8 Benefits of EXERCISE for Health and Fitness after 50
Everyone probably knows they need to exercise and some of the reasons WHY but this post is to go over some benefits of exercise for your health and fitness after the age of 50
8 Benefits of Exercise After Age 50. Our Fit Over 50 Program helps give you the plan along accountability and support to exercise consistently.
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When losing weight, more physical activity increases the number of calories your body uses for energy or “burns off.” The burning of calories through physical activity, combined with reducing the number of calories you eat, creates a “calorie deficit” that results in weight loss.
If you have already lost the weight, exercising makes it much easier to maintain your weight.
Improves Mood, Relieves Depression and Reduces Stress
Exercise reduces the levels of stress hormones and stimulates the body’s production of endorphins. Exercising increases your brain’s sensitivity to serotonin and norepinephrine, which ease feelings of depression.
Exercise also changes parts of the brain that regulate anxiety.All these things lead to helping you just FEEL HAPPIER!
Exercise get your blood flowing and increases your heart rate. More nutrients to your muscles and more oxygen mean higher energy levels. Science backs this claim up. If you are looking for get more production then start exercising.
As we get older, we lose muscle mass and function. But exercising regularly may reduce muscle loss and maintain strength. As we exercise, our bodies release hormones that help muscles absorb amino acids and boost muscle growth.
It’s also been shown that exercising can help prevent osteoporosis as we age.
Movement improves blood flow to the brain and reduces inflammation. It also stimulates the production of hormones that enhance the growth of brain cells.
Exercise can also impact the hippocampus. This part of the brain is important for memory and learning. Exercising can help it grow, which may improve mental function.
Exercise is even more beneficial for those who are at risk for developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Regular exercise helps to improve or prevent health conditions like diabetes, heart disease, some forms of cancer and obesity.
Exercise also keep your muscles and joints healthy, lowers your cholesterol and blood pressure, and protects your mental health. All of these amazing benefits can help you LIVE LONGER!
Regular moderate exercise may increase antioxidants in your body with the sweat that comes from working out.
Those antioxidants help protect cells from oxidative stress and free radicals, which can damage your skin.
Exercising also increases blood flow that can help with anti-aging effects.
Exercise can reduce stress and anxiety levels, leaving you feeling more relaxed and stabilized, which is a perfect zone for sleep.
If you exercise outside, exposure to vitamin D can also regulate your wake-sleep cycle. Just tread carefully with when you work out and how close it is to bedtime.
There are many more benefits to exercise for health and fitness after 50 but those are my top 8 tips.
When it come to healthy and wellness we believe that fitness is just one pillar to being fit and healthy after the age of 50. Here are the other ones.
- Nutrition – What we put into our bodies is the foundation of healthy living.
- Water – Water is not only essential for life but in your quest for losing body fat, building muscle, and keeping healthy, it is crucial. Water is crucial to the proper functioning of every major system in your body.
- Sleep – Sleep plays a vital role in your mental and physical wellbeing. Different processes that occur during sleep help to promote healthy brain activity and maintain good overall health.
- Supplements – It’s important to fill in the gaps that food and nutrition may be needed. Supplements just provide a solution to what someone may be needing.
Just like a house, if one of the pillars of health and wellness breaks down, the entire house breaks down.
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