Which is more valuable for health and longevity, exercise or stillness?
The reason why some people think that people will live longer when they are still is based on scientific research that animal heart rate is negatively correlated with life span. For animals, if they exercise too much, their heart rate will be faster.
For example, the heart rate of mice is 450 beats per minute, and the life span of mice is usually only 1 year, while the heart rate of elephants is about 30 beats per minute. Elephants can live to be 70 years old, while turtles' heart rate is only about 20 beats per minute, so their life span is as high as thousands of years, so there is a saying that a thousand-year-old turtle is a thousand-year-old turtle.
Based on this theory, they think that static energy can prolong life, and static energy can become wisdom, which can reduce the loss of the body. If you are weak, exercise will hurt your vitality, and you should have a rest.
Although this statement sounds reasonable, this law does not apply to human beings.
Because although human beings are also higher animals, their heart rate is similar to that of pigs, dogs and other animals, but their life span is different from these animals, which is about five times.
According to the research of Harvard University, people who walk more than 1 hour a week will live about four years longer than those who don't exercise.
Therefore, it is well known that exercise is good for health, and whether stillness is good for longevity has not been proved by scientific research.
There are too many benefits of exercise. Exercise can promote blood circulation, accelerate metabolism, help burn excess fat in the body, enhance immunity, increase disease resistance, maintain physical strength, prolong life and delay aging.
Exercise has so many benefits, do you still have to work hard to live longer?
We have repeatedly stressed the need for moderate exercise, so exercise is not just excessive exercise, we should pay attention to moderate exercise. If you exercise too much, it will be harmful to your health.
First of all, excessive exercise will cause muscle strain, damage bones and joints, and even cause stress fractures. Secondly, excessive exercise will lead to the accumulation of lactic acid in muscles, increase the burden on the kidneys, and may seriously cause renal function damage and renal failure.
Generally speaking, normal people's heart rate is about 60 ~ 100 times per minute when they don't exercise. If it is lower than this frequency, they need to exercise, otherwise their health will get worse and their lives will be affected.
If the heart rate after exercise is 50% higher than that before exercise, it is moderate. If the heart rate is fast after exercise, it should be reduced. If it is slow, then the intensity of exercise can be enhanced.
Secondly, sports must adopt a scientific way.
Everyone can take appropriate exercise methods according to their own preferences and physical condition. Don't choose strenuous exercise. For the elderly and infirm, it is best to choose fast walking, yoga, jogging and other sports methods.
At present, due to the special period, many people can't go to the gym to exercise. It is suggested that you can prepare a sports mat at home at any time to facilitate some yoga or fitness exercises.
Also, don't just focus on exercise and ignore nutrition. Nutrition supplement is in place, immunity will be better and exercise effect will be better.
During exercise, the nutrients we need to supplement are carbohydrate, fat and protein. The general distribution ratio is 60% carbohydrate, 20% protein and 20% fat, which is reasonable.
Supplementing protein mainly plays a role in repairing damaged muscle fibers in high-intensity training.
Finally, remember that you will feel thirsty after exercise, but don't drink a lot of water right away. If you drink too much water at one time after exercise, it will reduce the salt content in your blood. If the salt content is reduced to a certain extent, the sodium ions in the body will be unbalanced, which will increase the osmotic pressure between cells and tissues and lead to muscle cramps.
In short, it is true that life lies in exercise, which can prolong life, but we must pay attention to the ways and means of exercise and proceed from our own situation, so as to achieve the purpose of exercise and health preservation.
There are many benefits of walking and exercising, but there are also ways and means to avoid stepping on those pits that are harmful to health and make your body better and better.