8 great ways regular exercise can improve your health.

Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than exercise. The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are hard to ignore. Get inspired to exercise by reading up on ways regular exercise can improve your health.

Exercise controls weight

Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories.

Exercise combats health conditions and diseases.

Even a moderate amount of exercise helps your heart. Exercise reduces LDL cholesterol, the kind that clogs arteries. It also reduces your blood pressure, relieving stress on your heart; improves your insulin sensitivity; improves heart muscle function; and blood flow and diminishes the chances of developing blood clots.

Exercise improves mood.

Need an emotional lift? Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed. You may also feel better about your appearance and yourself when you exercise regularly, which can boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem.

Exercise boosts energy.

Regular physical activity can improve your muscle strength and boost your endurance. Exercise and physical activity deliver oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and help your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. And when your heart and lungs work more efficiently, you have more energy to go about your daily business.

Exercise Prevents cognitive decline.

As we get older, our brains get a little hazy. Regular exercise boosts the chemicals in the brain that support and prevent degeneration of the hippocampus, an important part of the brain for memory and learning.

Exercise boosts brainpower by increasing blood flow to the brain, reducing the risk of stroke. It also improves reasoning and memory.

Exercise promotes better sleep.

Struggling to fall asleep or to stay asleep? Regular physical activity can help you fall asleep faster and deepen your sleep. Exercise during the day promotes the onset and quality of sleep, but you need to exercise at the right time: the ideal time for exercise is in the morning. Exercising late in the day can contribute to sleeplessness, because exercise causes an increase in your body's energy.

Exercise improves your sex life                         

 The medical research points towards it: the fitter you are, the better your sex life is. The reason seems to be two-fold: psychologically you feel better about yourself and physically, being fit improves libido, blood circulation and sexual functioning.

Exercise can be fun.

Exercise and physical activity can be a fun way to spend some time. It gives you a chance to unwind, enjoy the outdoors or simply engage in activities that make you happy. Physical activity can also help you connect with family or friends in a fun social setting.

Do you want to have that rocking figure that gets heads spinning? Then stop eating junk food and sitting around all day. Hit the gym. Get dirty. Work out those abs, torso, thigh muscles, hands and feet. Practice standing and walking erect with a relaxed posture and see how attractive you will look.

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