Women And Exercise
More than half of the female population does not exercise, with many of them using the excuse of “no time” and being “too tired” as reasons for not sweating it out. Exercise has many benefits for women. Regular exercise is good for your heart and lungs and reduces the risk of heart attacks and stroke by reducing your blood pressure, body fat and intra-abdominal fat. Exercise also improves your blood cholesterol levels and glucose tolerance.
Besides those benefits, exercise has also been shown to reduce the incidence of diabetes, colon cancer, breast cancer, gallbladder disease, obesity, depression, anxiety, osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. Other benefits include having better sleep as well as feeling and looking more energetic.
Before you start exercising, it is important for you to warm up. Take a slow walk for about five minutes and stretch your muscles and joints to prepare your heart and body for the work-out. It is important that you do a proper warm-up so that you reduce the risk of injuries.
After warming up, you can start exercising. There are various aerobic exercises that you can try that includes brisk walking, dancing, cycling, aerobics, rowing, kayaking, swimming, Tai-Chi, badminton, table-tennis or even more challenging activities like tennis, wakeboarding and rollerblading.
If you have never exercised regularly before, then start off with slow sessions of about 5 to 10 minutes and progress gradually. Exercise at a moderate intensity first then increase the pace if you feel comfortable doing so. However please slow down if you are panting. It is important not to overexert yourself.
Apart from aerobic exercise, also include strength training into your exercise programme. Strength training with dumbbells, your own body weight or even bottles filled with water or sand can help tone and strengthen your muscles, allowing you to do more with less effort, such as carrying your groceries without any aches or pains later on.
After your exercise session, remember to perform a cool-down. Walk slowly for about 5 minutes and do some gentle stretches to allow your heart rate and blood pressure to return to resting values. Inadequate cooling-down may cause giddiness or even fainting due to lowered blood pressure and pooling of blood in your legs.
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Thanks for writing this article as we always need to be reminded to exercise. I will definitely use your tips starting today.