Physical benefits of physical activity
- Improves fitness and endurance.
- Regulates blood pressure.
- Helps maintain good bone density.
- Improves flexibility.
- Strengthens muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints.
- Helps lose weight.
- Reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes.
- Strengthens the heart and improves cardiovascular health.
- Improves aerobic fitness.
- It reduces the risk of certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer or lung cancer.
- Avoid osteoporosis.
- Strengthens the immune system.
- Helps control cholesterol.
- Improves digestion.
- Regulates the intestinal rhythm.
- It makes us stronger.
- Increases life expectancy.
Mental benefits of physical activity
It is proven that sport releases endorphins, the hormone of happiness. This means that physical exercise produces a sensation of pleasure that even acts as a natural pain reliever. At the same time, some benefits worth mentioning are produced in our mind, such as:
- Reduce stress.
- Promotes sleep.
- Helps fight anxiety.
- Improves self-esteem.
- Decreases aggressiveness and anger.
- Reduces anxiety and distress.
- Fight depression.
- Improves concentration and memory (Alzheimer).
- Increases alertness.
- Avoid social isolation and improve relationships with others.
- Helps to be more productive.
- Improves mood.
- It is useful to control and combat addictions.
