Regular exercise is an important habit to develop a healthy body and build a healthy mind. It helps reduce the risk of chronic diseases and can improve the benefit of therapy for people with depression or anxiety. It also benefits people of all ages. For children, it can improve their cognitive abilities and their focus. It can also help manage pain from arthritis and other conditions. For seniors, besides improving health and aiding in accident prevention, it can help maintain cognitive functioning.
You’ll look and feel better when you exercise.
People workout for many reasons. Some start exercising to lose weight. Others want to tone their muscles. Exercising regularly does both. Weight loss helps with other physical problems. Exercise without weight loss can improve posture. When you combine it with weight loss that reduces belly fat, it can improve posture by changing the center of gravity and reducing back pain. Improved posture also relieves breathing problems and acid reflux. You’ll look and feel better when you workout regularly.
You’ll look younger when you stay fit and exercise regularly.
Exercise helps keep you younger at a cellular level. It lengthens the telomeres that protect the DNA. Telomeres act much like aglets on the end of shoelaces that prevent the lace from unraveling. They prevent damage to the DNA. As DNA is damaged or corrupted, aging and disease occur. Exercise also boosts the production of stem cells that adults manufacture. They can replace any damaged cell in the body and function like the original cells. If you’re menopausal, exercise can relieve symptoms of menopause.
Exercise improves your microbiome.
Your microbiome is the collection of the trillions of microbes in your body. Some are beneficial and some aren’t. Beneficial microbes aid digestion, improve mental health, and may even play a role in reducing weight gain. Studies show that people with a more diverse gut microbiome are less likely to be overweight. Exercise also improves digestion by aiding the movement of food through the digestion process.
- Children often fail to get adequate exercise. Their play is passive in front of a screen. Exercise helps them grow stronger bones, healthier hearts and lungs, develop improved concentration, and reduce the risk of chronic disease.
- You’ll improve your body composition with more muscle mass. More muscle mass can prevent osteopenia, the natural wasting of muscles. Osteopenia can lead to osteoporosis, the thinning of bones.
- The more muscle mass seniors have, the less risk they face of falls and life-altering injuries. Exercise also helps maintain aerobic fitness. The more aerobically fit you are, the less exhausted you become doing daily tasks.
- It also can significantly reduce the risk of diabetes. It can lower blood pressure. If you lose weight when you exercise, it also helps lower blood pressure. Studies show that losing 2.2 pounds can lower blood pressure by one millimeter of mercury.
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