Essays

Introduction. Life is a great struggle in many ways. Man has lo tight against disease;, poverty, misfortunes and so many other troubles. The best way to right these strong enemies is lo possess a sound health thus physical fitness is the fest duty of all men.

Advantages of Physical experience. Proper and regular exercise is one of the best means I" attain physical runes’. Some people- believe that medicine and tonic maintain sound health. No mistake can be greater than this belief. Tonics and medicine provide temporary energy. Real and lasting energy cannot beget from them.  It is physical   that can make us healthy and energetic. It is a cure for almost all bodily ills and weakness. Physical culture Proper Development of the body. Has become I regular science. Even the greatest doctors of the world admit that certain chronic diseases like constipation or asthma can be cured only through physical exercise and medical treatment. Leven li.nl eyesight   restored to normal through certain exercises for the eve. Many Indian ‘Asans’ are famous for their healthy effects on the human body.

Forms of physical exercise.  Their relative value. What kind of physical exercise is best is a mailer of opinion. Some people regard the Indian system of physical exercises harmful for the body. On the other hand, they are all praise for Western physical exercises and   sports and games it is not possible to discuss in detail the relative values of these two systems. One thing, however, is certain- No system can be either wholly perfect or wholly useless. Moreover, what I suited for the people of the West is not necessarily good the people of east. On the other hand, every form of physical exercise is based oil some scientific principle and hence it must do some good to the body. Thus the thing that really matters is physical exercise, no mailer what its form is. What is wanted is sound In-aim, vigour and energy.  Unfortunately do not pay enough attention to physical fitness.

Value of physical Fitness tor nation. It is difficult to discuss the Value -of physical fitness; its importance for the individual has already been pointed out. But its value for the nation is even greater. Today India needs strong and healthy citizen lo guard her newly won Freedom. She has her enemies- Only if her people are strong she can preserve her freedom. We should not forget that a nation of weaklings is doomed to be tile slave o!' other;

Conclusion. Physical health is useful in every walk of life. For example, great intellectual achievements are not possible, without good health. "A sound mind in a sound body" is a well-known saying.

Again a sound body does not mean a sturdy body like that of Gama- To conclude, physical fitness is both a necessity and a blessing.