What are the benefits of squat walking?

Long-term lack of exercise can easily lead to some diseases in the body. Each kind of sports can improve the body in different ways. Among them, squatting and walking is a sport that many people in our lives often do. It can better condition our body, and squatting and walking is a very simple sport. It can play a good role in our leg exercise. Let’s learn about the benefits of squatting and walking.

What are the benefits of squat walking?

When squatting, the two largest joints of the human body - the knee and hip joints - will fold to a certain extent, and the muscles in other parts of the body can also be activated, which can effectively prevent and treat symptoms such as varicose veins in the lower limbs and calf cramps. Squatting can also increase the range of motion of the waist, hip, knee, and ankle joints, enhance joint flexibility, delay joint aging, and increase the strength of the back, waist, and leg muscles. In addition, this kind of exercise also has a good preventive effect on rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Squatting regularly is indeed good for the heart. When squatting, the leg muscles squeeze the blood vessels, which can speed up venous blood return. When standing up, the leg muscles relax and the arterial blood quickly flows into the lower limb blood vessels that were originally squeezed. Squatting like this and tightening and relaxing the muscles is equivalent to adding a force to the blood circulation, which can reduce the burden on the heart, make the blood vessels in the lower limbs flow smoothly, and nourish the tendons and veins. Therefore, there is a saying that "when Qi flows, blood flows, and when blood flows, wind will disappear." Squatting exercises can also relieve arteriosclerosis, lower blood lipids, and consume fat. Therefore, it is also a good way to lose weight, especially for the waist, hips, and abdomen. My waistline was 3 feet 2 at its largest, but now it is only 2 feet 6. The effect is very obvious. At the same time, squatting exercise is a good visceral massage, which can effectively promote venous blood return, relieve abdominal congestion, relieve visual fatigue, and prevent myopia and vision loss. It plays a positive role in improving cardiovascular and cerebrovascular function, stabilizing blood pressure, adjusting endocrine disorders, and promoting human metabolism. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, squatting can cause the human body's meridians to squeeze each other, thus forming a state of autogenous meridian pressure, which is beneficial to the smooth flow of qi and blood, and can reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease and cerebral stroke.

Squatting exercises can also strengthen the lungs. Regular squatting exercises are very beneficial for improving lung function and preventing lung diseases. When squatting, blood from the lower limbs will return to the heart faster, thereby promoting cardiopulmonary blood circulation and increasing lung capacity. In addition, squatting increases intra-abdominal pressure, lifts the diaphragm, and shrinks the chest cavity; standing up reduces intra-abdominal pressure, sinks the diaphragm, and expands the chest cavity, just like massaging the lungs. I have been doing squatting exercises for decades, and physical examinations found that the range of motion of my diaphragm has increased by 5 cm, and the lung ventilation volume has increased by more than 1,500 ml, which is very beneficial for improving lung function.

The above is an introduction to the benefits of squatting and walking. After understanding it, we know that squatting and walking can greatly improve the flexibility of joints. Regular exercise can prevent rheumatism and slim legs, but we must persist for a long time to achieve better results.