The long-term benefits of participating regular physical activity include: loss of weight and eventually settling to a healthy weight, <span>body already adapts to dynamic movement, one's heart is also getting larger, and bones become denser. In this case, the short terms effects are increase in hear rate, increase in stroke volume and decrease in pH of the blood.
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Provides electrolytes , carbohydrates and contributes to hydration
Gender refers to the socially constructed differences between women and men, while the term ‘‘sex’’ is a reference to the biological and physical differences between males and females. Gender draws attention to the socially unequal distinction between femininity and masculinity. Femininity is used to describe characteristic behaviors and emotions of females and masculinity refers to the distinctive actions and feelings of the male sex. In studies of gender and sports, the concept of gender is analytically distinguished from that of sex even though the two are often used synonymously in everyday language and thought. Not all the differences between females and males are biological. But historically, ideas about the implications of biological differences between women and men have served to justify the exclusion or limited inclusion of women in sports. Such views reflect an ideology of biological determinism, where it is claimed that men, and not women, are inherently strong, aggressive, and competitive and, therefore, better suited to sports.
