Lift that weight, walk those steps, get your circulation up it will be beneficial not only for your heart and brain but so importantly for your skin. The more we learn about the effects of exercising on our bodies, the more we learn about the amazing effects on skin ageing.
The post work out glow that you love happens due to increased blood flow circulation which delivers more oxygen and nutrients to the skin, promotes collagen production, and increases new skin cells turnover which optimizes your youthful glow and prevents skin ageing.
When we exercise we perspire which gives our pores the opportunity of a well deserved clear out of build up that may be clogging the pores. Make sure to exercise makeup free to give pores a fighting chance.
Hit the showers as soon as possible after a good work out to prevent perspiration attracting and hosting bacteria and to enable cleansing of pores after the release of clogged pore debris.
Important research has uncovered that short bursts of intense exercise are far more beneficial in terms of ageing than long sessions of high intensity training. Overdoing your work out actually be detrimental and have the opposite effect.
In Australia as well as many other nations it has been adopted that a person requires around 2.5 hours of aerobic style exercise. New studies are starting to see that we can make a significant health and ageing impact with less time spent exercising as long as the exercise is high intensity.
It is determined that high intensity exercise works because it forces your system to produce high amounts of energy fast to accommodate the intensity of the exercise. It is considered that low intensity activities don’t use all your muscles whereas an action like sprinting would cause you to have to use all your muscle fibres at the same time and would draw more energy resources from your body.
You can be sure to feel fitter faster and more energised to keep maintaining your fitness levels which in turn will keep the feeling good about yourself endorphins flowing.