Physical activity is increasingly present in people's daily lives, due to numerous benefits that regular practice leads to mental and physical health. Noting significant changes in the body and well-being in general, i fitness enthusiasts they no longer imagine themselves subject to a style of sedentary life.
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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS AT PSYCHIC LEVEL?
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Weight loss and increased muscle mass
One of the biggest goals for those who decide to start
a workout, is to change appearance. The constancy in training andbalanced nutrition they are essential for achieving these goals and have the advantage of improving the skin.
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Improve self-esteem and well-being
Being in an environment with different people promotes the socialization and the collective spirit, especially in a sport like CrossFit®. There has even been an improvement in depression symptoms.
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School performance in children and adolescents increases.
The practice of physical activity by boys between 6 and 15 years, shows that the school performance improves and skills also develop socialization and interaction.
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Prevents diseases
By exercising, the bones and joints are strengthened, we improve the posture and immunity and consequently we have less pain, reducing the chances of having cardiovascular diseases.
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Raise your mood
It may seem that as we do more workouts we get tired more, but exactly the opposite happens: the fatigue is reduced, as well as stress and we are more predisposed to positively face the days.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFIT LEVELS?
In addition to all these benefits mentioned above, physical activity helps the proper functioning of one of the main organs of the human body: the brain. He is responsible for all the functions necessary for the functioning of our body during our life.
Therefore, you have one more reason to train. The brain undergoes positive changes during exercise, contributing to the improvement of certain skills such as: discipline, resilience, motivation, concentration and teamwork.
But do you know what happens during this brain process? Let's see together:
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Memory development
By contracting the muscles, substances are created that cause the creation of new blood vessels, making i more efficient cognitive pathways and delaying neurological losses.
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More neurons and better performance
The movements performed contribute to the faster exchange of messages between neurons, which multiply. This improves the performance of brain function by providing more oxygen, which helps, for example, to control anxiety and depression.
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Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters are responsible for'sending information to other cells in order to perform different functions of the human body. With the practice of physical exercises, some of them, very important for the body, are stimulated:
- Dopamine: it helps in the control of movements, improves mood, learning, cognition, motivation and memory.
- GABA: helps regulate the transmission of nerve impulses and muscle tone.
- Serotonin: affects mood improvement, anxiety, sleep, hormone control and food absorption.
- Glutamate: facilitates brain adaptation by establishing new neuronal connections.
Our brain is a complex organ that needs stimuli to improve its performance every day.
Therefore, the human being needs motivation, that's why we have already talked about this topic specifically. Well, it's not enough for us to go to the garage to give our best, right ?!