MADRID, Feb. 29 (EDITIONS) –
Facing sedentary lifestyle, maintaining a healthy life, through sports, good nutrition and a good rest in the long run makes it easier for us to live longer and better.
This is defended by the physical therapist, personal trainer, and sports nutrition expert Crys Dyaz, in an interview with Infosalus, who points out that in the specific case of physical activity on which she is an expert, it influences all aspects of our life, both in the aesthetic part, which worries us so much, as in our general health.
“Doing sports influences our hormonal balance, our energy levels when facing our day to day, our emotions, our overall health, This comforts us all. Therefore, it is convenient to combine healthier eating habits, along with an active physical activity, and adequate rest, since they prolong the quantity and quality of life, “according to the occasion of the publication of ‘Activate and change your life ‘(The Sphere of Books).
Thus, the former elite sportsman of the Spanish swimming team regrets that today there are so many myths about physical exercise and many people prefer to be sitting on the couch watching television to exercise.
“The human being look for excuses or is lazy and tends to accommodate. Training is hard, lazy and getting out of your comfort zone is not comfortable. It is key to find a health professional who knows how to direct you towards your goals, knowing that the myths that surround the sporting activity are not real, “says Dyaz.
With this, the physical therapist and also personal trainer lists the main myths surrounding physical exercise:
1.- LOCALIZED FAT LOSS: Usually, in the case of men, they prefer to lose abdominal fat and volume, and in the case of women, their concern revolves around the area of the hips and thighs, as he poses.
Here we must take into account, according to the expert, that the body cannot live without fat, since it is responsible, for example, for important functions such as the water reserve, or the transport of vitamins, as well as part of the protection of vital organs, or serves as an energy source among others. However, the problem arises when there is an excess of it.
“There is no scientific evidence on the possibility of losing that excess fat locally, since when through training and proper nutrition we get our fat levels to drop, this occurs in a general way in our body, not in that part of the body that we prefer “, he adds, while remembering that training and feeding are two key factors for this.
As he defends, It is a mistake to suppress fats from our diet and we must include them daily, but those that are ‘good’ or unsaturated, such as blue fish, olive oil, avocado, seeds, or nuts.
2.- WEIGHTS. There is a Totally mistaken belief that weight exercises are going to make us muscular. Nothing is further from reality. “Including in our training programs these strength exercises will bring us benefits such as an increase in metabolism by burning more calories at rest, a greater loss of fat, an increase in toning in our body, an improvement in cardiovascular health, a increased bone density, reduced stress levels, or improved sleep quality, “he adds.
3.- GENETICS. ‘I don’t lose weight because I am genetically like this’, “we have all heard or even once said a comment of this kind with the conviction that what we were saying was true when the truth is that no,” Dyaz warns. As highlighted, it is shown that genetics has some influence on us and our body, but it implies a minimum percentage said genetic inheritance.
4.- WIDE BONES. Another of the most frequent myths about physical and sports activity is the fact of justifying the absence of progress in a goal of losing weight, for example, by having wide bones. “What a big mistake! When we make a anthropometric study of our patients we calculate, among other things, the percentage of fat, water, and muscle mass of each of them. This study helps us assess the patient’s starting point, his evolution, or his progress during a training program! “, Says the elite former senator.
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