There are a lot of health benefits that you stand to gain by keeping fit. It includes both physical and mental health benefits, which I would list in the later part of this article.
Let us address the issue of regular exercising first of all.
“Going by what the American Heart Association recommends, you should be doing at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day. ”
The good thing is that you don’t have to do the whole 30 minutes at a stretch. One of the reasons why some people don’t exercise is because it is difficult for them to allocate 30 minutes of their schedule to exercise.
Even if you are a busy person, you can always do 10 minute exercise sessions three times a day and you would get almost the same health benefits like if you did the 30 minutes at a stretch. After all it is much easier to take a 10 minutes break out of your schedule to exercise no matter how busy you are.
And the good thing is you do not have to be at a gym to exercise. Just going on 30 minutes of brisk walking around your neighbourhood is good enough.
You would feel energized. And if you are walking outdoors in the morning, you would be increasing the vitamin D level in your body (which is a very good thing).
Exercising Actually Improves Mental Health
Yes it does and it has been back up by multiple research studies (like this particular one here). Exercising helps in reducing the effects of the following: stress, tension, depression, anxiety and anger.
Since exercising gets your heart rate up for that period of time, blood flow increases and more oxygen reaches the brain. This extra oxygen improves mental memory and alertness.
Whenever you are exercising, your body releases endorphins. These are hormones that make your feel better whenever you just finish your exercise workouts.
Some Other Mental Health Benefits Of Exercising Include:
Better optimism
Enhanced enthusiasm
Increase self-image
Helps you if you want to stop smoking
Exercising Improves Your Physical Health
As for the physical aspects, regular exercising strengthens your body’s immune system considerably. It reduces your risks of getting life-threatening illnesses like: cancer and heart disease.
Regular exercising can help to reduce your blood pressure by up to 9 points – which is quite impressive considering that some drugs give the same effect.
There are even research studies that suggest that regular exercising actual increases an individual’s life span. Asides from keeping you fit, there is also the life-long benefit.
You only need to do 30 minutes of brisk walking every day to get these health benefits:
Improved sleep at night
Fat loss
Thwart bone loss
Better cholesterol levels
Increased physical strength
Your chances of having a stroke reduces by 20%
A 30 – 40% reduced risk of coronary heart disease in women
Delays chronic diseases and illnesses linked to aging
Those are merely some of the health benefits of regular exercising. There are so many others that it would not be possible for me to list and explain everything in this article.
So, what are you waiting for? It is time to head for the gym or at least wear your sneakers and do 30 minutes of brisk walking.