What are the pros and cons of mountaineering?

Nowadays, many young people and the elderly like to take mountain climbing as a sport to exercise and strengthen their bodies. It has become more and more fashionable. Mountain climbing can stimulate everyone's potential and improve the body's resistance. However, it is not suitable for everyone. Some friends may encounter unexpected situations if they participate in this sport. Let's take a look at the pros and cons of mountaineering.

Benefits of mountaineering:

1. Leg strength training - make your feet flexible and powerful. Mountain climbing is one of the best ways to exercise your legs.

2. Mountain climbing can promote capillary function - making your whole body feel relaxed and unobstructed.

3. Climbing can strengthen your muscles and bones.

4. "Forest bathing"-a green health method. Enter the forest, travel through mountains and rivers, meditate and relax your mind, bathe in the spirit and fragrance of the forest, wash away the noise of the city, and feel relaxed and happy.

5. Mountain climbing can significantly improve the strength of the waist and legs, walking speed, endurance, body coordination and balance ability and other physical qualities, strengthen heart and lung function, and enhance disease resistance.

People who are not suitable for mountain climbing:

Chronic diseases of movement disorders: arthritis, dermatomyositis, rheumatism, etc.; chronic diseases of the respiratory system: cor pulmonale, chronic bronchitis; chronic diseases of the circulatory system: hypertension, coronary heart disease, especially those with chronic coronary artery insufficiency; chronic nephritis; blood diseases; diabetes with complications; gout; lupus erythematosus; cirrhosis.

If the above patients insist on climbing the mountain, please remember to climb slowly and do not force yourself to reach the top.

The first thing is to understand your physical condition before climbing, especially your cardiovascular function, joint function, and knee joint function. Due to the degeneration of joint function in the elderly, they may not feel anything when walking on flat ground, but when climbing a mountain, it will cause excessive load, aggravate joint degeneration, and even some joint symptoms that do not usually appear will appear when climbing a mountain.

The second is the time to climb the mountain. We do not recommend mountain climbing very early in the morning in big cities because the air quality is not very good at that time. For some elderly people or people with poor respiratory function, this kind of mountain climbing itself does not have much benefit for them.

In addition, mountain climbing is a very heavy-load sport. A person's heart function can normally withstand some activities, but during the mountain climbing process, it is easy for the heart to be overloaded, leading to the sudden occurrence of some cardiovascular diseases. This is not what we call scientific exercise for the elderly or for people who climb mountains.

Before climbing, you should first check your body to see if your physical condition is suitable for participating in this sport. People with heart disease and high blood pressure are especially advised not to participate in mountain climbing activities. There are many ways to exercise, and it is particularly important to find an exercise that suits you. For the sake of everyone's health, you should choose carefully.