What Happens To Our Body When We Do Not Exercise
We all know the therapeutic benefits of exercise and regularly working out, which help keep you in shape and help sustain proper body function. It has been recommended that every healthy individual engage in 45-50 minutes of moderate intensity exercise on a regular basis as well.
But, have you put it to thought, what actually happens when there’s exactly zero exercise? Or when you go without exercising for a significant amount of time?
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Harmful effects of not exercising or being physically active
While we can safely agree that there are some lifestyle habits (from drinking, smoking, eating excessive junk) which can be detrimental to our well-being, not actually moving a muscle throughout can be similarly bad.
As we talk and vouch for the benefits of regular exercise, it often gets missed out that engaging in little to no exercise can be just as bad, or even life-threatening. Take this for example. While regular, brisk exercise is said to delay ageing, not meeting required levels of physical activity can actually accelerate your risk of prematurely dying, and causes more deaths globally than tobacco consumption or diabetes, as per a study published in The Lancet. Now, while skipping a day or two of exercise (or a week) wouldn’t do much harm to your body, there’s actually a lot of graver risks which entail if you go without budging an inch, or moving your arms for upwards of a month. We tell you 5 such things which can happen if you do not exercise regularly or remain physically active:
Your heart becomes less efficient
Exercise keeps the heart pumping and active.
Aerobic and cardio exercises done regularly are linked to a good heart rate and a lower risk of heart ailments. However, if you do not exercise or go a long time without any form of physical activity, you'll start to experience your heart functioning poorly and have it impact everyday tasks. The heart rate can get distubed, you can encounter shortness of breath and coupled with poor dietary habits, you'll be vulnerable to facing heightened heart issues and cholesterol levels as well.
Your muscles weaken down
One of the most important roles exercise plays is to keep the muscle cells in good shape, and strengthen them. When you do not exercise or move around, not only do you undo all the progress previously made, it can also reduce the muscle strength you have and make you feel a lot weaker. Simply said, your muscles weaken and then you lose out on the bulk of your muscles which are needed for breathing and the ones which facilitate movement.
