What should you do before strenuous exercise?

There are many people who love sports in our lives. They may like to challenge their limits, some people like bungee jumping, and some people like intense sports. But our human body is still made of flesh and blood. We should protect ourselves well before exercising and do some warm-up exercises. Next, let the editor introduce to you the relevant knowledge about what to do before strenuous exercise. Everyone should study it carefully.

Sorting out activities cannot be neglected. After exercising, many people pack up and go home when the time is up. In fact, this is wrong. You must do 10 to 15 minutes of cool-down exercises after exercise. Cool-down exercises include jogging, static stretching exercises, etc., which are mainly to allow the heart and lungs to slowly adapt. Because during exercise, the heart and lungs have a large workload, and the blood transports a large amount of oxygen to the heart and lungs. If the exercise ends suddenly, the cardiopulmonary function will suddenly drop, which not only reduces the oxygen content delivered to the heart and lungs, but more importantly, it is impossible to excrete more metabolic waste from the body. Therefore, after exercise, especially strenuous exercise, it is best to run a few more steps to give the body a gradual recovery process. Of course, such as jogging, brisk walking and other sports, because they have a small amount of activity, so the finishing activities can be appropriately omitted.

Massage repairs damage. Massage is one of the important means to promote recovery, because moderate massage can promote blood circulation and accelerate the repair of injured parts. During exercise, especially strenuous exercise, the body will suffer some injuries. Some injuries are very subtle, or even difficult for people to detect, but the human body can completely repair itself and does not require other treatment methods. Moderate massage can speed up the process of self-repair, so massage after exercise can help you recover better. Of course, you can also do some appropriate relaxation activities, such as shaking your legs, relaxing your muscles and joints, etc., which can also have a good recovery effect.

Providing nutrition is essential. For most white-collar workers, they work during the day and can only rely on exercising at night to lose weight. However, they are afraid of gaining weight after exercising, so many people choose not to eat after exercising in order to achieve the effect of body shaping. In fact, simply speaking, you should eat something to replenish energy after any exercise, because sleeping and eating are the best ways to restore energy. Food intake should be mainly composed of protein, sugar, vitamins and inorganic salts. The amount of intake should vary from person to person, depending on the condition and purpose: some people are used to eating less after exercise, so they can eat less; some people get hungry easily after exercise, so they can eat more; some people exercise for fitness, so they don’t need to deliberately control the amount of food after exercise; some people exercise just to shape their body, so they can eat a little after exercise and drink some sports drinks to replenish some electrolytes. But it should be noted that you should wait half an hour after exercise before eating. If it is too late, it is better to eat less, otherwise it will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines.

After reading the above knowledge about what to do before strenuous exercise, I believe everyone has learned a lot. Before strenuous exercise, we must follow the above content, protect our bodies well, stretch our muscles and bones, etc. At the same time, we must also pay attention to our eating habits during exercise and try not to eat too greasy food.