Do you want to feel better, be more energetic, and even live a longer life? Just get moving. It is difficult to deny the advantages regular exercise and physical activity have on your health. Exercise is good for everyone, regardless of age, gender, or level of physical fitness. More persuasion is needed to get going. See these seven ways that working out can make you feel better about yourself. Workout regulates weight Engaging in physical activity can aid in preventing weight gain or maintaining weight loss. You burn calories when you engage in physical exercise. You burn more calories when you engage in more strenuous activities. Frequent gym visits are fantastic, but if you can't find a significant amount of time each day to work out, don't stress. Any activity at all is preferable to none at all. All you have to do to reap the benefits of exercise is up your daily activity level. For instance, prioritize your domestic tasks or choose to use the stairs rather than the eleva
Quality of sleep is just as important as total hours worked. How many hours a night do you sleep on average? The majority of healthy adults should aim for at least seven hours of sleep per night. However, these are suggestions rather than mandates. "While some people might need more than seven hours, some people might need less," says Eric Zhou of Harvard Medical School's Division of Sleep Medicine. Do you require more or less time to sleep? We get it: you know people who swear they only need five hours of sleep per night, yet you feel foggy unless you log in eight to nine hours. The major reason for individual differences is that we often look at sleep the wrong way. "Instead of focusing exclusively on the number of hours we sleep per night, we should also consider our sleep quality ," says Zhou. Sleep quality means how well you sleep during the night. Did you sleep straight through? Or did you have periods where you woke up? If so, did it take you a long tim