During the epidemic, you can only play at home all day long? American study: Not exercising on a daily basis doubles death rate from COVID-19!
As the COVID-19 epidemic in Taiwan slows down, major gyms and national sports centers have announced that they will open their venues “conditionally” for the public to use. However, for many people, exercise is tiring enough, and they have to wear clothes the whole time. Mask, I’m afraid I’m already out of breath before I even step on the treadmill; in addition, the gym is an open space, and there are still doubts about the diagnosis, so it is better to use the holiday time to watch TV dramas or “have fun” and blow the air conditioner at home. Happy and relaxed.
However, it may not be a wise move if you abandon your original exercise habits just because you want to lose weight. According to a joint study conducted by various medical institutions in the United States, as well as the University of California and Pomona College, people who do not exercise for a long time and stay at home are less likely to lose weight than those who have exercise habits. It is said that people who contract COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized, enter intensive care, or even die!
People who do not exercise regularly and sit for long periods of time have a mortality rate that is 2.5 times higher than those who exercise regularly.
This study was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine on April 13, 2021. It aims to study the benefits of exercise for patients with pneumonia. The research team collected data on the physical conditions of 48,440 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between January 2020 and October 2020. The average age of the patients was about 47 years old, and 62% of them were women. With a BMI of 31, the physical condition is defined as obese.
The research team also collected their exercise records from March 2018 to March 2020, and classified them into three categories based on these records: those who continuously do not exercise (0-10 minutes/week), and those who exercise occasionally (11 -149 minutes/week) and those who exercise regularly (more than 150 minutes per week), and about 15% of the patients are persistently inactive and 7% are regular exercisers.
The research team compared the hospitalization status of patients who continued to be inactive with those who occasionally exercised. Patients who continued to be inactive were 10% more likely to enter intensive care and 32% more likely to die from COVID-19. This is not over yet. Compared with regular exercisers, exercise patients are 73% more likely to need intensive care and 2.5 times more likely to die from COVID-19!
Researchers revealed that even factors that can make COVID-19 more severe, such as smoking , diabetes , high blood pressure and even cancer, are not more deadly than “not exercising”. This study reveals a very important message for people: due to the raging COVID-19 epidemic, various activities and gatherings have been canceled, making it more difficult for people to exercise regularly at this time, or even not exercising at all. This is a problem for people who usually do not exercise. , is a very dangerous thing.
How to exercise while staying at home? Follow these methods to fight the virus and lose weight
Based on the above, if you are afraid of being diagnosed when going to major indoor places, but want to get rid of the wasted life and start exercising, in fact, exercises such as burpees, stick training, crunch training or squats, etc. All you need is a yoga mat or a towel. Or maybe you want to take advantage of the epidemic to build big muscles and prepare to impress your relatives and friends when the epidemic is over. The British National Health Service (NIH) has launched a series of teaching articles, among which the “10-minute abdominal muscle exercise” is quite simple to use. It doesn’t take too much time and is very suitable for office workers who don’t have time to exercise. Of course, if you want to maintain your figure, the American information website “The Urban Guide” also recommends “10 Best Home Exercises for Women”", click on the blue words and you can start operating according to the content inside.
Before the epidemic has completely disappeared, it is indeed necessary to go out less and take preventive measures; but just lying at home will not save you from the danger of the new coronavirus epidemic! No one wants to catch the epidemic, but what is important is how to quickly recover the body “in case of infection”. In addition to getting rid of the risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease, regular exercise every day can be said to wear the body through. Layer “Super Protective Shield”. For the sake of good health and complete prevention of the epidemic, it is recommended that you put down your mobile phone, get out of bed, and follow the steps in the above article to develop a habit of regular exercise every day.
And if you have been going to a gym or sports center to exercise for a long time, please be sure to cooperate with the anti-epidemic measures in the venue, and remember to disinfect equipment with alcohol at any time. This not only protects yourself, but also blocks the potential transmission chain of COVID-19, so that everyone can Enjoy exercise safely during the pandemic.
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