To feel good, prevent pathologies and grow old peacefully, you need to train.
It's a basic equation. We see specifically the benefits of doing sport to live old age in serenity.
Doing sport to age well
About a couple of years ago the University of Homburg, in Germany, confirmed that sport counteracts aging. In summary the study compared the length of telomeres between professional and sedentary sportsmen.
What are telomeres ? The DNA sequences that protect the ends of chromosomes . These tend to shorten with age . Among sportsmen and women there is not a waste of about 200 nucleotides.
In practice the movement's cells would be biologically younger than about 10 years . This is because long-term distributed training activates telomerase, an enzyme that counteracts the aforementioned shortening .
The German study takes up the results of the British researcher Lynn Cherkas of King's College in London who, for the first time, had exactly quantified the benefits of physical activity in terms of quality of life and overall longevity.
All that remains is to start, then. Choose an activity that trains your heart . You should feel the effort but not the breath, or the work must take place at medium to high intensity.
If you want to lose a few pounds, start with the walk . Then move on to activities such as running, swimming or cycling that have significant advantages including:
- pressure reduction ;
- reduction of blood glucose levels;
- reduction of "bad" cholesterol levels ;
- better muscle oxygenation;
- increased tonicity;
- stress reduction .
These 6 points, joined together create an "army" ready to fight against enemies like the risk of diabetes or the risk of heart attack. Also, do not forget how important it is to regain contact with nature by practicing outdoor sports.
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Tips for starting to play sports
Let's deepen some fundamental concepts and review beliefs that lead to error and frustration, when you start playing sports:
- hurry. You do not sign up for the gym because you have an uncontrollable anxiety. You risk puffing against the weights for some time and becoming even more impatient to achieve fruitless results;
- the sweat. It is not true that the more you sweat the more calories you consume. Running too much clothes is totally useless;
- constancy. Count all right. Whether you prefer swimming or cycling, you need to train at least twice a week to get substantial benefits;
- the gradualness. It allows you to increase the pace of training safely. Listen well and plan. All the programs for beginners start with months of preparation in which the run to the walk alternates. And it is not true that to dispose of fat there is to run / pedal / swim slowly. Consumption is closely related to the number of kilometers traveled and the weight. In summary, it is much better to try to gradually increase speed and therefore distance .
Finally, if you want to try your hand at the race, we remind you that it is still a significant backlash combined with great stress at the level of the knees, so it is also advisable to go on a bland diet before starting, especially if you are overweight, to avoid compromising joint health .
