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What is the difference between health and fitness ? 

 Fitness is "the physical ability to perform athletic activity. "Health, however, is defined as "the state where all the systems of the body- nervous, muscular,skeletal, circulatory, digestive, lymphatic, hormonal, etc are working in an optimal way...Most people think  that fitness implies health, but the truth is that they don't necessarily go hand in hand. 

 It's ideal to have both health and fitness, but by putting health first, you will always enjoy tremendous benefits in your life. If you achieve fitness at the expense of health, you may not live long enough to enjoy your spectacular physique.
The optimum balance of health and fitness is achieved by training your metabolism. 

 The biggest difference between health and fitness comes down to understanding the distinction between aerobic and anaerobic exercise, between endurance and power. Aerobic means, literally "with oxygen" and refers  to moderate exercise sustained over a period of time. Your aerobic system is your system for endurance, and emcompasses the heart, lungs, blood vessels, and aerobic muscles. 

 If you activate your aerobic system with proper diet and exercise, you burn fat as your primary fuel.

 On the other hand, anaerobic means, literally, "without oxygen" and refers to exercises that produce short bursts of power. Anaerobic exercise burns glycogen as its primary fuel, while causing the body to store fat. Genetics plays a part in your body's ability to burn fat and, in fact, some people are born with a highly aerobic system already in place. These are the people we envy who seemingly can eat anything and not gain an ounce.

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