Benefits of running for fitness

Youth is full of vitality, and this vitality comes from daily exercise. Of course, the main exercise is running, which can help us strengthen our body. As we all know, the effect of running on the human body is not limited to strengthening the body, but also has various benefits, such as testing our thinking, or giving us good eyesight, etc. The specific situation is in the following content.

1. Maintain good eyesight

People who ran 35 miles (about 56 kilometers) per week were 54% less likely to experience vision loss as they aged than those who ran 10 miles (about 16 kilometers) per week.

2. Maintain normal blood pressure

People who ran 10 miles (about 16 kilometers) a week were 39% less likely to have high blood pressure and 34% less likely to have high cholesterol than those who ran less than 3 miles (about 4.8 kilometers) a week.

3. Enhance physiological functions

Men who burned at least 3,000 calories a week (the equivalent of running for five hours) were 83% less likely to develop severe erectile dysfunction than others.

4. Exercise your bones

Of all aerobic exercises, running is the most effective in strengthening bones. When researchers at the University of Mississippi compared the bone density of runners and cyclists, they found that 63% of cyclists had lower spine and hip bone density, while among runners, this proportion was only 19%.

5. Quick thinking

The researchers conducted a survey on a group of British people, who exercised one day and did not exercise the other day. Participants reported making fewer mistakes, being more focused, and being more productive on the day they exercised.

Running can help us maintain good eyesight, which may be something that no one has expected, but it is true. Only those who run regularly can slow down the deterioration of their eyesight. At the same time, running can help the elderly maintain normal blood pressure and exercise their bones. It can be said that running has many benefits.