If you’re already a runner, you likely know the benefits of exercise. But if you’re not, then you may need to be convinced before you lace up your running shoes. To help you get motivated to exercise, here are some of the wonderful benefits that await you.
- Toning Your Body
Most people want to reduce the size of their waistline and build muscle tone in their thighs, glutes and abs. Running is an excellent way to do this because it exercises the leg muscles in a way that other exercises cannot. It can also improve posture and help prevent osteoporosis.
- Brain Booster
Running has actually been shown to increase brain volume. The increased blood flow improves cognitive performance as well as memory. Running can also help overcome depression and boost self-esteem. Better yet, studies have shown that exercise can prevent Alzheimer’s disease and dementia later in life by improving blood flow to the brain.
- Working Up An Appetite
If you need an excuse to eat more chocolate or drink more wine, then consider this: running can actually increase your appetite for food, especially carbohydrates. In addition, it makes your metabolism faster so that your body burns fat more quickly. This helps get rid of love handles and bulges around the middle of your body.
- Running is good for your heart.
Running helps strengthen your heart muscles and improve blood flow throughout your system. You will also have better lung capacity, which reduces the risk of developing respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia.
- Vitality
Regular exercise increases your body’s production of endorphins, those feel-good chemicals that give you more energy, a better mood and even make you feel younger.
