The importance of exercising and playing sports

World Health Organization

Introduction

Did you know that if you exercise 150 minutes a week you could have many benefits like better energy levels and less chances of many illnesses?

Many people are starting to exercise less and less every year and that has led to many people getting hurt or getting sick more.  Medium tells us that 70% of kids by the age of 13 have stopped participating in sports teams and activities. Exercising or playing sports for 21 minutes a day gives your body the proper amount of energy to get ready for the day and even benefit your body in many ways. When your body gets the necessary exercise your immune system, muscles, bones, and energy levels basically power up and work much better than how they would before. It also gives you the energy to do many more things and even improves your self confidence and mood levels.

Physical benefits

If you exercise your body, many benefits can come from it. When you exercise you basically give your body the power ups and boosts that it needs to thrive. Exercising allows your immune system, muscles, and bones to become even better and improve from what it was before while even decreasing chances of diseases or illnesses such as type 2 diabetes and heart diseases. It also helps you maintain your body weight and is a great way to start your weight loss journey.

According to the Victoria Betterhealth Channel, exercising may also help with maintaining your blood pressure while increasing flexibility and improving movements. Many parts of your body will always benefit from exercising even if it’s just for 10 minutes. As long as you exercise 20 minutes a day you will without a doubt improve physically whether it’s your body strengthening, illness chances decreasing, or even just your body being relieved. You will always benefit and be proud of yourself when you start exercising or playing sports. Exercising may also help you recover and recuperate from an injury or surgery.

Mental benefits

Exercising can and will boost your mentality in many more ways than you would originally expect. Your brain gets relaxed and boosted from exercising because you get the energy and dopamine from the exciting and thrilling movements. Dopamine is a chemical in your brain that improves pleasure and motivation. An article from the NHS tells us that exercising can boost your self-esteem, mood, and energy levels while also decreasing your possibilities or maybe even getting rid of your anxiety or depression.  When you exercise you may find yourself sleeping much better or you might be much more relaxed than before you started exercising. Getting rid of anxiety and depression is key to having a great mindset for your future.

Future benefits

You may be thinking “Well you can benefit from it now but are there any benefits for the future?” Well to put it simply, yes, you can benefit quite a bit in the long run.

The CDC  tells us that exercising may reduce the chances of eight different cancers: the list of cancers includes bladder, breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, kidney, lung, and stomach cancer. The CDC also tells us that exercise reduces risks of developing dementia and even Alzheimer’s disease, diseases that affect memory. On top of these benefits it also reduces risks of falling by improving balance and coordination while also drastically improving your heart health. When your heart health improves it may reduce risks of heart diseases, strokes and type 2 diabetes.

Significance

The reason this topic is so important to talk about is because you want to make sure your body can thrive and improve as much as it possibly could so that your body won’t potentially shut down or get much weaker. It will also help stay safe from many dangerous or even fatal injuries or diseases in the future. So overall it is really important for you to train and improve your body for the future so that you can be at ease when it comes to your physical health. It also reduces the chances of depression which could potentially lead to future self harm or self doubt and we wouldn’t want that happening to anyone ever. So to sum it up it is important to exercise because you will benefit in so many ways and you will be proud and glad that you exercised.