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Well the saying that “water is health”, so doctors recommended swimming as therapy for some muscular injuries of the spine and to improve the quality of life for people with hypertension and diabetes, among others. What is the magic inherent in this exercise?

To motivate children and teenagers to go swimming are told, with good reason, that activity involves bringing all the muscles of the body, which promotes a comprehensive and balanced development. Moreover, and this is for any age, stimulates circulation, so that the blood carries more oxygen to the brain and whole body in general. Read the rest of this entry »

No need to be a doctor to know that the year brings great health benefits, hence the growing interest in sports, it has also meant that, among other things, incorporate new words to the dictionary people, as aerobic or anaerobic which we’ll talk then.

If we start with the most basic, we mean to say that aerobic work in the presence of oxygen, ie the air we take is enough to cover the needs of this vital element. So any activity that meets this is called aerobic, regardless of its intensity or duration. A simple example is sleep, which meet the needs oxygen to breathe.

For its part, refers to the anaerobic work where we take oxygen from the air is not sufficient for the amount we need, for example, to pursue the bus until it seems that the heart goes out the mouth. Read the rest of this entry »

The amount of exercise undertaken during pregnancy should be reasonable, if excessive can compromise fetal health.
Formerly was set at 140 beats per minute as a guideline, but now tends to be replaced by the Perceived Stress Scale or Index of Borg.

The benefits of exercise during the stage of pregnancy are:
* Decrease in severity and frequency of back pain associated with adopting the position.
* Helps control weight gain.
* Improves digestion and reduces constipation.
* Increases energy reserves, since better physical condition, allows efforts using less capacity than a sedentary person should use.
* Reduces postpartum belly.
* Raise the confidence and morale, as the Regular exercise releases endorphins, substances associated with the feeling of comfort and pleasure.

The contraindications to exercise during pregnancy are:
* Pregnancy-induced Hypertension
* Premature rupture of membranes
* Preterm labor pains during pregnancy
* Cervical Insufficiency
* Blood loss continued during the second or third trimester
* Intrauterine growth retardation