The National Health Interview Survey 2006's report stated that out of 220,267 samples, 61.9 percents of them fell into the category of NEVER take part in vigorous physical exercise activities per week.
This survey was conducted by
United States Department of Health and Human Service with the sample of age ranging 18 years old and above.
Only a small percentage of people had 5 or more times of vigorous exercise per week, which took up only 11 percents.
Running is the most simple and easy type of high-intensity physical exercise. The recent discovery by the researchers was, running can reduce chances of disability and pose an advantage on lifespan.
Apart from this, running can be viewed as a slender version of
Santa Clause who comes with a lot of
gifts!Gift #1Weight lossLadies cheers! Want to get rid of unpleasant sight of the bulges above your belt? Or rather tame some flabs around your tummy, arms and thigh? Start running. Approximately 60% of runners started running to shed off excess weights.
TIPS: Morning run has an advantage as stored fats from the previous day will be dissolved and turned into muscles.
Gift #2War with aging"Grow old gracefully." That's what everybody is saying. Minus some nip and tuck, get some real work here. This applies for both gender, running
prevents muscle and bone loss. Solely depends on drinking high-calcium milk does not help to prevent osteoporosis. Of course, calcium build up strong bones but this comes in pairs. Running heighten your bone density. Higher bone density equals to stronger bone.
On top of that, it was proven that running
promote human growth hormone. Apart from the well-brushed make-up, have you ever wondered why some natural look celebrities look fantastic? Envy Jennifer Garner and Kate Beckinsale? They are one of the hundreds great looking celebrities with the renown personal trainer,
Valerie Waters! The main point is, they run a lot.
Gift #3Go away diseaseThe doctors' prescription for early stages of osteoporosis, diabetes and hypertension is
running.
Amazingly, running strengthened the heart and lungs. Eventually, it reduces the risk of heart attack and improve breathing difficulties. Since young, my doctor has been pushing me to run with care as it helps to build stronger lungs muscles. Unfortunately, I was adamant until I finally accepted the fact that running does not trigger asthma attack! What a waste. Running in general helps to maintain good health with higher good cholesterol, which aids in lowering the risk of having blood clots.Gift #4Stress reliefStress is an inevitable psychological burden for most of us. At most the time, sleeping only temporary numbing the stress you have. In a long run, stress will accumulate and cause a major headaches or worse, migraine. Your brain has more than enough guests to entertain, let's not piling up the guests list.
When you take some time out to run, you take some time for yourself. Time apart from routines helps you to clear your mind and find a way-out or solutions to your problems. I too, run to get rid of stress! After a 20 minutes run, I always felt lighter and happier. In addition, it is proven that running releases endorphins which will
brighten up your mood. Endorphins is the
key to euphoria! Basically, endorphins is used to treat depression and many kinds of psychological addictions.
Are the
gifts satisfying to get you run?
Thank you for reading.
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