Love, Move, Repeat...Daily...
“Movement is the song of the body”- Vanda Scaravelli
The basic human instinct is to avoid exercise or any form of physical activity but we need movements as it changes our mind and body. From reducing anxiety, enhancing cognitive skills to ample health benefits for your heart and muscles; it does wonders for your body.
Do we meet the global recommended levels of physical activity? As remote working has become the norm during pandemics, people spend more time indoors with limited physical activity. Physical inactivity increases the severity in Covid -19 patients as it worsens the symptoms and eventually leads to hospitalization. Physical inactivity can be one of the risk factors for severe outcomes of the disease.
Any type of movement can have beneficial effects on your brain and body.
· It improves bone, muscle, heart, and lung functions.
· It lowers blood pressure and reduces heart diseases.
· It manages weight and lowers the risk of diabetes and various types of cancers.
· It prevents symptoms of depression, regulates your emotions, and makes you stay happy.
· It improves sleep and cognitive abilities.
So how do you find your perfect exercise match? By reflecting on your past activities, the obstacles you faced, or what made you energized. With these factors, we can work moving towards our exercise routine with some experiments and find out what makes us excited. Just make sure whatever you do, even though you might change it and do something different, should be fun and relaxing to your body and mind. If it’s not fun, we tend to avoid it subconsciously. So let all that you do be done in love. Let’s do this…
Warning: Exercise will lift your mood and bring you health and happiness…!
One Step at a Time
Walking is the cheapest, safest and fun exercise. Just 20 to 30 minutes of walking every day can bring a lot of change to your body and mind. It can reduce stress, uplift your mood and relax you for the whole day. It improves heart health as it improves your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, lowers the risk of diabetes. It strengthens your bones and tones your muscle resulting in more stamina and your clothes fit better on your body. Requires minimal equipment so you can just step out and start walking. You don’t have to wait for anyone. It improves our metabolism so better fat loss and greater immunity.
Run Often
Humans have evolved to run. Our leg tendons and ligaments, foot and toe structure, gluteus muscles offer better balance and stability to run. Running is also cheap and if you have time to invest, it helps to build strong bones and muscles and maintain weight. It prevents diabetes and hypertension and reduces the risk of stroke. Start by running five to ten minutes a day and gradually increasing it to 30–60 minutes per day. It has a profound effect on your cardiovascular fitness.
Dance like no one is watching
Dancing is a great workout that can have beneficial effects on your body and mind. Anybody can dance and you can dance how you want to. Dance is a sport and it improves body function and strength. It provides better balance and many positive effects on the brain. It increases cognitive and social skills, reduces anxiety and dementia. It increases cardiorespiratory functions and overall strength. So start dancing today and see a better you.
Ride the Bike
Cycling is an aerobic activity that can be made into a routine. Riding a bike to work or to a nearby park can help in achieving the recommended amounts of physical activity. It strengthens your legs, improves joint mobility, and improves bone strength. It helps in preventing diseases and improves cardiovascular fitness. It’s an easy form of exercise suitable for young and old which can be done at any time of the day.
Let’s Play a Sport
Playing a sport is good for children and adults in many ways. A correlation has been found between people playing sport and career success or better academic performance at school. It can reduce stress, improve confidence and mental health. Parents can also support children in playing sport by encouraging them to go outside and play. Make sure to wear those safety gear to protect yourself. Hockey, cricket, football, softball, skateboarding, or any other form of sport can make us healthier.
Choose any form of physical activity and decide what you want to achieve from your chosen activity. It’s simply a chance to make you happy. Let that be your primary goal and the rest will follow.
