 Breathing And Regular Exercise
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It should be clear from what we have said above that correct breathing is essential for the optimal results. This is often ignored but it should not be. It is essential that you never stop breathing, hold your breath or get out of breath while exercising. When this happens, your body will go into oxygen debt and this means that you will reduce the amount of fat you will later burn when your program is complete.
Since breathing is essential, we recommend that you learn to breathe regularly and easily as you exercise and that you never exercise so hard that you run out of breath.
Generally, it is best to breathe in (INHALE) before exertion and breath out (EXHALE) with exertion. Often this is hard to do unless you have good couching to keep you on track. For this reason it is often valuable to exercise in a group or under supervision until you master your breathing. Learning it right the first time is always the best idea.
Benefits of Regular Exercise
Exercise builds muscle mass. Larger muscles burn more calories than smaller muscles. This means that more fat will be burned to maintain your muscles on our program. It also means that you can eat more without gaining weight.
Moderate exercise can decrease your appetite. Studies have shown us that light exercise increases appetite while heavy exercise decrease appetite initially but within a short time appetite will increase. Moderate activity, on the other hand, lowers appetite and decreases your desire to eat.
Exercise helps to reduce stress and depression both of which are common causes of overeating. While exercising, non-threatening and non-stressfully, endorphins are released which make you fell better. These natural chemicals diminish depression and relieve stress.
Exercise reduces your risk of heart disease. This is benefited when the individual eats a low fat, high complex carbohydrate diet high in magnesium.
It reduces blood pressure. This is benefited when the individual eats a low fat, high complex carbohydrate diet high in fiber and in magnesium.
It increases HDL-Cholesterol (the good cholesterol fraction) and diminishes LDL-Cholesterol (the bad cholesterol fraction). This is benefited when the individual eats a low fat, high complex carbohydrate diet high in magnesium.
Reduces the risk of diabetes by increasing the use of sugar in a healthy and productive way. It also helps because weight is lost and muscle mass is increased. Its benefits are most pronounced when associated with healthy eating and vitamin-mineral supplements.
Strengthen the heart muscle. As we exercise regularly, the heart muscle becomes stronger hence it pumps better and more blood is pumped with each beat of the heart muscle. This means the heart does not have to work so hard and hence becomes healthier.
Regular exercise will decrease your risk of osteoporosis in women. Exercise strengthens bones making them less likely to break.
Exercise can help you sleep better.
Regular exercise helps to keep the bowels operating on a regular basis.
It also helps to improve circulation and function of weight bearing joints.
It can help us to feel fit and it improves the function of the immune system. Therefore, regular exercise can help to decrease the risk of many different illnesses.
You not only feel better but look better hence stimulating self-image and self-esteem. |