Keep climbing and your body will become more “active”!

In early summer, many friends think that the weather is just right at this time, so they often make appointments with friends to go hiking together. So what are the benefits of hiking to the human body? According to traditional Chinese medicine, regular mountain climbing has 10 benefits to the body. Let’s learn about them together.

1. The effect of mountain climbing on the cardiovascular system

Mountain climbing has a significant effect in preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Mountain climbing exercise can remove cholesterol deposited on blood vessel walls, prevent arteriosclerosis, and reduce the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. It can also increase the caliber of heart vessels, increase coronary blood flow, improve myocardial blood flow distribution, and enhance the myocardial ability to utilize oxygen, thereby achieving the purpose of preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

2. The effect of mountain climbing on the respiratory system

Mountain climbing can improve the strength of respiratory muscles, which is beneficial for maintaining the elasticity of lung tissue, improving the ventilation and gas exchange function of the lungs, increasing oxygen absorption capacity, and improving the metabolic level of organs throughout the body; in addition, most mountain climbing activities are close to mountains and water, with rich vegetation, fresh air, very little pollution, and more negative oxygen ions in the air. Negative oxygen ions can improve the ventilation function of the lungs, regulate nerves, invigorate the spirit, improve sleep, lower blood pressure, stimulate hematopoietic function, and have the effects of calming the mind, calming, lowering blood pressure and eliminating fatigue.

3. The impact of mountain climbing on musculoskeletal function

Regular mountain climbing exercises have good effects on joints, bones and muscles. Climbing can improve blood circulation in bones, enhance bone metabolism, increase the deposition of calcium and phosphorus in bones, increase bone elasticity and toughness, and help prevent osteoporosis, delay the aging process of bones, and improve the hematopoietic function of bone marrow.

4. The impact of mountain climbing on the nervous system

Regular mountain climbing exercise can improve the function of the central nervous system, make people energetic, agile and improve work efficiency. Climbing can improve blood supply to the brain, reduce nervous system fatigue and mental stress, and improve sleep quality.

5. The effect of mountain climbing on the digestive system

Regular participation in mountain climbing exercises increases energy consumption and the demand for various nutrients, thereby increasing appetite, improving the function of the digestive system, strengthening gastrointestinal motility, increasing the secretion of digestive juices, and increasing the absorption of nutrients.

6. The impact of mountain climbing on the immune system

Regular participation in mountain climbing exercises can improve the body's immunity, reduce colds and diseases secondary to colds such as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, pneumonia, as well as emphysema and cor pulmonale caused by tracheitis.

7. Mountain climbing helps you lose weight

The most basic principle of weight loss is that the calories consumed are greater than the calories absorbed. Exercise is the human body's main channel for energy consumption, but it does not mean that participating in any sport can achieve a good weight loss effect. The ideal way to lose weight is to exercise at a lower intensity, because it provides sufficient oxygen, lasts for a long time, and consumes more total energy. Mountain climbing is such a form of exercise with appropriate intensity and long duration, and therefore has a unique effect on weight loss.

8. Mountain climbing can stimulate people’s wisdom

For those who do mental work indoors all day, hiking in the wild with fresh air is the best active rest. It can relax the brain cells that were originally very tense. It is like opening the gate that inhibits the development of imagination. All kinds of creative thinking will emerge together and run wild.

9. The impact of mountain climbing on mental health

Mountain climbing makes people feel like returning to nature and getting close to nature, and can divert mental stress from daily work. The towering peaks and winding mountain roads are a test of physical strength and will. Regular mountain climbing can increase self-confidence, help get rid of bad moods, and make the spirit and psychology healthier.

10. Mountain climbing is the best sedative

When you climb in the mountains with beautiful scenery and fresh air, you can improve the excitation and inhibition processes of the cerebral cortex, which has a good therapeutic effect on depression and insomnia.