Hello everyone, I wanted to share what a good friend of mine wrote today in her blog about working out. I think she is an articulate writer and I hope to have more shares from her.
This is her blog, "This morning, I have to admit, my morning workout was so intense that I was absolutely drenched from my head down to my toes. My hair was completely wet, and my shoes were soaked. Sounds lovely right? To me it even seems a little gross.
However, I know the benefits of all that sweating. Do you? Well, I will take a couple of minutes to share a few things I have learned through reading medical journals and books on the subject of "perspiration therapy". Otherwise known as sweating.
For starters, sweating is actually a process that occurs to help the body cool down. One of the greatest health benefits about this process is while it is trying to cool down, your heart actually starts to pump and work harder to increase circulation. This improves your cardiovascular system.
For those of you who don't know, I specialize in cardio/pulmonary care. I can tell you how horrified I was this past year to see so many people in my age group (from 30-40) coming in to have double and triple by-pass surgery. Some of them coming in unconscious after having a heart attack! And not all of them were visually fat. There were many skinny "fat" people having to have heart surgery. Isn't that a sad revelation? It has changed my entire perspective and desire for more "cardio" in my life. Like I often say..."Health is earned."
So the main reason, at the top of my list, for sweating is to improve over all heart health. Number 1!!
Next, is the ability of the body to remove toxic materials by sweating them out through the pores. Some of these toxic wastes are an accumulation of things like sodium, heavy metals, cholesterol, alcohol, and nicotine. These are actually carcinogens and cause damage to your body at the cellular level...which means with time and accumulation of these toxins, the potential to develop and live in a diseased state is greater. Not good for sure!
Another benefit is the awesome boost to your immune system! When your body temperature starts to increase and is raised, it mimics a fever and your body starts to actually fight it, thus making your immune system stronger. You can actually strengthen those white blood cells to help fight the fight of disease and sickness that sometimes comes to us? Sweating through exercise helps to make you better!
One of the wonderful benefits of sweating is that we can actually control our weight. When you are sweating, you are working hard. This means you have increased you caloric demand...hence burning more calories. This causes the body to also decrease and remove cellulite. HELLO? Did you hear that one ladies? A way to get rid of jello and cottage cheese? Yes! What a wonderful solution to those of us who have/had this problem.
Another one of my favorite benefits of sweating (profuse sweating) is that it deeply cleanses your skin and makes it glow. It improves the tone and texture of your skin and will actually add a healthy glow and color to your face which makes you radiate beautifully! I have many people compliment me on my skin. (face) I have been asked numerous times what I do or products that I use to improve the healthy glow and color in my cheeks they are referring to. I have even been asked if I do botox...lol!
That is actually a compliment!
No, I have not had to use botox or surgery to correct my skin yet. Since I live in the now, the present, I will not think about the inevitable process of aging yet. I will however fight it all the way by taking as many preventive measures as I can.
My main beauty secret for the face is sweating like I did this morning in my workout. I was dripping for over an hour. And while I was, I felt the toxins just flowing through my pores and being purged from my body...my face especially. I can promise that my face today looks as good as if I had just had a facial massage or cleansing. Isn't that awesome that by sweating I even save money.
You can save money not only on your facial care, but on avoiding outrageous medical costs. The accumulation of extra cholesterol, fat, sodium, and other toxic waste will cause disease in your body that will ultimately buy you a stay in the hospital, emergency room, or surgery of some kind. I don't know of anyone who would like to spend $5,000-$100,000 on a hospital stay rather than a vacation or something great.
There are many more benefits of sweating. I just covered my favorites and some of the highlights. I encourage anyone reading this to get out there and do something that you really like to do as far as exercise and bring the sweat down!
While sweating, remember all of the benefits that you will reap and it might actually cause you to do it a little more often and therefore truly reaping the wonderful benefits.
God bless you and help you to unclog those pores!!
Sincerely,"
Shana
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kevin Moses, BS, CSCS is a San Diego personal trainer and fitness coach specializing in helping individuals with strength training, sports conditioning and weight loss.
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