From the very beginning of walking, to later bicycles, buses, and family cars, our daily travel has become more and more convenient with the development of the economy.
Nowadays, almost every household has an electric car and a car. As a result, more and more people abandon the way of walking to work, in order to save convenience and time, every day by car or bicycle to work.
However, science suggests that if you want to think about health, the best way to go to work is actually on foot.
Because for modern people, every day is a fast-paced life, there is little time to free up for physical exercise, which often puts the body in a sub-healthy state, there are obesity, immune function decline and other issues appear, there is no health benefit.
And if you choose to walk to work every day, unconsciously, it actually has the effect of exercising. According to the current clinical information, walking to work every day, the following benefits will also find you:
1, exercise the heart: it seems to be just a small action of walking, but in fact, it needs to cooperate with multiple systems in the whole body, the most indispensable of which is the heart.
In the process of walking, more than 60% of the body's muscles are involved, in order to allow the tissue to get sufficient blood supply, the blood circulation speed will be accelerated, which has certain benefits for myocardial exercise.
Moreover, during walking, the heart does not need to carry out a high load of blood supply maintenance, but can make the blood flow better into the heart, and then improve the heart's own pumping ability;
2, protect your joints: we all know that there is no shortcut to control weight, the best way is to control the mouth, open the legs. However, for office workers with a large weight base, it is not suitable for strenuous sports.
Because the larger the weight base, the greater the load on the joints, and high-intensity exercise will cause damage to the joints, and even lead to joint diseases.
However, walking is not the same, this is a relatively gentle aerobic exercise, it can not only consume excess fat in the body, but also reduce weight and reduce damage to joints;
3, regulate sleep: modern people live in a state of high pressure every day, overwhelmed by work and money, sometimes need to work overtime late at night, and over time many people have sleep problems, the most common of which is habitual insomnia.
And walking, is precisely a way to alleviate insomnia, especially after work, walking quickly for about 30-40 minutes to go home, both to eliminate the tension accumulated during the day, but also to relax, let people better enter the sleep state, sleep quality will become higher and higher;
4, disease prevention: In addition to the above-mentioned walking is beneficial to heart health, this aerobic exercise can also play a role in weight control.
When the weight is in a normal state, the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, three high diseases, gout and other diseases can be reduced.
Not only that, but relevant studies have also pointed out that walking can play a role in exercising the brain center, and it also has certain benefits for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease, brain atrophy and other diseases.
In a word, walking is the best way to exercise aerobics, it will not take up your time, nor do you need to spend money on fitness equipment, as long as you have a pair of suitable, comfortable and breathable sneakers, you can start exercising anytime and anywhere.
Therefore, health experts also recommend that if it is convenient, it is best to choose to walk to and from work.