10 Benefits of Exercising

10 BENEFITS OF EXERCISING

 

What does it take to exercise?

It's time for you to decide to exercise. Every day we know of more benefits that you get by doing it. You already know it's good for you and your health, but you may not know how good it is. Time to find out what it takes to start exercising. If you want to live longer, feel better, have more energy, and look better, there is no better remedy than to exercise. It is never too late to start, no matter your sex, your age, or your current physical condition.

I will tell you some of the benefits of staying active, these can be physical but also emotional and well-being. I hope this is the first step to get you motivated to start a basic training program.

The main benefits of exercising are:

• Reduces the risk of premature death, of developing or dying from cardiovascular (heart) disease, of high blood pressure, reduces cholesterol, and the risk of developing colon or breast cancer.
• Very important is to decrease the risk of developing diabetes (high sugar). Exercising helps you reduce your weight and body fat. Increases levels of good cholesterol (HDL) and lowers triglycerides. Significantly improves glucose tolerance and decreases insulin resistance.
• In the emotional area, it reduces depression and anxiety, improves the general feeling of well-being and improves performance in work and social activities.
• Both aerobic exercise (running, cycling, and swimming) and resistance exercise (weights) that increases muscle strength have proven benefits. Among them: improves cardiovascular and respiratory function, increases maximum oxygen consumption, and improves blood supply to the muscles, decreases pulse and blood pressure.
• Exercise keeps your muscles healthy. Your flexibility, your muscle strength, and that of your tendons and ligaments all improve.
• Exercise also keeps your bones healthy. It is very important to prevent osteoporosis (low bone density), it prevents osteoarthritis and the frequent pain in the lower back is less in people who exercise regularly.
• If you sometimes feel tense after a difficult day at work, a walk or going to the gym can help you feel better. Chemicals have been found in the brain that make you feel better and happier after exercising. This improves your mood, your self-esteem and your confidence, it can even prevent depression.
• We all know that when we exercise we burn calories, and the more intense the better. But there are easy ways to burn calories, such as going up the stairs instead of using the elevator, walking on the street, using the car less. In short, any exercise is good and helps maintain your ideal weight.
• Exercising helps you sleep better, with a deeper sleep that allows you to have better concentration during the day and increase your productivity and mood.
• Exercising can improve your sex life, decreasing erectile dysfunction problems, especially over the years.

    I hope that after reading this article you go out to exercise, remember that you can even have fun and enjoy doing it.