Exercise doesn’t just help you lose weight! 3 major benefits you must know

To maintain health, exercise plays an important role. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot lose weight through exercise alone. However, if exercise is combined with 5/2 intermittent fasting, it is the best combination for losing weight, maintaining weight loss and improving health. Intermittent light fasting can make fat burn most efficiently. If combined with regular exercise, it can increase muscle tissue and reduce body fat percentage.

Benefits of regular exercise

Benefit 1／

Improving insulin sensitivity and other metabolic indicators is similar to intermittent fasting. Insulin is an important hormone that regulates blood sugar and helps transport sugar into the body's cells for storage or conversion into energy.

When the body has muscles that are more sensitive to insulin, it can control blood sugar more efficiently, thereby quickly delivering sugar to muscle cells. In addition, exercise can help regulate cholesterol and triglycerides.

Benefit 2／

Increase and maintain muscle tissue. Exercise can change the composition of your body. Your body composition has a greater impact on your health than your weight. Fat that accumulates around the stomach and internal organs (visceral fat) is harmful to your health, and exercise is a good way to reduce visceral fat. Muscle consumes slightly more energy than fat. Although it is not obvious enough to be reflected in body weight, it is definitely enough to help maintain body weight.

Benefit 3／

Protects and strengthens bones. Our bone tissue has developed to its full potential by the time we reach adulthood. Regular exercise can help maintain bone tissue and reduce the risk of osteoporosis because exercise helps strengthen and protect bones.

Reduce stress. Exercise reduces stress and releases endorphins, chemicals produced by the brain to reduce pain and produce feelings of well-being.

What kind of sport should I do? How often should you exercise? 】

Recent advocates suggest that adults should exercise every day, and ideally mix a variety of high-intensity and moderate-intensity activities throughout the week. But the key is to play a sport you love regularly and try something new once in a while.

• High-intensity exercise: running, team sports (football, basketball) Medium-to-high-intensity exercise: brisk walking, cycling, swimming Muscle-building exercise: yoga, Pilates, weight training

If you haven't been active for a while, it's best to talk to your doctor before starting an exercise program. At the beginning, you may want to shorten the time of each exercise, and then gradually lengthen it, with the ultimate goal of lasting 30 minutes.

Ultimately, you should find the type of exercise that works best for you and then enjoy doing it. Exercise shouldn't be torture. Try to find opportunities in your daily life to move, like getting off the subway one stop earlier than you usually do, using a Pilates ball instead of a chair, or walking out of your office for five minutes every hour. These small movements add up to make a difference.

Exercise is good for your health and makes you more energetic!

This article is from "French women eat delicious food and lose weight 5/2 healthy light fasting" published by Tianxia Culture