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Exercise is beneficial for people of all ages as it enhances
and maintains overall health, physical fitness, and wellness. Following a
regular exercise routine as part of your lifestyle can offer your body
tremendous benefits. However, in today’s world, many people struggle to find
the appropriate opportunity during their busy schedules to participate in
physical activities. It’s crucial to keep in mind though that exercise should
be just as important for an individual’s day as eating, sleeping, and
breathing.
Incorporating exercise into our days helps augment and
manage our health, fitness, and wellness, primarily because of its ability to balance
the levels of insulin within the body. Insulin is a hormone produced by the
pancreas which triggers the body to use sugar, or glucose, from carbohydrates
in the food we eat to produce energy as well as store glucose for future use. Insulin
helps control your level of blood sugar. Another major benefit of participating
in regular physical activity is its capacity to boost the immune system. Exercising
can alter the function in antibodies and white blood cells where these begin to
circulate quicker to detect illnesses rapidly.
Physical exercise can also help reduce stress because it
boosts the production of endorphins in the brain, neurotransmitters in charge
of making you feel good. Other great benefits of exercise include weight
control and improved eating habits, increasing good cholesterol, HDL, in the
body and decreasing triglyceride levels, which can increase the risk of heart
disease. Regular physical activity can help prolong life as it reduces the risk
of heart attack and stroke and improves and promotes a good sense of
well-being. Exercises specifically focused toward strengthening musculoskeletal
weaknesses and imbalances can enhance and speed up the recovery process for
individuals who’ve suffered an injury and have started medical treatment.
Additionally, when it comes to exercising, each different
variety of workout can be most beneficial for different specified areas of the
body. Running on a treadmill for a certain period of time offers a majority of
the above benefits but for individual’s looking to further physically condition
their bodies, these steady paced exercises may not be as effective. On the
other hand, high intensity interval training, or HIIT, has been shown to be one
of the most effective forms of exercise. Participating in a HIIT workout can
burn more fat and calories than a steady-pace run. When choosing a high
intensity interval training, choose one that safely uses the largest muscle groups
in the body.
Viewing exercise as a necessary part of your day can help
many people build a habit to exercise. Making an exercise schedule can ideally
be a good way to keep it in track. The good thing about exercise is that there
are a wide variety of types, some which can be done in a minimum amount of time
while still providing maximum results. By following a strict exercise schedule,
an individual will experience a great variety of positive benefits and effects
throughout their whole body.
By Dr. Alex Jimenez
