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Why Is Tai Chi the Perfect Exercise?
Although it is easy to tell people to make exercise part of their daily life, it is not so easy to tell them what to do. Some people like to run or 1. c mountains, but if you care for your body with less hurt, Tai Chi is the perfect exercise. Its goal is to 2. i a person's balance and strength.
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 3. c offered by health clubs. Either way, you can move at your own pace.
Practitioners often praise Tai Chi's *benefits*, but what has attracted the 4. a of Western scientists is what Tai Chi brings to the body. In many ways, researchers are just catching up to millions of people in China or in Chinatowns all around the 5. w, who have known something about Tai Chi. Scientists at the Oregon Research Institute reported that Tai Chi could 6. p great benefits for older people who were healthy but inactive. Studies have shown that practising Tai Chi regularly can help to 7. r times of falls(摔倒) among healthy old people. The next step from a scientific point of view is to decide 8. w Tai Chi can help those who are already weak.
Any 9. f of exercise, of course, can only do 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 10. r themselves both in body and mind."
The best thing about Tai Chi is that people enjoy it, so they can stick to it long enough to get some benefits.

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