health. The exercise of
moderate intensity can be important for health benefits. People of both sex at all age
groups get benefit from regular exercise. Greater health benefits can be achieved by
increasing the intensity and frequency of exercise.
People have become lazy with the advent of modern home appliances. There is no
need for hard or even moderate physical work. This is a serious threat to the normal
function of our body and is the cause of modern day illness like heart attack, obesity and
diabetics. These diseases that were formerly found only among elderly person are now
common in the young and middle aged people. The people of this age are striving hard to
make their life easier. There is an increase in the mental stress and strain as never before.
People are mentally unhealthy and are unequipped to cope with present day problems.
Middle age is the stage of life when physical decline has started but a person
cannot be called old. Various attempts have been made to define this age, which is
around the third quarter of the average life span of human beings. According to Collins
Dictionary, this is usually considered to occur approximately between the age of 40 and
60. The US Census lists middle age as including both the age categories 35 to 44 and 45
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to 54. In this study 80 middle aged people, between the ages of 40 to 49 were selected as
subjects.