What should you pay attention to after fitness?

In our daily lives, many people have some physical problems due to lack of exercise. After experiencing the pain brought by diseases, many people always realize how important it is to have a healthy body. Therefore, regular fitness exercises have become something that many of us must do. However, we must pay special attention after fitness, otherwise it is easy to cause certain harm to the body. Let's learn about what to pay attention to after fitness.

What should you pay attention to after fitness?

1. It is not advisable to rest immediately. During strenuous exercise, a person's heart rate increases, muscles and capillaries expand, blood flow speeds up, and at the same time, the rhythmic contraction of muscles squeezes small veins, causing blood to flow back to the heart quickly. If you stop to rest immediately at this time, the rhythmic contraction of the muscles will also stop, and the large amount of blood that originally flowed into the muscles will not be able to flow back to the heart through muscle contraction, causing low blood pressure and temporary cerebral ischemia, leading to symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, pale complexion, and even shock and fainting. Therefore, after strenuous exercise, you should continue to do some light exercises and stop to rest after your breathing and heartbeat return to normal.

2. It is not advisable to take a bath immediately. In order to maintain a constant body temperature after strenuous exercise, the blood vessels on the surface of the skin dilate, the sweat pores open, and perspiration increases to facilitate heat dissipation. At this time, if you take a cold bath, the blood vessels will immediately contract due to sudden stimulation, the blood circulation resistance will increase, the heart and lung burden will increase, and the body's resistance will be reduced, making people prone to illness. However, if you take a hot bath, the blood flow in the skin will continue to increase, and too much blood will flow into the muscles and skin, leading to insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain. The mildest cases will cause dizziness, and the severest will suffer from collapse and shock. It is also easy to induce other chronic diseases. Therefore, you must rest for a while before taking a bath after strenuous exercise.

3. Avoid excessive drinking. When thirsty after strenuous exercise, some people drink a lot of water or other beverages. This will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and dilute the gastric juice, which will not only reduce the bactericidal effect of the gastric juice, but also hinder the digestion of food. Drinking water too quickly will also cause blood volume to increase too quickly, suddenly increasing the burden on the heart and causing temporary disorders of electrolytes such as potassium and sodium in the body, and even heart failure, heart tightness and abdominal distension. Therefore, you should not drink too much water too quickly after exercise, and you should not drink cold drinks, otherwise it will affect the dissipation of body temperature and cause colds, abdominal pain or other diseases.

4. Do not eat too much sugar. Some people feel comfortable eating sweets or sugary drinks after strenuous exercise, and think that eating more sweets after exercise is good for them. In fact, eating too much sweets after exercise will cause a large amount of vitamin B1 to be consumed in the body, causing people to feel tired, lose appetite, etc., which will affect physical recovery. Therefore, after strenuous exercise, it is best to eat more foods containing vitamin B1, such as vegetables, liver, eggs, etc. If you like to eat sweets after exercise, you should eat more vegetables and other foods.

We all know that fitness exercise is very physically demanding. The above is an introduction to what to pay attention to after fitness. Through understanding, you should not drink water or rest immediately after fitness, but relax little by little. In addition, if you want to keep your body healthy through fitness, you must persist for a long time.