* What is the right amount and kind of exercise is a question that can bother many fitness enthusiasts.
* Ayurveda defines it as an activity that makes the 'body a little tired and makes it stronger'.
* These persons should not exercise: those who engage daily in physical labour such as working on the farm or carry load; or play vigorous games; or cook, wash, sweep and mop the house, look after children, in other words, women who spend 3-4 hours in household work as above; small children who are active through the day, people above 70 years and those are sick and laid up.
* These persons SHOULD exercise: persons doing sedentary work; women who have servants doing all the household chores; children who are immersed in studies and have no time to play; athletes and bodybuilders who need specific kinds of exercises.
* The sign to stop exercising is appearance of a trace of sweat on the forehead or under the arms.
* Signs of over exercising include: excessive thirst, feeling weak and less energetic, losing weight, breathlessness, bleeding in any part of the body, fatigue, sense organs such as eyes and ears showing signs of deterioration and cough, fever and vomiting.
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