There are many clients who come to Rising Fitness in Houston, TX, for more than just weight loss or boosting energy. They often come because of a health scare or to avoid that situation. Some health benefits of regular exercise show up very quickly. They can include a drop in blood pressure, less insulin resistance, weight loss and even less pain. Other health benefits take a while to show up, like weight loss, less pressure on joints, more endurance and more stamina.
Bone loss, osteoporosis, starts with muscle tissue loss.
Part of aging is loss of muscle tissue, unless you work hard to maintain it. It’s harder to build muscle tissue as you age, due to a lower production of key hormones like human growth hormone or testosterone. The loss of muscle tissue starts in the mid to late 30s and continues. As muscles weaken or you exercise less, there’s no tug on the bone that tells the bone to uptake calcium for strength and the depletion of calcium begins the start of osteoporosis. Weight bearing exercise can help prevent that.
Exercise can aid in regulating blood sugar levels.
Whether you have type 2 diabetes, prediabetes or insulin resistance, exercise can help make you more insulin sensitive, which can reverse all three of those problems. Studies show that within four months of starting strength training, subjects not only lowered body fat and built muscle, but they also lowered their blood sugar levels dramatically.
If you have an inflammatory disease, exercise can also help.
Inflammatory diseases are caused by a number of things. If you have an unhealthy gut, it can cause inflammatory diseases. Exercise can help heal the gut and reduce inflammation. Plus, it does one more thing. It can help reduce the pain caused by not only those diseases, but also back and muscle pain. Studies show that rheumatoid arthritis pain is helped with exercise, since it helps build the tendons, muscles and ligaments around the joints to lift the pressure. The increased circulation also reduces the pain. Back pain can be relieved by aiding in relaxing tight muscles, increased circulation and strengthening all the muscles.
- Exercise helps you lose weight and that can help prevent disease. If you lose as little as 2.2 pounds, it can lower your blood pressure. If that weight comes off around your midsection, the results are even better.
- Exercise can improve your gut microbiome in as little as six weeks. Your microbiome is the collection of microbes that aid in digestion and produce enzymes that control many things from immunity to mental health.
- Regular exercise helps lengthen telomeres, which protect the DNA from unraveling, making cells able to replicate longer and with less damage.
- Regular exercise can boost the production of stem cells that help repair the body. It also helps the process of angiogenesis, where the body maintains the right amount of blood vessels. If you have too many, it promotes cancer and too few, heart disease.
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