The stresses and demands of daily life cause our bodies and minds to withstand varying degrees of stress. Whether it's showing up for an 8 to 10 hour shift, putting out fires at work, watching kids grow up at school, or navigating the maze of complex economic logistics to support ourselves and those we care about. Going through intense staples is commonly experienced. Needless to say, we push ourselves to be our most productive and successful selves.
In addition to the demands of daily life, our bodies produce chemicals that circulate in our blood in response to mentally and physically demanding situations. These chemical messengers, better known as stress hormones, increase your heart rate and blood pressure, excite your nervous system, and send messages to your mind to function more carefully in a fast-paced environment. When our body endures stressful situations, our heart rate increases, we become anxious, and we may begin to sweat slightly. This reaction is triggered by stressful stimuli that we perceive, so our bodies can react even in stressful environments.
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Stress hormones such as epinephrine and adrenaline are known for their ability to increase heart rate and blood pressure, stimulating a person's ability to move faster. These stress hormones can have a bad reputation. When these two variables are compared to a healthy standard of a resting heart rate of approximately 60 to 100 beats per minute and a systolic blood pressure of at least 120 mmHg and a diastolic blood pressure of 80 mmHg, an increase in heart rate and blood pressure I frown. However, increases in heart rate and blood pressure can be beneficial under the right circumstances.
When you are encouraged to move your body in a way that requires a higher physical activity capacity than sitting, standing, or walking slowly, you are encouraged to perform physical activities with a strong and efficient heart rate and throughout your arteries and veins. A steady flow of blood will be optimal. Moving heavy objects, walking up and down stairs, and running around with children all put stress on your body. When the muscles in our body are in a state of exercise, they require oxygen and energy to move. When your heart supplies enough oxygenated blood to your working muscles, your muscles will continue to work efficiently. Therefore, increased physical work corresponds to an increased working heart rate, which allows blood to circulate to and from functioning skeletal muscles. In this case, the body benefits from stimulation of the heart rate and neuromuscular system caused by an increase in stress hormones.
In contrast, stress hormones may not be optimal for our health. What happens when our bodies sense the stress stimulus of an unfortunate financial situation, or when our kids are sent home from school for swearing, or when we have a heated conversation with a colleague at work? Your heart rate will increase by a few beats per minute, you may feel a little angry or agitated, and you'll end up spending a lot of energy thinking about these unfortunate situations. In this example, stress hormones are produced by psychological and emotional stimuli, but the body's muscles do little or no function. As a result of these stressful situations, stress hormones are produced in excess, and you may feel physically exhausted if you only think about the unfortunate event, making you angry, excited, and distraught. Enduring the rest of the day mentally exhausted in a stressful situation is an undesirable situation.
Fortunately, when the body is in optimal physical condition, it has the ability to adapt and protect itself from psychological and emotional distress. When you enter an exercise bout that involves routines that require your body to move beyond its comfortable range of motion, manipulate limb mass more than it is accustomed to, or endure a sustained pace of aerobic stress. , a natural adaptation to the cause of physical stress occurs. It comes from exercise. As an adaptation to continuous exercise, the body may be able to more efficiently manage the production of stress hormones without experiencing excessive stress during exercise. This adaptation carries over into sedentary periods, such as sitting to work, talking on the phone, and socializing with people after exercise. Therefore, by exercising regularly at a moderate intensity and training your body, you can train your body to withstand the psychologically and emotionally stressful situations that arise through social interactions.
We encourage our personal training clients to exercise before the hustle and bustle of daily life begins. In other words, carving out time to exercise before you go to work, pick up the kids from school, or start making heavy business decisions via email, text, and phone calls can help reduce stress. Beneficial for mitigation. If you can accomplish exercise and recreational physical activity before the real demands of life begin, most of the stress hormones you get from your exercise habits will be used up, and your health will be less likely to change due to stressful situations. It will be lower.
Give yourself the gift of exercise and work out the hardest parts of your day by exercising in the morning or before work. By doing so, you will have powerful tools to enrich your daily life.
Sean McCawley, founder and owner of Napa Tenacious Fitness in Napa, welcomes questions and comments. Contact us at 707-287-2727, napatenacious@gmail.com or visit our website napatenaciousfitness.com.