Today’s society means: “perform, perform and perform”. We are pressured by the relationship and the work to do what is expected of us. The bar is high and we have to deliver top performance within a very short time frame. This may mean that the body will protest, with potentially serious consequences. How good is exercise for you and how does it help you relax?

Relax through movement

• Risks of being overweight
• How much exercise?
• Why does exercise work well?
• Exercise leads to relaxation

Risks of being overweight

People with little time, overweight and a stressful job tend to eat unhealthy, which causes them to gain weight and become overweight. Being overweight means having too much fat in the body, which significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Consider arteriosclerosis and thrombosis formation, which can cause a stroke or heart attack. In addition, the brain sends out the signal that one is less optimistic, except when one is eating. That is a dangerous combination, which causes even more weight and declines in health. Being overweight is often linked to a degree of depression. How can exercise make you feel better?

How much exercise?

It purely depends on what stage of your life you are in and how much exercise you normally get. More exercise is of course healthy, but you must be able to fit it into your daily activities. The following advice can be given:

• If you have always been sporty, it is good to stay sporty;
• If you have never exercised before and are already over forty, then you should not start exercising like crazy. Rather, you need to adjust your lifestyle. Take the stairs more often, walk around the block or ride your bike to work;
• If you are not yet forty, you can become active in a sport even if you have never exercised before.

As you get older and have exercised less, it is not wise to suddenly start exercising hard. The body is not used to it and can cause additional complaints if you exercise too much. Always exercise as much as is reasonably appropriate for your age and physical condition.

Why does exercise work well?

Sports or just additional exercise is good for all parts of the body. For example, walk or jog regularly. The walking movement ensures that:

• blood is pumped more easily through the body, because the ankles act as a pump in combination with vascular valves;
• the body becomes more trained, which increases the amount of metabolites in the body. These aim to activate the body to run faster, get more energy from food, burn stored fats, and the like. It also aims to give the body a good feeling after training, which puts the body in a positive spiral. Exercise more to make you feel better;
• existing fats are better removed, because the proportion of HDL in the body increases.

In addition to this important health boost, it also ensures that the body is de-stressed.

Exercise leads to relaxation

Benefit from more exercise because you will lose weight, your body will feel healthier and you will de-stress. A nice walk from time to time gives you different thoughts, so you no longer think about the stress and bustle of everyday life. By going for a walk you can organize your thoughts and relieve your body of the hurriedness of our society. It is important that you listen to your body and give it some attention. Health depends on how you feel, but also how stressed you are. You can do something about this by exercising. Also take it a bit easier by going for a walk, so that your body can relax.

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• Why is exercise good for you?
• It is possible to lose weight and maintain a positive mood!
• Prevent cardiovascular disease by increasing HDL!
• Intensive four-minute training for a healthy body