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Why Is Tai Chi a Perfect Exercise?
Although it is easy to tell people to make exercise part of their daily lives,it is not so easy to tell them what to do. Some people like to run or
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56 mountains,but if you care for your body with less hurt,tai chi is the perfect exercise. Its goal is to
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There are several styles of tai chi,but most of them start with a set of controlled movements. There are many good how-to books to get you started,and you can also choose to learn tai chi from
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58 offered by health clubs. Either way,you can move at your own pace.
Practitioners often praise tai chi's benefits(好处),but what has attracted the
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59 of Western scientists is what tai chi does for the body. In many ways,researchers are just catching up to millions of people in Chin
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,who have known something about tai chi. Scientists at the Oregon Research Institute re
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reat benefits for older people who were healthy but inactive. Studies have shown that practising tai chi regularly can help to r
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62 times of falls(摔倒) among healthy old people.
The next step from a scientific point of view is to decide
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63 tai chi can help those who have health problems.
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64 of exercise,of course,can do only so much. "For older people,tai chi will not be the end-all," says William Haskell,an expert at Stanford University. "But a better way may be to practise tai chi plus walking. Younger people probably need more challenges,but the great benefit they can get from tai chi is to
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65 themselves both in body and in mental way."
The best thing about tai chi is that people enjoy it,so they can stick with it long enough to get some benefits. It helps when something that's good for you is also fun.
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