08/18/2021
🤸♀️Why is movement important?🤸♀️
From your brain to your joints, moving every day has the power to improve every part of your body. And it’s not just about high-impact, sweat-inducing exercise either. It’s simple – whether you choose to implement small movements into your routine or try a new activity like cycling or Yoga, increasing your daily mobility can help upgrade your overall health.
🤸♀️Muscles: By moving, you are strengthening your muscles, which improves stability, balance, and coordination. Don’t forget, stretching helps maintain your muscle health as well.
🤸♀️Bones: Movement helps build more durable, dense bones. Bone-building activities like resistance training, weight-bearing exercises (jogging, walking), and balance training (Yoga) can support better bone density.
🤸♀️Joints: The more you exercise and move your joints, the stronger the supporting muscles become, leading to less pain and more range of motion and stability.
🤸♀️Brain: Research shows that exercise may stimulate the production of brain chemicals norepinephrine and dopamine, which energize and elevate mood. Walking 30-40 minutes a day three times per week can help “regrow” the structures of the brain linked to cognitive decline.
🤸♀️Heart: Start moving to improve your heart health. Exercise has been shown to protect against nearly every type of acquired chronic cardiovascular disease. The physiological benefits of exercise on the heart include increased blood filling and pumping ability as well as improved oxygenation.
🤸♀️Lungs: Exercise improves your cardiorespiratory endurance. You don’t have to perform high-intensity movement. Instead, try Yoga – it still gets your lungs going but at a more comfortable pace.
Just move and avoid inactivity! Find something or several activities you love to do and commit to them daily.
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