Dangerous healthy lifestyle - true or false.
Everyone has learned that sport is beneficial. But doctors say it can be harmful. Beauty expert Alexandra Chudakova will help you figure it out.
Everyone has an acquaintance or a relative who is addicted to a healthy lifestyle - he runs, rides a bicycle, and regularly visits the gym several times a week. Hundreds of people take part in races and marathons. Beautiful, endorphin-charged people set goals, records, catch up and surpass. And everything would be fine, but it happens that young and healthy-looking men suddenly die right at a distance. “Probably the heart,” close people are surprised. And doctors will say that, in fact, the causes of such tragedies most often remain unclear. Heart problems, from arrhythmias to electrical instability of the myocardium or electrolyte imbalance, can be latent. Among the reasons that can lead to fatal consequences is depletion of the body, taking medications (for example, furosemide, which is often used for drying, dehydrates and leads to thrombosis), or mental stress, when a person depletes the nervous system to achieve a result; hence - vasospasm, arrhythmia, and thrombosis. In modern realities, doctors believe that excessive passion for healthy lifestyles is not the norm. Orthorexia Nervosa, an eating disorder, is the result of a poorly designed regimen. And from the point of view of cardiology, the approach is considered correct - a gradual increase in loads and muscle mass.
Starting a "new life" is not always good with jogging, as many believe. It will be better for people with a body index of 30 and above to sit on an exercise bike first. And do not rush straight into active sports, do not rush headlong into strength training, push-ups and squats until you lose your heart rate. Don't skip a prep period for your body - try being like Pilates. This will help you to strengthen the muscles and prepare the ligamentous apparatus for static-dynamic work.
Active sports can be bad for your well-being - and it's not just muscle pain. So, if there is no strength in the legs, it will overstrain the pectoral and trapezius muscles. If the large diaphragm does not work well, the horns of its muscles are contracted on some side, and then the scalene muscles will be involved in breathing. Then excessive pressure and tone of the neck muscles are created, which will give dizziness, stress, and headaches. Therefore, you first need to prepare the deep transverse and oblique abdominal muscles, the adductors of the legs, the powers of the buttocks, and only after that, move on to more severe loads.
Before starting a sports lifestyle - do not forget to go to the doctor and go through all the studies to avoid unforeseen situations in the future.
Nature didn’t prepare us for marathons, but it didn’t prepare us for lying on the couch either. Therefore, the most important thing is to find a balance: those who are actively involved in fitness need to support the body with a balanced diet with an emphasis on proteins, without snacks (the digestive system, like the endocrine system, must have time to recover) and preparations containing potassium and magnesium: they improve contraction muscles, help to increase endurance and build muscle tissue. You can take omega-3 fatty acids, and after 30 years and according to the doctor's prescription - drugs to protect blood vessels from overload.
It is also essential to recover efficiently. Rest is needed not only physically but also psycho-emotional. That is why professional athletes leave after the competition to recuperate at closed training centers not to waste energy resources.
Quality of life is built on the health of the body, and lack of movement lowers immunity. Therefore, fitness and training are necessary to keep the body in good shape and work smoothly.