Kapanlagi.com - Are you one of those who regularly do morning running? Apparently, the benefits of running are very good for your health. The cool morning air is too precious to miss. Here are some benefits of morning running that if you know the benefits, you will definitely not leave morning running.
The habit of waking up late makes some people skip morning exercise. However, to get a healthy body, taking about 20 minutes a day has a tremendous benefit if you do morning running regularly. Indeed, you have to do it with strong determination so that you can reap the benefits of morning running. Here are the benefits of morning running that are good for your health.
1. Overcoming Hypertension
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The first benefit of morning running is that it can overcome hypertension. This is because when you do morning running, it will improve blood circulation. Morning running, which does not require too much energy, can be done every day.
Morning running will maintain a regular heart rate and normalize blood pressure. Although heavy exercise is not recommended for hypertensive patients, morning running can be a solution to continue exercising.
2. Heart Health
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Doing morning running exercises can promote heart health because when running, not only the leg muscles work and improve their function, but the heart also works vigorously to pump blood to meet the nutritional and oxygen needs of the muscles used for running.
In addition, morning running has the benefit of helping to reduce the risk of heart disease and blood vessels due to the buildup of bad cholesterol. Therefore, it is advisable to start exercising regularly with morning runs.
3. Good for Breathing
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For those of you who have asthma, morning running exercise is recommended to do it regularly every week for a period of three months. Therefore, the results will no longer or rarely experience asthma attacks. Another benefit of morning running, especially for asthma sufferers, is that they will feel better breathing.
4. Preventing Rheumatism
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Rheumatism is one of the complaints often experienced by someone. Rheumatism is synonymous with stiffness or pain in the limbs. This condition can occur when the joints become stiff, calcification, inflammation, tense muscles, brittle bones, and so on. Therefore, one of the benefits of morning running is that it can make both hip and hand movements active, making the muscles more flexible and reducing muscle tension.
5. Overcoming Constipation
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If you experience digestive problems, it is good to do morning exercise that has the benefit of overcoming constipation. This is because muscle movements while running also move the muscles in the abdomen and stimulate bowel movements. Therefore, if you experience difficulty in defecating, routine morning running exercise can stimulate smooth bowel movements.
6. Preventing Colon Cancer
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Colon cancer can occur when food residues (feces) are trapped longer in the intestines, so toxins and free radicals in it can have prolonged contact with the intestines. Therefore, it is important to maintain body health so that we can have regular bowel movements every day, one of the tips is morning running.
7. Improving Immune System
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Another benefit of morning running is that it can increase the body's metabolism and running can also trigger the growth of immune cells. The formation of these immune cells is very good in helping the body fight off viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi, and so on that make a person easily sick.
8. Helping to Prevent Diabetes
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High levels of sugar from food will accumulate in the blood beyond normal levels and trigger the onset of diabetes.
Morning running exercise has the benefit of increasing cell sensitivity to insulin, thus keeping blood sugar levels always within normal range. Research has found that running in the morning can reduce the risk of diabetes by up to 5%.
Those are some of the benefits of morning running for health. With the many benefits obtained from morning running, it is advisable not to skip morning exercise and make time for approximately 20 minutes of exercise. Hopefully, it is useful.
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