AEROBIC EXERCISE AND ITS BENEFIT FOR THE ELDERLY
WHAT IS AEROBIC EXERCISE?
The word 'Aerobic' means 'with oxygen' that it is an activity done with the active influence of oxygen. It's an activity done to stimulate your heart rate and breathing to increase. Aerobic exercise is any activity you do for a couple of minutes at a stretch that works up a sweat, gets your heart thumping and allows blood to course through your muscles that delivers oxygen that allows easy flow of movement. Aerobic exercise is also called 'cardio'. Our bodies learn and get better at utilizing oxygen well and burning the fat when we exercise regularly.
BENEFITS OF AEROBIC EXERCISE FOR THE ELDERLY
MOOD LIFTING: Aerobic exercise can ease the tension associated with worrying and anxiety and promote relaxation. It can also aid improvement in your sleep.
-HEALTHIER HEART: Your heart pumps more blood when you exercise which is good for you. As an elderly you aren't as active as you use to be when you are younger, this is why you need to intentionally work on being intentional about your aerobics.
-LIVE LONGER: Extensive studies have shown that people who participate in regular aerobic exercise live longer than those who don't. Aerobics may also reduce the risk of heart failure and many other diseases associated with old age.
-WEIGHT MANAGEMENT: Our muscles can burn fat and carbohydrate that gets stores in the adipose tissue beneath our skin. Your body can burn off the excess fat in your body if you do regular aerobic exercises. As an elderly, it is good for you to be fit and your doctor will be very happy if they don't have to worry about your weight.
-KEEPS VIRAL ILLNESS AT BAY: Regular aerobic exercises keep your immune system active and in good shape to wade off illnesses. It makes you immune to illnesses such as the flu and cold.
-STRENGTHENS THE LUNGS: The oxygen that gets pumped into the lung while you are doing your aerobic exercise helps strengthen the lungs. Exercises that would strengthen the lungs is beneficial to our health especially for the elderly. When exercising take note of how you breathe heavily, the air being pumped in and out of your mouth is beneficial to the lung that is why you should keep at it.
-CHOLESTEROL MAINTENANCE: High cholesterol is a thing that many of us will go through as we grow older. To manage or prevent high cholesterol; regular aerobic exercises help alongside other forms of treatment.
-INCREASES STRENGTH: Feeling tired when you first start a regular aerobic exercise is only a usual reaction from a body that isn't used to such strenuous activity. Over time it can only get better, you begin to enjoy it. It builds not just your muscles; you get stronger, more fit and your stamina increases.
The benefits of aerobics exercise are way more than you can begin to phantom. It is an activity that every elderly should participate in. It could be as simple as taking the stairs, cycling or even brisk-walking.
