The Multiple Benefits Of Doing Regular Exercise

Health benefits of physical activity

Many people claim that doing exercise to lose weight and strengthen muscles.But according to a report by the World Health Organization, most chronic diseases that affect us in most the adulthood are related to physical inactivity, so the regular exercise acts as a preventive and improves most of these diseases, such as diabetes or arthritis.

Practicing exercise to stay healthy:
There is no doubt that regular exercise helps to keep us more agile and flexible, enhances our figure and our physical appearance.


But in addition, the regular exercise practice provides important benefits to our health:

* Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.

* Helps keep muscles in good condition and joints.

* Relieves pain in arthritis, and some doctors also prescribe specific exercises to control pain and improve    mobility in cases of osteoarthritis, low back pain or fibromyalgia.

* Helps to maintain agility and flexibility, which decreases over time.

* Prevents and improves circulatory problems.


Regular exercise, source of comfort:
In addition to the many benefits that regular exercise contributes to our overall health, our well-being and emotional health are benefiting.

Because during extreme exercise our brain releases endorphins, called happy hormones that relieve pain and improve our mood state.

Also, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, exercise increases our quality and hope life.

The ideal is to keep practicing our favorite sport, to ensure regular practice.But it serves also practiced any exercise regularly, according to our preferences: Yoga, Pilates, Tai -Chi, dancing ... also serves brisk walk.

New technologies come to our aid, offering the possibility of exercising at home ,without having to travel or gym monthly fees.

This is the case of the Wii console, the Wii Fit game allows yoga exercise, aerobics and toning with the help of a virtual personal trainer to advise us and guide during the exercises in a personalized way.


Other benefits of physical activity
* The quality of sleep . Exercising can mean a more restful and deep sleep, which promotes concentration on the day, increase your productivity and better mood.


* Contribute to better mental health, reduces stress, anxiety, phobias, fears. It is very functional and support in treating depression, as it is effective as drugs but without side effects.


* Osseous system . In children it can increase bone density in adolescents and strengthens adulthood delayed degeneration. You can prevent osteoporosis.


* Accelerates the immune system temporarily, increasing its capacity and defenses for the body.


* Helps to keep and regulates blood sugar, which not only helps control weight, but to avoid the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.


* Maintain your ideal weight, because you can burn calories when you reach a balance of power.


* Aerobic activity such as walking , jogging, swimming , dancing, skiing, cycling , favor the cardiovascular system , reduce blood pressure and improves circulation, which low the risk of heart attacks and strokes.


* Helps in preventing colon cancer, as it accelerates the passage of waste through the intestines. Also to regulate hormone levels , helps prevent breast and prostate cancer.


* It increases the flow of oxygen to the brain,therefore the  learning ability, concentration and memory have a very important point in favor.

Exercise Advantages And Benefits

Exercise Advantages

The benefits of physical activity that can bring to the health are obvious. Any kind of physical exercise practiced regularly and moderately produces a series of reactions in the body that help maintain or restore the health.

However it is noted that, as in everything, seek the dose at which the body can react appropriately, since excessive sport rather than improving health can get to consume it.


Each person should know what is the exercise threshold beyond of which fatigue the body instead of reviving it. Thus for an old man walking slowly for 5 or 10 minutes  can be his ideal exercise while a young person a quick walk for 20 minutes could be insufficient.


Each one must seek the balance that maintains the health intact. We must not seek to bring the body to its maximum physical strength, since this will result in premature wear of vitality.


What are the advantages of a proper exercise? First, the increased blood circulation, respiration  and sweating, thus accelerating the oxygenation and removal processes ( through the skin and lungs ).


The body will be cleaner and more oxygenated from toxins that before starting the activity. By increasing the amount of air consumed, it stands to reason that the ideal is practice sport amidst Nature. For example, a good practice would be the rise of a hill at a fast pace.

If at this practice we add a little cold weather and light clothing ( without actually being cold , just noticing it ) , the effect is highly purifier and strengthener.


The cold leads to increase peripheral circulation, thus increasing blood flow in the skin, being noted at a more or less pronounced redness of this . If  this we add the sweating increase, we understand why the elimination of toxins is done as effective way at the level of skin. Often we notice itching, especially in the limbs, which indicate that the elimination is being carried out satisfactorily.


If we considering that overweight represent a serious cancer risk, we understand why exercise reduces the chance of acquire the disease.

The exercise strengthens the heart and lowers blood fat levels, including LDL cholesterol, thereby reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.


To perform any physical exercise is recommended ingesting foods rich in slow carbohydrates ( complex polysaccharides ) in the previous mea, ie , starchy foods (pasta, rice, potatoes, etc. ) . Obviously, at the time of exercise, the stomach should have completed digestion.


Contraindications of exercise, we might cite mainly to the people with acute symptoms of any kind, absolute rest is important in acute diseases.

In chronic diseases, the exercise should be limited to outdoor walks leveraging the air and sun beneficial effects, preventing fatigue because we need to have the most potential energy to fight the disease.

Physical exercise practice helps to keep the mind calm. A sedentary lifestyle often inhibit the rest or relax properly.

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